The city of London is one of the most, if the not the most famous tourist destinations in the entire world. An international hub on the way to anywhere in the world, London is nevertheless a tourist site nonpareil. The sites of London are some of the most anticipated travel experiences from any nation and every travellers with any claim to the name. Anyone who has spent time in London can speak knowledgeably remembering their first visit to these sites.

1. The London Eye

The London Eye is such a photogenic and eye catching archetype of London that it has become a cinematic place holder instantly establishing London as the scene of any televised of cinematic film scene. The Merlin Entertainment’s “The London Eye” is a huge Ferris wheel of modern design set by the waterside in urban London. The London Eye is almost 500 feet tall. Each Ferris wheel “car’ is closed and stands for a London borough. Each car holds 25 people and takes a half hour to revolve one time. Erected from towed barge materials constructed from all over Europe, the London Eye blinkered on in 1999 and now has digitally controlled electric lights.

2. Big Ben

The stalwart face of gigantic clock tower Big Ben has been an emblem for the City of London for decades, if not a century. The gonging sound of the London tower clock is synonymous with many London historical events and contemporaneous films using this item as a prop. Built in 1834 as part of a Westminster fire restoration project, the tower is 16 stories high built of brick, limestone and cast iron. Pennies have been added and subtracted to the pendulum to keep Big Ben’s reliable time accurate over the years.

The name of Big Ben actually denotes the bell in the four facing clock tower famous for its downtown London location. Big Ben’s clock tower is the third tallest in the world. Big Ben celebrate 150 years of stalwart timekeeping alongside Westminster Abbey, a good place to have a clock. The clock and dials were designed by Augustus Pugin, before his descent into madness. The Great Bell of this clock is in fact the “Big Ben’ of note, and the bell in St. Paul’s Cathedral is bigger.

3. London Bridge

Far from falling down, London Bridge continues to stand and conduct traffic. Rather small for its metropolitan responsibilities, the London bridge nevertheless conducts red London buses, city traffic, and visitors back and forth every day over the river Thames. The London bridge falls between the city of London and the Southwark with a ribbon og A3 highway on it.

4. St. Paul’s Cathedral

Most famously the site of Lady Diana’s Spencer’s wedding to the Prince of Wales, St. Paul’s Cathedral is a stunning example of English baroque architecture and Romanesque pageantry wrapped up in one single monument. Sadly, later the Princess of Wales’ stirring funeral watched by billions of people worldwide, St. Paul’s Cathedral was built by Christipher Wren and functions as both a focus of international activities of note and the symbol of the religious pageantry it was meant to commemmorate. A memorial service for the American and British dead of Seprember 11 was also held here. Built of Portland stone.

5. Buckingham Palace

The broad estate lands and the high fences surrounding Buckingham Palace are one of the central foundation tourist sites and one of the most desired and popular visitor attractions in the entire United Kingdom. The current Royal Family, the Windsors, have established Buckingham Palace as their headquarters and offices central operating center. Buckingham Palace in its Nash renovation is known worldwide for its opulence and wealthy accoutrements. Artwork and State apartments dumbfound visitors with their grandeur.

Buckingham Palace has over eight hundred thousand feet of floor space and 78 bathrooms. The entire Royal Family have suites there, including HRH Queen Elizabeth, HRH Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh, and the HRH Prince of Wales and the former Mrs. Camilla Shand-Kydd, the Duchess of Rothesay. The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace with their stalwart demeanor and furry black Shako helmets are a hallmark of global travel.

6. The Tower of London

The infamous holding pen of prisoners guilty of crimes against Royalty and unfortunate non-favorites of the King, the Tower of London is an infamous tourist site known worldwide. Yet it is also the secure home of the crown jewels of the Monarch. Known as the Royal Tower of her Majesty the Queen, it has be a treasury, an armory, and a zoo besides. Built in 1078 by William the Conqueror, the Tower of London is scheduled to become a monument.

7. Westminster Abbey

The religious basis of many fine buildings throughout Britain are exemplified in the construction, placement and use of Westminster Abbey. Coronation and burial of royal family members takes place at this actual College of St. Peters at Westminster structure. Once a cathedral, Westminster Abbey is a Royal Peculiar, a place of worship directly under control of the British monarch. An exhibit of Royal funeral effigies awaits visitors.

8. Windsor Great Park

This architectural marvel is the actual Park where Londoners see the Royal Family at play. A long history of English kings have celebrated their reign at Windsor and consolidated the air of Royalty and the Windsor association with British life. Western London hosts the Windsor Great Park, where deer scatter under the Crown’s management of the place. HRH The Duke of York Prince Andrew lives in one of the lodges and many parkland gardens are kept beautifully tnded for visitors.

9. The Gherkin

The pickle-shaped Gherkin building (30 St. Mary Axe) ws built in 2003 and has 40 floors. It has quickly become a site of Londoners’ topographical identity. When the strange obelisk type building was erected in 1993, little gherkin signs and miniatures were placed all over London to promote the building and get people used to the shape. A strange “gherkin fatigue” briefly set in, yet in television shows like the BBC’s “Spooks” and other television shows and films, the modern silhouette hallmarks the modern London skyline from the more historical one. The Gherkin is one of the recent projects which sparked a partial backlash by the public against overspending of funds on architecture at the cost of the public good. But the Gherkin is very much admired, not least for developing Canary Wharf.

10. Millennium Dome

 The Millennium Dome was one of many expensive projects earning the ire of British taxpayers (and their love ever after). Opened in 2000, the Dome was erected to celebrate the Millennium. The Dome is actually a structured tent made of glass fiber fabric ( a type of plastic) mounted on giant poles on the former gasworks sludge site on the Greenwich Peninsula. The Dome looks dramatic especially at night. Now called the O2 Arena, it is the site venue for many amazing concerts, novelty shows and rock tour events.