Banqueting House

Banqueting House?! Sure?! I would say banqueting room becuase on display is just one room.

As you go in, an audioguide is given which narrate the history of the palace, and explains the structure/paintings of the hall.

The ceiling is really nice, but paying a fee for so little is just a robber.

I went here with the London Pass, so I didn't pay. To be quite honest, if I had paid, I would have felf ripped off.

This place is very interesting, well King Charles the first was executed in, or just outside the building. He spent his last moments here, before stepping through the upstairs window, to the scaffold. The hall is, I presume just as it was in the 1600's, when the king was killed. But the problem is, that this is just a large hall, with a nice ceiling. At one end there is a throne, but most disappointingly you cannot follow in the footsteps of the late king, and cannot go up to the balcony. The film show is good, but doesn't justify the asking price. There is a small sad space in the basement that is wasted on local artists.

This place could be so much more. Just WAKE UP and OPEN it up. There is so much potential here.