Five longer pieces, each answering a whole planning question rather than a single one. Between them they cover choosing a trip, routing half a day, whether you need a guide at all, how the afternoon-tea options differ, and which month to come in.
The bookable trips split three ways — the official ticket you use on your own, guided garden walks that finish with tea, and long combined days that also take in the Guard. Sorted by the one number a price grid hides: how long you get inside.
Read the guide →Ninety minutes of state rooms, an hour of garden and a tea table, arranged around a ten o'clock opening and a last admission that moves with the season. Both versions of the day, summer and winter, hour by hour.
Read the guide →Nobody is allowed to guide you through the State Apartments, and the handset that replaces them is already in the ticket price. What a paid tour adds after that is specific, and worth knowing before you pay for it.
Read the guide →Queen Anne had the Orangery built in 1704 to keep her citrus alive through the winter, and it now serves tea. Six ways to get a table there, from a shared seat to a private one, and what separates them beyond the price.
Read the guide →Five opening days a week, two sets of hours, and a garden that changes harder than the building does. When to come, what closes when, and the month that gets you the state rooms almost to yourself.
Read the guide →If you want a shorter read on one specific question, the blog handles those. The practical reference — opening days, prices, access — sits on plan your visit, and Kensington Palace Tours compares every bookable way in.
