Place to go: Osborne House Title: Osborne House Location: nr East Cowes Cost: £ 8.50 County: Isle of Wight Map Link: Show Map Access Details: grounds on the level; house has many stairs Facilities: shop, cafes, restaurant Description: Queen Victoria's favourite home - and when you see the location you can understand why! Review: A real insight into the home and family life of the Royal Family of Britain in the 19th Century. In one sense quite simple, yet in another full of ostentatious wealth and showing off. The Walled Garden, grounds and Durbar Room, full of Indian artefacts, paintings and mementoes are all stunning, yet the fascination of the living room, the bath tub and shower, the family paintings and photographs, all provide a human face for what we often regard as a stuffy old lady. Fascinating - but do avoid the crowds! Related Items: Black Country Living Museum Work and living conditions around about...   Mrs Smith's Cottage A tiny cottage which remained lived in until a... Updated: 01 June 2004