Royal Pavilion
Museum Royal Pavilion, 4/5 Pavilion Buildings, Brighton BN1 1EE, United Kingdom:
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Address: 4/5 Pavilion Buildings, Brighton BN1 1EE, United Kingdom
Website: brightonmuseums.org.uk
Phone number: +44 300 029 0900
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Latitude: 50.8223517Longitude: -0.1376855
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KurogamiMG
Chinese influence and style permeates the exotic interiors of this richly attired Palace.
There is so much detail in some of the rooms such as the banqueting and music rooms, and several magnificent chandeliers. I was surprised that so many of the rooms are now open, including upstairs. A brilliant 10 year refurbishment recreating the original interior in great detail.
Don't forget to sign your entry ticket to get free admission on return, valid for a year.
8 months ago
Ahlam Jabateh
A great place to visit most interesting it's really worth a good look round.
1 month ago
Tajhna Handal
This place is a real gem. Never before have I seen such ornate oriental design outside of Asia. The Chinese influence made for a more interesting and memorable visit than other royal residences or stately homes.
Reminded me of Leighton House in London, which I’d recommend to anyone who enjoyed the Pavilion.
3 weeks ago
Ceasar Perez
Gorgeous little estate. Unfortunately a few areas of the pavilion are currently closed, but the parts that are open are opulent and splendid. They have an audio tour that you can listen to on your phone, giving details of the interior designs and furnishings, as well as the history of the building. Staff is also at hand to answer any questions and give more information.
Beautiful place well worth a visit.
11 months ago
Eric J
A place full of history, beautiful decorations and furniture. Incredible designs and views that leaves speechless. Definitely will be back.
10 months ago
Kiera Mosley
Great to explore if you're into history or architecture. Younger kids may get bored but our 7yr old loved it. Walking tour audio app was great to use for extra info but staff are on hand in most rooms.
Allow about 90mins for the house tour which you can buy tickets for online.
10 months ago
Victor Hetman
Amazing place, very beautiful building. Many close to the beach.
And restaurants.
Lovely place to sit down, have nice garden.
A lot of tourists.
5 months ago
Tasha Cousino
A real treat. Amazing decor, presented in a grand style. Excellent audio commentary from the app. Really enjoyed the visit.
9 months ago
Faq
Beautiful beautiful place to be definitely worth the money a nice place to go with your family or on a school trip with your school
2 months ago
Greta Louise
Bit pricey but very lovely. The architecture is good and the art work inside is very impressive. Staff inside are helpful and happy to explain anything.
9 months ago
Hayes Baker
The royal pavilion is very unorthodox for a seaside town but it is absolutely stunning! And for better views, check it out at night, the lighting makes it look truly extraordinary.
I went during the festive season, they had an ice rink open which is great for families and kids and had a bar which was open to the public. The setting was extremely nice and a must visit, especially for tourists.
It is also in an extremely good location hence really easy to access when in Brighton!
3 months ago
Jawad Masood
Incredible decor and breathtaking rooms! The outdoor facade seems to suggest another story, which fortunately isn’t reflected on the indoor grandeur! The only setback was the app for the audio guide wasn’t very reliable today unfortunately.
10 months ago
Holden Starks
What a spectacular Palace, very interesting listening with the Audio tour. So many rooms to see and lovely how its all been maintained and brought back to its former glory.
10 months ago
Linda Scoles
The exterior of the Pavilion suggests a somewhat faded grandeur which is therefore expected of the interior, but what a treat awaits the visitor! The tour guide phone app worked really well and was enriched by the knowledge and interactions with the curators who were genuinely keen to share their love of the building! A fascinating historical building and a thoroughly enjoyable visit.
2 months ago
emmanuel owusu
A beautiful -very unexpected- building that reminisce me of middle easter, south asian structures I have seen before. The garden is such a quiet and green spot in the middle of the city. Unfortunately the pavilion was closed due to covid, but the beauty can be appreciated from afar.
4 months ago
Krzysztof Rul
Make sure you plan your parking before you arrive. The Royal Pavilion was on our list for quite a while and such a shame we didn't visit earlier. Although there's work going on refurbishing the out side you can still see how grand and spectacular it is. The inside was amazing collection of treasures and furniture in some of the most spectacular rooms I've ever seen. The staff were fantastic and helpful, they knew so much about the building, people and history. Well worth visiting and like nothing else I've seen before.
8 months ago
George Daviau
The gardens are lovely. The ice rink during winter in fun (though cramped when there are lots of people). Everyone says that you shouldn't bother to go inside. It's not worth the cost everyone says.
Picnic on the grounds. That's a fun way to spend the afternoon!
7 months ago
Charlie Fine
If you haven't been here it's worth a trip to go absolutely breathtaking architecture
3 months ago
Erik Greene
The Royal Pavilion is stunning. The inside is a real surprise and we spent a lovely couple of hours exploring it. The audio guide they've created to be played through your own phone was a good touch so try to bring some earphones.
8 months ago
Johan Halvorsen
Wonderful attraction in the heart of the city. Set in really pleasant grounds with paths baskers and flowers. A popular destination for sunbathers and people just wanting to chill. The pavilion itself is an incredible sight with absolutely fascinating architecture. A must see location when in brighton.
7 months ago
Jacob Frank
Very unique and enjoyable, also has a great free audio guide that you can listen to on your phone. Remember headphones to make it a bit easier!
10 months ago
Dave Pettigrew
The outside of the Pavilion is very interesting & unique although it always appears to have scaffold around part of it...but the inside is spectacular!! Think they should take all the shrubs & flower beds out and put the area down to grass as it will be easier to keep and not look so tatty as it does now...however I would recommend anyone to go and see this amazing building
8 months ago
Judy Cason
Really worth the £15 entry fee which is open for return visits for a year . George IV mock oriental fantasy palace . Makes you wonder how he got away with it. A bit like the nearby NCP car park who charged us £32 for four hours parking .How do they get away with it?
7 months ago
Ragunaatan Mano
A must to visit when in Brighton! Exotic and somewhat surreal for its time it used to serve as King's George the 4th seaside palace. An architectural blend of Indian, Chinese and British grandeur that will stun even the most demanding visitor. Admission fees are currently £15.50 for adults and £9.50 for children over five years old. Free audio guide is provided and be advised not to omit to have a coffee or two at the tearoom and marvel those breathtaking views. It's always best to have a look at their website before visiting.
9 months ago
Shrinivas Nayak
My reason for 3 stars is because there is no mention of the man who designed this building where he got his ideas from. Surely the person who designed this beautiful building should get alot more recognition. All I heard about was King George IV! Ok he was a King I get it, but I want to hear about John Nash who designed this masterpiece. It is a breathtakingly beautiful building. For those who wish to know John Nash designed this beauty and drew his inspiration from the Muslims/ Mughal buildings. This needs to be mentioned alot more as it's also a very important part of history!✌????
10 months ago
andrew Bosco
I love seeing palaces and states homes growing up in the UK but Royal Pavilion is definitely the most special of them all as it offer such an odd but wonderfull theme that I have never seen in an English palace before. The exterior of this place remind me of a royal palace in istanbul and the interior of this is almost wild for the time it was build. It is western yet oriental, a very radical design from the son of the mad king.
10 months ago
Zac Campbell
The Royal Pavilion is open now (October 2020), there isn't much to see in the gardens. the inside pavilion must be interesting to visit and the adult ticket (from 19 years) costs £15.50 with booking online.
7 months ago
Viridiana Lopez
Bed was a bit lumpy. Decor was nice. Four In A Bed contenders perhaps?
4 months ago
Tochair Biek
One of the fabulous 'Faces of Brighton'. Don't
be fooled by the drab exterior. The interior is
just amazing. The surrounding gardens are a
real treat. Wonderful for relaxing, picnics, or
just having fun. Popular outdoor cafe. Easy
access. Fantastic pop-up ice-rink in Winter.
Food, drink, and skate hire.
3 weeks ago
Jennj Lopez
The atmosphere during the summer in the garden/parks of the pavilion is one of the best. Typically live bands are playing music people joining in to dance, it really is wonderful to witness. Plenty of green grass space to sit down with a group of friends and the flowers are very well maintained with pleasant smells as you walk through the park. The royal pavilion building itself is also stunning to look at as you walk through. A truly relaxing space in the heart of Brighton!
11 months ago
Mark Drew
Completely different to what we expected. Amazing building with great friendly guides
3 weeks ago
Brian Roberts
Hi went here today and was impressed by the size of the building and the grounds of the palace.
The gardens are very well maintained and suitable for a picnic.
The palace is very impressive and has been renovated to a high standard.
I have attached nearly 50 pictures to this post to show how impressive it is.
Entrance is £15 for adults and I think about £8 for children.
If you buy the tickets online in their website you get a 10% discount but you need to buy them 24hrs before hand. But if you go to 365ticketmasters they were a bit cheaper and you can buy them on the day.
Please remember that you cannot take any pull along trolleys with you inside as we had a cool box on wheels and were told we couldn't take it in. Pushchairs were ok though.
There is no parking available at the palace so you need to find parking at the NCP which is expensive £31 for the day or try and come early and find some street parking.
4 months ago
Eric Pratch
Well worth a visit. Sadly you can't enjoy the exterior at the moment as it's undergoing refurbishment however the interiors are spectacular.
10 months ago
John Junker
Wow, what a delight. Inside is breathtaking and a real delight. Staff were wonderful too.. Well worth a visit
9 months ago
Oliver Wright
Very interesting. Invest in the audio guide as it gives great information about each room. A must do in Brighton
2 months ago
bruhwhat
Beautiful place but unfortunately it was close so we could not visit it at al inside. Hopefully the next time.
2 months ago
Bacon penguin
A must to see of Brighton architectural jewelry. You will be amazed by the
interior. The garden is a wonderful place for relaxing, picnics, or just
having fun and listening to live music. Nice outdoor cafe and a pleasant overall vibe.
4 months ago
Denise Pettingill
Price of £15 per adult that is bit expensive. Good and nice place with guide box for add £2 per person, yiu can choose only one for couple. One hour tour.
4 weeks ago
Klodian Nezaj
Amazing place . A lot of interesting information about the history of the place. One way sistem and sanitiser to use everywhere. Is worth visiting.
11 months ago
Rachel
2 minutes ago
I really love walking through the pavilion gardens. I walked through there on thursday with my 3 year old. I took time to have a good look at the nature and the wonderful beauty of this place. The busking was also wonderful and really put a happy vibe in the air.
After looking around we saw a few squirrels and a fox was sleeping.
It's nice you can get so close to nature in the city.
4 months ago
Steven Jett
Its a good experience well maintained and many things to see. Its not that big , you might take around 1 hour to view all rooms and paintings.
Some amazing gold art work and furnitures.
Overall good experience if you want to spend some time in history of Brighton
4 weeks ago
Rebecca Toma
Beautiful. Recommend a visit to anyone visiting Brighton.
2 months ago
Debbie Guertin
Great place, great park, good medieval type architecture of Persian origins. We didn’t go in due to overpriced tickets, but roaming around the park and outside was good enough.
Would recommend.
3 weeks ago
Terry Cao
From Outside it’s like from 1001 night stories but inside lower down your expectation. Still worth to see it. Definitely different
7 months ago
Oliver Karam
I loved this place it’s not allowed to take photos inside the building high recommended the park clean as you can walk and enjoy the view
7 months ago
Jody Winship
Absolutely superb architecture, a wonder, I recommend to anyone travelling in UK to visit Brighton and go visit the Royal Pavilion, have a walk along the sea front, specially in summer, very cold in winter.
8 months ago
Arielle Segal
A new room has been opened last week at the Royal pavilion: the Saloon. Freshly restored it's nice to see the extravagant and rich finish of this typical George IV architecture, just as it looked in its glorious days. Impressive the work done with pure platinum on the hand painted wall paper, painstakingly rebuilt to match the old silver in its former glory.
4 months ago
Mark Spencer
Growing up in Brighton seeing the exterior of the Palace as I passed regularly but never stepping foot inside, until now! I was absolutely thrilled at the opportunity to see what was behind this Indian inspired building. To my surprise the interior isstill of flamboyant oriental designs. It's a great historical building and a must do when visiting Brighton! I would recommend the audio guides whilst walking around! You can also enjoy tea and cakes on the rooftop balcony.
2 months ago
mark badolato
An absolutely amazing building with truly extraordinary interiors. It is definitely worth going out of your way to visit. In fact, I will be going again.
The audio guide was well done and in these COVID times the reduced crowds were bliss, you got a decent look at the smaller rooms as you had them virtually to yourself.
It is worth noting that a pair of earbuds or headphones for your mobile are handy as they are providing the audio guide only online on your phone at present.
7 months ago
Ryan Ayres
The pleasure palace is a must see tourist attraction. The interiors are out of this world and the scones are also great in the tea room. Do get the audio guide it gives amazing insight into the stories and background of this unique pleasure palace.
2 months ago
