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Houses of Parliament

Westminster | Old Palace Yard, London SW1A 0AA, England
+44 (0) 207 219 3000
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Ranked #13 of 890 attractions in London
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Type: Government Buildings
Activities: Group tours/walking tour
Traveller Description: The Houses of Parliament, located inside the Palace of Westminster, are open to both the UK public and overseas visitors. The home of both chambers... more »
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Bedford
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 May 2013 NEW

My view of this is very simple, stunning building, so much detail. You can see that this building was originally made to govern the most important empire on earth (for its time). Well worth a visit!!!!!!!

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Port of Spain, Trinidad
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 May 2013 NEW

We visited in the hope we would see or get to meet an MP. Fat chance! But we looked around at this magnificent building, bought a few trinkets and had tea in the cafe. Good stuff!

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Great Cumbrae, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 May 2013 NEW via mobile

We went for one of the tours round Westminster. It was fabulous, our guide was called Alan and he really knew his stuff. He had been working there for 20 years. The tour lasted about 1.5 hrs and there was a lot of walking to be done. Alan had a great sence of humor and made the history interesting. There... More

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Bangalore, India
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 May 2013 NEW

Could not go inside the building but it's beautiful architecture..... Must visit due if you want to get few clicks of your with Big Ben in the background ...... Live protests across the road add to the aura .....

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Medway
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 May 2013 NEW

She is the Mother of Parliaments - and full of eccentricities. If you are British, you can ask your local MP to make the arrangements for free, but anyone can pay to tour the buildings that date back in places to 1099. The tour takes in both Houses of Parliament (always providing the Lords and the MPs are not sitting).... More

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San Francisco, California
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 May 2013 NEW

The Houses of Parliament are a Gothic Revival Masterpiece. Great History and a working seat of government. Very cool.

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 May 2013 NEW

Had a tour of the facility and really enjoyed. The history of the buildings facscinating and seeing the house of coms & Lords in the flesh was a revealation.

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 May 2013 NEW

it was very interesting and well worth the visit. Not many places to sit so be prepared t be on your feet a lot.

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TOWIE
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 May 2013 NEW

This is an amazing tour if you can get booked on one. I went through my local MP. I even got a visit to Big Ben, it's a separate tour but a great trip if you can get that too.

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New Delhi, India
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 May 2013 NEW

we could only see the parliament from outside, in fact we mistook it for westminster abbe. we had seen the virtual tour available at the official website but since we were away at Edinburgh on Saturday, we could not book the tour...definitely regret

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