Blenheim

There are hundreds of reasons to visit Blenheim Palace. It is an amazing building, brimming with history. The grounds are vast and amazing. There are exhibits and events of all sorts. Unlike many British manor houses, you can go there and spend an entire day and not only not be bored, but actually consider going back for more.


The reason I wanted to go was because the Branagh Hamlet was filmed there.

Me = Dork.

Many of the rooms used for filming were not part of the tour, but the grounds were quite recognizable and the strange mini-train that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern show up on is actually a fixture on the grounds.

Even more oddly, Blenheim Palace has its own wine! More of a pizza place type of wine then a storied English palace type of wine. There's a wide variety of "country" wines that we didn't try, as we weren't in the mood for lugging bottles all over the place.