Windsor is home to very best visitor attractions, nice shopping and dining and many more famous royal events. Windsor is one of the loveliest towns I have ever seen in UK. I had always heard about Windsor Castle but before visiting the town, I was unaware of the existence of this nice town.
My visit wasn’t planned at all. One day, I decided to drive to Reading but when I saw the sign of Windsor Castle, I changed my mind and headed to Windsor. I was really surprised when I arrived at Windsor. Because, I just expected to see a castle in the middle of nowhere but the castle at the middle of Windsor looked so beautiful on the hilltop. This historic Town grew around the castle as the influence of the monarchs. As you can imagine, Windsor castle is the biggest attraction in Windsor. The castle is also the principal home of the queen. he design of the castle owes much to the influence of George III and IV. The castle, covering some 13 acres has been the favourite home many English monarchs. Now it is still used by Queen Elizabeth today. When you buy your ticket for the casltle tour, it will include the State Apartments, Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House, St. George’s Chapel and The Albert Memorial Chapel.
You may join one of the sight-seeing bus tours after paying around £ 5 but although town is very nice I can not say it is worth joining sightseeing tours. There is no much to see in the tour. You can explore the whole town yourself by walking.
I had the opportunity to see Eton College in the bus tour. It is massive. The College spans across the whole town. As far as I learned in the tour, around 20 prime ministers of England were schooled in Eton College. Before my visit to Windsor I did not know Eton College was the famous school in the world (they said so). If you wanna enrol in the college, you have to pay for £ 17.000. This college was founded in 1440 by Henry VI. The Eton boys still wear the traditional uniforms. The King would receive the boys on the stairs and thereon proceed on afternoon tea with them, can you imagine? 'Tea with the King' Etonians were quite privileged and remain so till date.
You can also join the boat tours in the river Thames. It is the most enjoyable way to see more of the area . As far as I was told, after around 6 o’clock, you can not join the boat tours, since they are reserved for group meetings. I don’t know if it is just for the parties but they also serve food on the boats.
After visiting the castle and seeing the riverside, you should also see the train station opposite of the castle. There are lots of famous designers such as Bally, Jaeger. Also Links the famous silver specialist is there. If you love silver ornaments like me, you will like Links.
There are also lots cafes and nice restaurants in the station. I tried the Spanish restaurant, which I liked a lot ( You can read my opinion about the restaurant as well) Also Café Rouge is located in the station.
Additionally, there are also lots of nice restaurants by the river and in the busiest road at the front of the castle. You can find all famous Fast Food restaurants there. Also I liked the Thai Castle which is a very nice restaurant. But you will find it closed between 2 and 6 pm for lunch break.
Legoland Windsor is another reason to see this lovely town. It provides different activities and challenges for children.
The car park tickets are around £2 up to 5 hours. You will be able to find lots of parking spaces when you go into the town.
Also one of the things which attracted my attention was the Ferrari Shop in the town.
I liked the town a lot even more than the castle. I highly recommend it.
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Advantages: Picturesque and unusual town centre, variety of shops, sightseeing opportunities, restaurants Disadvantages: Very busy in high season, expensive to visit the castle, can be difficult to park
Pumpkin 01.07.2001 ·
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