I love finding out about Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth Ist but where can I explore the Tudor world?

Well, a good place to immerse yourself in the Tudor world would be Hampton Court Palace.

This stunning palace was built by Henry’s chief minister, Cardinal Wolsey the man failed to solve Henry’s marital problems and therefore had to pass this huge building over to the King. At various points in his reign, Henry brought all six wives to Hampton Court. Henry used the palace show off his power and wealth to both foreign and English visitors. He would entertain up to 800 guests with extremely lavish banquets and loved to impress with his extravagant furnishings including huge tapestries.

Hampton Court kitchens takes you to world without modern gadgets

You can visit the royal kitchens that employed 200 cooks and try your hand at roasting meat. Imagine a world without electric or gas cookers! Here they burned 1.3 million logs to boil cauldrons and roast meat on continuously turned spits to cook the huge feasts that Henry ordered.

Henry VIII’s great hall will take your breath away and deliver you to the world of the Tudors.

This was designed to show that Henry was one of the greatest ever kings of England and far greater than his rivals in France and Spain.

Look out for the Hampton Court ghosts

Two of Henry’s wives apparently haunt the palace. Henry’s third wife, Jane Seymour, died soon after giving birth to his only son, Edward, and subsequently roams the stairs leading to the room where she gave birth. The 19 year old Catherine Howard, his fifth wife who was executed for adultery (a crime treason because it was against the king!) roams the haunted gallery screaming out for mercy!

Experience open air Elizabethan theatre at the Globe on the south bank the River Thames of the original Globe

This authentic reconstruction of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre gives you the opportunity to enjoy, for as little as £6, a Shakespeare play in an environment that would be familiar to the great playwright himself. Plays go ahead in all weather, just like they would have done in the 16th century and be prepared for a fair amount audience participation.If a play is not for you, take a fascinating backstage tour. This visit can incorporate a beautiful stroll along the bank of the Thames, a visit to a reconstruction of Sir Francis Drake’s ship, the Golden Hind, a visit to St Paul”s Cathedral on the other side of the Thames via the millennium Bridge, for modern art fans, a trip to the Tate Modern and for Street food lovers, a trip to nearby Borough Market.