This is a full day guided tour of hidden beauty spots and gardens in central London. Very much a private tour as we black cab it from garden to garden along with some walking. Included are the delightful hidden gardens of the Inns of Court, Lady Diana's sunken garden at Kensington Gardens as well as the amazing Chelsea Physic Garden. All garden admissions are included as is a lovely traditional high tea. Please note: moderate fitness required as during the morning portion it is very much a walking tour.
Posted By : C9758MQjeannes
Highly recommend the Secret Gardens tour to friends and family. We
particularly liked the Physics Garden, but all of the gardens were
lovely and so pleasant. Our guide, Stephen, was so knowledgeable and we
thoroughly enjoyed his company. The afternoon tea at the Ivy Cafe was
fabulous!
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Posted On : 2022-07-29 17:03:43 
Posted By : BeckyK1200
We thoroughly enjoyed our tour with Stephen. He was an incredibly well-informed and interesting guide and we saw parts of London which we had never seen before (despite having lived there for 20 years). The delicious tea at the end was the icing on the cake!!
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Posted On : 2020-09-26 14:32:43
Posted By : vin_and_vie
Stephen, our guide for this walking tour, took us from the grand (Kensington Palace gardens, lake, and Victorian greenhouses) to the arcane but very interesting (the Physic apothecary garden), with an excellent lunch/tea included. Best of course if the gardens are in bloom and the weather is good. Wear your walking shoes.
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Posted On : 2019-09-27 14:11:54
Posted By : comoxmcdonald
This was one of my best tour experiences of all time. Our guide, Stephen, was a delight. He reminded me of Dr. Who, in the best possible way, as he whizzed us around London revealing hidden botanical wonders , many 'hidden in plain view'.
Coming from British Columbia I was drinking up the lengthy historical context of many of the gardens we saw. Stephen was super observant and with an artist's eye he helped me see things I would have missed on my own. It's a long day, a fair bit longer than 10,000 steps and as a stout, older person I was proud of myself for keeping up with the mercurial Stephen. Ending with tea at the physik garden couldn't have been nicer.
While I was on my travels I also went on some other more traditional tours with one guide for a much larger group, That is a completely different quality of experience. The smaller tours with Greenwich Royal Tours is a very high quality of tourist experience.
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Posted On : 2019-07-23 00:50:27
Posted By : Susan H
Four of my travel friends and I were in London before a cruise was to leave and so I booked this great opportunity to see gardens in London. We started at the steps of St. Martin in the Field's Church and from there explored the back gardens of London. Stephen was our guide and so knowledgeable about the flowers, London, and art events. Many of us had seen gardens out of London and the Chelsey Garden show, but this was a personal experience to celebrate the smaller gardens which you might not see if on your own. High Tea was just a bonus to the day. Oh, we had sunshine too. I highly recommend this adventure.
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Posted On : 2019-07-12 16:55:03
Posted By : Butch E
First of all let me start with the good...Stephen our guide. He was very personable, informative and did a great job with what he had to work with on the tour. But make no mistake, this is 1) a long walking tour, 2) more of a history tour of out of the way places than a garden tour. This tour would be better if it was 4 hours long and really went to secret gardens and not public gardens that anyone can go to with out taking a tour. We had already toured Kensington Palace, Temple Church and Covent Gardens, all of which are on this tour. We really liked Stephen, but it felt like he was trying to fill time at several points. The afternoon tea was nice, but we spent very little time in the Chelsea garden because we were tired after having walked 4- 5 miles.
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Posted On : 2019-06-26 12:35:51
Posted By : Dena T
Our guide Stephen was personable and very knowledgable, and very flexible in making sure we enjoyed every stop to its fullest. The individual stops of the tour included the not-to-be-missed Sir John Soane Museum and a fabulous afternoon tea at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Thanks for everything!
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Posted On : 2018-06-13 12:39:13
Posted By : Lorna W
My mum and I went on the Secret Garden Tour of London with our brilliant tour guide, Stephen. We had a lovely day visiting various hidden treasures across London. Stephen was such a great and accommodating guide with a huge amount of knowledge, we really learnt a lot! Afternoon tea at the Chelsea Physic garden was a lovely way to end our day. Highly recommended!
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Posted On : 2018-06-06 17:34:42
Posted By : Kay M
We all felt like there was more walking than gardens but we enjoyed the gardens we saw. Tea at Kensington Palace was delightful and the gardens at Kensington Palace very pretty!
