After breakfast, we check out of the hotel and make our way to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where a springtime stroll is the order of the afternoon, with free time to explore. Dating back to the early 18th century as a royal palace, Kew Gardens is now a globally renowned institution for plant-based research. Exploding with colour and with no less than 50,000 plants, there is a range of different areas to explore including the Arboretum, the peaceful Japanese garden, the remarkable indoor rainforest climbing within the Palm House and the Kitchen Garden, once used to supply fresh produce to members of the royal family living at Kew Palace, such as Queen Charlotte and George III. Don’t miss the Grade I listed Temperate House too, the world’s biggest Victorian glasshouse filled with rare plants from remote locations across Asia, Australasia, the Americas and Africa, many of which are incredibly rare or are even extinct in the wild. We re-join our coach in the mid-afternoon and continue our journey home.