,url-https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripexpert.com%2Fimages%2Fmarker-fade%402x.png(-0.119625,51.503387)/-0.09748823940753937,51.50442102735941,13.834142086092973/1280x214@2x?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoidHJpcGV4cGVydHdlYiIsImEiOiJja2Fud3l2MDcwbXZ0MndyeGF3eGI3ZWhzIn0.zLqNa1RECyZZadF8zfQM5w)
Tower Bridge vs London Eye
Tower Bridge and The London Eye are both highly recommended by expert reviewers. Overall, The London Eye ranks marginally better than Tower Bridge. The London Eye comes in at #12 in London with accolades from 9 sources such as Frommer's, Lonely Planet and Concierge.
Tower Bridge
Fodor's
Frommer's
Time Out
Not For Tourists
Let's Go
Show All Reviews
Tower Bridge, Tower Bridge Road, London, United Kingdom
From $0 /night
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
"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
"Opened in 1894, this is the 'London Bridge' that wasn't sold to America."
Full review
Not For Tourists
"Messing about on the water."
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
London Eye
Fodor's
Concierge
Frommer's
Travel + Leisure
Time Out
Show All Reviews
London Eye London SE1 7PB United Kingdom
From $0 /night
Fodor's
"This giant Ferris wheel is the largest cantilevered observation wheel ever built and among the city's tallest structures."
Full review
Concierge
"The 443-foot-high London Eye, designed by husband-and-wife architects David Marks and Julia Barfield, is the largest observation wheel in the world."
Frommer's
"You're free to move around inside the pod during its voyage, although everyone tends to congregate in the northern half to look out over the river and the heart of sightseeing London."
Full review
Travel + Leisure
"Originally built for the new millennium, this mammoth Ferris wheel has 32 dangling pods (each holds 25 people sitting or standing) that gracefully take flight 443 feet above the city."
Full review
i
Avoid weekends and go in good weather before 11 a.m. or after 3 p.m. for the quietest trip.
Time Out
"On a clear day you can see as far as Windsor Castle, 25 miles away, from the top of the London Eye, one of the world's largest observation wheels."
Full review
