TOUR 3: WINDSOR CASTLE, ETON & HAMPTON COURT (7 HOURS)
Windsor Castle is the oldest royal residence still lived in today. See its magnificent State Rooms, St. George’s Chapel, Queen Mary’s Doll House, the Round Tower, and the Long Walk. Close by is Eton College, the prestigious school where the royals studied. Visit Hampton Court Palace where King Henry VIII lived, which is still believed to be haunted by his fifth wife, Katherine Howard! Other attractions include the Tudor Kitchens, the Maze, and the Great Vine planted in 1768.
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Windsor Castle & State Rooms, is the oldest royal residence still lived in today. Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, is the largest inhabited castle in the world and, dating back to the time of William the Conqueror, is the oldest in continuous occupation. The castle’s floor area is approximately 484,000 square feet (44,965 square metres).
St George’s Chapel, St George’s Chapel is the place of worship at Windsor Castle in England. It is both a royal peculiar and the chapel of the Order of the Garter. The chapel is governed by the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The chapel is located in the Lower Ward of the castle, which is currently one of the principal residences of Queen Elizabeth II.
Queen Mary’s Doll House, A dollhouse built in the early 1920s, completed in 1924, for Queen Mary, the wife of King George V of the United Kingdom. The idea for building the dollhouse originally came from the queen’s cousin, Princess Marie Louise, who discussed her idea with one of the top architects of the time, Sir Edwin Lutyens at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition of 1921.
The Round Tower, The highly visible landmark of the castle, the Round Tower, is in reality far from cylindrical, its shape being dictated by the irregular, but seemingly round, man-made hill on which it sits. The castle’s layout dates back to the medieval fortifications.
Long Walk, The most prominent hill is Snow Hill and the avenue of trees known as the Long Walk runs between here and Windsor Castle.
Eton College, Eton College, also known as Eton, is a British independent school for boys, founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. It was founded as the King’s College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor. It is located in Eton, near Windsor in England, north of Windsor Castle, and is one of the original nine English public schools as defined by the Public Schools Act 1868.
