The city of London is home to some of the world’s biggest tourist attractions and once you’re there, it’s hard to know where to begin because there’re so many things to see and do. To make sure that you leave London having done and seen everything the city has to offer, there are plenty of sites that you must see.
The London Eye is among the first attractions to spring to mind, and one of the most recent additions to London’s back-catalogue of spectacles. It was opened up to the public in 1999 and faced criticism from sceptics, but then went on to become one of the world’s biggest tourist attractions.
Another main attraction of London is St Paul’s Cathedral. It is a monument to the renaissance style of architecture, redesigned and rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren in 1668, just after the great fire of London. The stunningly beautiful cathedral, located atop Ludgate Hill, stands today as Britain’s most iconic building.
Another historically fascinating spectacle of London is the Tower of London. It has served as a fortress, a prison and a death chamber for the people of London throughout history. It’s original purpose was to keep control over the raucus citizens of London in the 11th century under the rule of William the Conqueror.
Tate Modern (of course another main attraction) was converted from Battersea power station, and is the cities capital for believers of modern art along with the sceptical and the curious to view works of art from such celebrated modernists as Dali, Picasso, Matisse and of course Andy Warhol.
Buckingham Palace is possibly the most famous London attraction of them all. The official home of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, it’s one of the most instantly recognisable places on the planet. It is open for guided tours and is full of fantastic art works, although is not an official art gallery.
The Natural History Museum is the last sight that I will list here, but it is by no means the last to be seen. It was as somewhere to put all natural history items that the British Museum had (it was nearly over-flowing with them) and over time became the great museum we know it as today. It is a wonderfully spectacular building designed by Alfred Waterhouse in 1880-1881.
I couldn’t possibly describe all of London’s attractions here, but to take in London in it’s entirety, it will definately take more than one day. Therefore, to complete your trip to London, the perfect hotel is the icing on the cake. There are hundreds of truly great hotels in London, and to choose which one os right for you and your group, it’s simply a matter of finding a website that has a full list of them, and browsing to your heart’s content.
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