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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew vs Wallace Collection

Both are endorsed by writers. Overall, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew is the choice of most reviewers compared to Wallace Collection. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew ranks #13 in London with approval from 8 reviews such as Michelin Guide, Michelin Guide and Let's Go.

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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Wallace Collection
Wallace Collection
9 / 10
Hertford House, Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN
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Fodor's Fodor's
"This exquisite labyrinth of an art gallery is housed in Hertford House, an 18th-century mansion that was bequeathed to the nation, along with its contents, by the widow of Sir Richard Wallace." Full review
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Stay for lunch at the restaurant, which is elegantly sited in a glass-roofed courtyard.
Concierge Concierge
"A treat along the lines of the Frick in New York, wherein the setting is as much of a draw as the art, the Wallace Collection is spread out over the 28 rooms of a gracious mansion in the West End."
Frommer's Frommer's
"This collection, built up over 2 centuries by one of London's leading aristocratic families, is a contrasting array of art and armaments." Full review
Let's Go Let's Go
"The ground floor’s four Armoury Galleries boast scads of richly decorated weapons and burnished suits of armor, while the State Rooms hold a collection of sumptuous Sèvres porcelain. " Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
3 Stars
"The largest private art collection, bequeathed to the nation in 1900, can be found in Hertford House, a beautiful private mansion in Marylebone." Full review
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