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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew vs Tate Modern

Both Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Tate Modern are rated very highly by professionals. Overall, Tate Modern ranks significantly higher than Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Tate Modern comes in at #2 in London with positive reviews from 13 reviewers like Afar Magazine, Time Out and Condé Nast Traveler.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
8 / 10
Kew Road, Richmond, Kew TW9 3AB
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Fodor's Fodor's
"Enter the Royal Botanic Gardens, as Kew Gardens are officially known, and you are enveloped by blazes of color, extraordinary blooms, hidden trails, and lovely old follies." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"It's essentially a vast scientific research center that also happens to be extraordinarily beautiful." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Victorian-era greenhouses and the sprawling grounds overflow with 33,000 species of flowers, plants, and trees (the world’s largest living collection)." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"Kew Gardens is a magnificent World Heritage Site covering 300 acres with over 30,000 species of plants." Full review
Let's Go Let's Go
"These botanical gardens host the largest collection of plants in the world, and visitors can eat up gorgeous assemblages of roses, orchids, and cacti (or be eaten up by the carnivorous plants)." Full review
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Tate Modern
Tate Modern
9 / 10
Bankside, London SE1 9TG
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Fodor's Fodor's
"This spectacular renovation of a mid-20th-century power station is one of the most-visited museums of modern art in the world." Full review
Concierge Concierge
"There is something very glamorous about the vast space, let alone the amazing holdings, which range from Matisse to Matthew Barney."
Frommer's Frommer's
"Welcoming more than four million visitors a year, Tate Modern is the world's most popular modern art gallery (the free admission helps), and one of the capital's very best attractions." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Housed in a hulking converted power station, this vast modern art showplace opened in 2000 but still breaks new ground with installations." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"Thanks to its industrial architecture, this powerhouse of modern art is awe-inspiring even before you enter." Full review
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