He visits Kent's county in England

The lovers of the nature you have to approach in some occasion up to Kent's county, in Great Britain, known by all like the Garden of England. For centuries here the best flowers of the country have been cultivated, and his sceneries are full of a spectacular coloring.

Without going further, one of the big cultivation in Kent has been for ages the hop, fundamental ingredient in the making of the beer. The inhabitants of Kent's county did not waste this grace of the nature, and they were preparing their own beer in Oast Houses, a few characteristic conical buildings, which you will see in many points of the county.

Today this Oast Houses, many of them, has turned into wonderful historical accommodations, which you can enjoy, and which we recommend to you, if you are of tourism somewhere here.

Other of the big attractions for which the tourists come even Kent is to see the Castle of Dover, placed on the English Channel, in the famous white cliffs. In fact, the castle is not the most ancient place of the area, but you will see the ruins of a Roman lighthouse and the Church of Santa Maria in Castro, a Saxon structure, constructed on an ancient Roman temple devoted to Minerva, and that it preserves the most ancient arch of all the English churches.

More importance that in the Middle Age has had, curiously, the Castle of Dover in the contemporary epoch. Precisely, the tunnels that are in the low part of the fortitude served in the Second World war to evacuate to the British troops. Also it was the secret head office of the British government, before a possible nuclear attack during the Cold War.

Inside Kent's wonderful scenery, you cannot go away without visiting the famous Vineyards of Biddenden, the most ancient of the area. It is a question of 22 hectares, in which holding a permit visits can be done. Perhaps the best thing of everything, and more advisable, a visit is to the shops of the vineyard, where you will be able to taste the exquisite broth that here is prepared.

Not only the already mentioned Castle of Dover is for these grounds. Other of more interesting that we can find is the Castle of Leeds, constructed in the XIIth century, and that it is known popularly as the Castle of Queens, due to many queens who have lived somewhere here. The surroundings of the castle are beautiful, with his gardens and even a golf course.

Also, we will see big art pieces, and up to an aviary. The summer weekends celebrate spectacles of birds of falconry. To get lost for the labyrinths of the garden, other one of the big visits.

Finally, but not for less important it, Kent's county lodges one of the most impressive cathedrals of the world, the Cathedral of Canterbury, one of the most ancient of England, and peregrination place from the Middle Age. Most of his structure date of the XIIth century, and in her many histories and legends sleep, between them the murder of the archbishop of that time, Thomas Beckett, in the XIIth century.

Like véis, a visit cannot escape from you to Kent's county in England, one of the big paradise of Great Britain.

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