Exploring Royal and Maritime Greenwich in London
Description
Greenwich is a unique heritage site with royal connections, where you can find amazing historic buildings. On the tour you can enjoy the views of the River Thames and take photos of the most spectacular views of from Greenwich Park, Additionally as an experienced tour guide and longtime Greenwich resident, I can add value to your tour. I can share my local knowledge as well as fascinating, entertaining and quirky stories from the past and present of Greenwich.
Tour Options
Itinerary
We will meet outside Cutty Sark, the only surviving teaclipper in the world. You will hear about the history and its journeys to and from Asia including some interesting stories.
We will admire Christopher Wren's 17th century masterpiece, how it started as a naval hospital and ended as a university today.
We will visit this museum, to discover Britain's maritime history, including galleries about Nelson, Battle of Trafalgar, see objects like wonderful figureheads , 300 year old Prince Federick's barge and many more.
Queen’s House is a historic royal residence built between in early 1600's, by architect Inigo Jones, for Anne of Denmark, the queen of King James I. Queen’s House is one of the most important buildings in British architectural history, first classical Palladian style building in England. It is famous for its beautiful stair case.
The observatory was commissioned in 1675 by King Charles II, built by Christopher Wren, on the highest point of Greenwich Park. For centuries Royal Astronmers worked here, establishing Longitude which improved safety in shipping and navigation in the seas. Nowadays it is a museum where you can stand on the prime Meridian Line and admire the famous John Harrison maritime clocks.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(2)
We visited the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the year exhibition within the National Maritime Museum. Although small this exhibition was excellent with varied exhibits from amateur photographers. We also liked the film presentations about some of the people exhibiting and the audio about the astronaut photographer. Thoroughly recommend this exhibition.
Our guide, Muhsin (sp?) was very flexible when we were about 15 minutes late due to traffic. His guide commentary was well timed, well informed, and hit just the right level of detail for our group. Effectively answering questions was also in his skill set. When rain-and a little too much walking for one of our members-made it necessary to (unhappily) terminate our tour a little early, Muhsin continued to be perfectly helpful by guiding us to a good place from which to call an Uber. Overall-a great guide experience!
