Palace / CastleBuckingham Palace

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based on 44 reviews
No. 3 out of 6 Palace / Castle in London

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Overall rating includes:
89
Accessibility
89
"Must See"-Factor
84
Budget Friendliness
88
Architecture
95
Condition
98
Historical Significance

Address London
London
SW1A 1AA

Telephone: +44(20)79304832

Fax: +44(20)79309625

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Surroundings

The Queen's Gallery Buckingham Palace
(0 miles)
Victoria Memorial
(0.1 miles)
St James's Park
(0.1 miles)
Westminster Chapel
(0.2 miles)
The Royal Mews
(0.2 miles)
Clarence House
(0.3 miles)
Spencer House
(0.3 miles)
Big Bus Sightseeing Tours
(0.3 miles)
London Victoria Station
(0.3 miles)
The Shakespeare
(0.4 miles)

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martanikolova(27)
Bulgaria

80%

perfection!

[martanikolova, 17/01/2012] This is a "must-see" place, for sure! It is spectacular! Everything about this place is so royal, so majestic. I don't know what exactly impressed me so much, but I felt fantastic standing there. The monument in the front, the black gates with golden coating, the amazing street lights - every detail just screams "royal". I loved it there. The monument in the front deserves a few words, too. It is also a fountain. The architecture it impressive and the golden statue on top if it is the perfect finish. The entire scenery around is worth seeing and I suggest you don't miss it for anything in th [more]

Sonia3(28)

97%

[Sonia3, 14/08/2009] This is a review of the state rooms at Buckingham Palace. In less than a month I will be moving away from London and this was possibly my last weekend here so a friend and I decided that we must do something very touristy. I looked up Buckingham Palace on the internet only to discover that it is very expensive and you only get to visit the state rooms, not the actual living area. So we decided we would go to Tower Bridge instead. On our way to Tower Bridge we had to change trains at Green Park where we discovered that the line we wanted was closed. Fate obviously wanted us to visit the Que [more]

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Frommers.com

90%

very good

The author describes Buckingham Palace, which is "one of London's most popular attractions", as being a "massive, graceful building ". The author gives some history of the Palace and states that it was originally "built as a country house for the notoriously rakish Duke of Buckingham" so it didn't become "the official royal residence" until Queen Victoria decided "she preferred it to St. James's Palace". Buckingham Palace is located "in a 40-acre (16-hectare) garden" and is "354 feet (108m) long". Inside the Palace there are "600 rooms". The author continues with the article and states [more]

_Other online-newspape r

92%

perfection!

Carol West wrote that the "opportunity" to see inside one of the "most recognised" royal residences was "irresistible". She stated that the royal palace "obviously" has a "wide appeal". Carol talked about the iron and bronze front gates which lead past the Portland stone facade. She said that she walked through an "impressive" Ionic portico to the Court of St, James's. In her opinion, the State rooms were "lavishly" decorated and "meticulously" maintained. She said that the decor was planned by a John Nash in 1825 and the results were "luxury", with "dramatic impact" and a "theatrical effec [more]