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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew vs Tower Bridge

Both are endorsed by reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew is the choice of most reviewers compared to Tower Bridge. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew ranks #13 in London with accolades from 8 sources such as Michelin Guide, Michelin Guide and Lonely Planet.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
8 / 10
Kew Road, Richmond, Kew TW9 3AB
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Fodor's Fodor's
"Enter the Royal Botanic Gardens, as Kew Gardens are officially known, and you are enveloped by blazes of color, extraordinary blooms, hidden trails, and lovely old follies." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"It's essentially a vast scientific research center that also happens to be extraordinarily beautiful." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Victorian-era greenhouses and the sprawling grounds overflow with 33,000 species of flowers, plants, and trees (the world’s largest living collection)." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"Kew Gardens is a magnificent World Heritage Site covering 300 acres with over 30,000 species of plants." Full review
Let's Go Let's Go
"These botanical gardens host the largest collection of plants in the world, and visitors can eat up gorgeous assemblages of roses, orchids, and cacti (or be eaten up by the carnivorous plants)." Full review
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Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge
9 / 10
Tower Bridge, Tower Bridge Road, London, United Kingdom
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Fodor's Fodor's
"Despite its medieval, fairy-tale appearance, Britain's most iconic bridge was actually built at the tail end of the Victorian age, first opening to traffic in 1894." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"It's a low bridge equipped with two mighty 1,000-tonne (1,100 U.S.-ton) decks, technically known as bascules, which raise to let ships pass below. This happens around 900 times year." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"Opened in 1894, this is the 'London Bridge' that wasn't sold to America." Full review
Not For Tourists Not For Tourists
"Messing about on the water."
Let's Go Let's Go
"Compared to London Bridge, Tower Bridge definitely wins on the aesthetic front (unless we’re counting children’s nursery rhymes)." Full review
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