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South Kensington is a very popular tourist area because it has three excellent museums and is situated very close to Knightbridge and Brompton Road which has some really excellent shops like Harrods,Harvey Nichols,Giorgio Armani,Louis Vuitton and loads of eatries,cafes and restaurants to keep you occupied.

Looking at South Kensington’s share of museums there is the Science Museum, the Natural History Museum, and of-course the very popular Victoria and Albert Museum. The area is also the home of KensinGTON Palace.

On the tour begin with Victoria and Albert Museum as it is really close to South Kensinton Tube and is very well sign posted. This museum is considered to be one of the largest museum’s in the world as it has one hundred and fifty rooms and if you have lots of time to spare then wandering around from room to room is a good way to explore and see all the exhibits.

The museum was set up in 1899 by Queen Victoria named after herself and husband Albert-there is the Cromwell road entrance which is adorned by a statue of the pair in the front.

Getting back to attaining the best from your tour there are several guide books available from the museum book-shop which can direct you to many interesting exhibitions,informative displays and exhibits which attract the most visitors like; Constable,Raphael Cartoons and The Dress Collection.

Next is the Science Museum which was built in 1913 and consists of seven floors. It covers all scientific developments of medicine,food,space travel and much more. It is considered to be more child friendly than the Victoria and Albert Museum as it has many interesting and colour-ful informative displays and life-size models to capture their attention,basically its good for all ages. Again you can either wander in and browse through the exhibitions or ask a curator as to which are the most popular exhibitions or purchase some guide books from the museum shop.

Finally there is the Natural History Museum which is housed in a magnificent building and focuses on the history of creation as we know it today. The museum covers subjects like Zoology,Palentology,Entymology and any-mology if there is one it will be at the museum. This is really worth a visit if only to view the life-size models of all living and extinct beings which are interactively accompanied by sounds from the zoo,jungle,roars so on and so forth taking you back in time.

All three museum are child friendly, have well-equipped museum shops, cafes and restaurants. If at the end of your day you have any energy left then also take in the Brompton Oratory-the venue of the rich and famous which has been the site of

many high-society weddings and if you carry on walking along Brompton road you will eventually come to Harrods-our most friendly,inviting elegant,chic,designer store-a perfect way to end a perfect day!

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