Experts' Choice Award St. Augustine's Abbey
What the experts agree on
Canterbury's most historically significant monastic ruins offer ground-level remains that require imagination to visualize, though a free audio guide and small museum help contextualize this burial place of Augustine and one of England's oldest
Fodor's "One of the oldest monastic sites in the country, this was the burial place of Augustine...it's now made up of beautiful ruins that give a good idea of what it must have looked like when it was intact." Full review
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A free audio tour vividly puts events into context.
Lonely Planet "A small museum and a worthwhile free audio guide do their best to underline the site’s importance and put flesh back onto its now-humble bones." Full review
Frommer's "One of the most historic religious centers in the country, only its ruins remain, mostly at ground level...adjacent to the remains are the abbey buildings that were converted into a royal palace" Full review
