As one of the world’s most vibrant cities, the city of London is visited by thousands of people every year from all over the globe. Irrespective of the reason of visit-whether business or leisure, London fascinates all with its amazing range of offerings that encompasses apart from shopping centres and restaurants-historical monuments, art galleries, museums, parks and gardens and now the latest attraction, its tallest buildings. Though, built to accommodate global offices and to house its many employees, these buildings with some over 100 mts have now become a major attraction in London with many people either expressing a desire for tours that involve specifically a visit to these buildings or a stay in one of the many holiday apartments that are located within these buildings or nearby.
Some of the buildings that have caught the fancy of tourists in are:
The Shard- The current tallest building of London at 309.6 metres, the Shard made entirely of glass in the shape of an irregular pyramid has apartments spread over 5 floors, a 200 bed hotel, restaurants spread across three floors besides ample office space and a viewing gallery and open-air observation deck at a height of 245 metre on the 27 floor.
One Canada Square, 8 Canada Square and 25 Canada Square- Located in Canary Wharf, these buildings are mostly office buildings housing several banks and other financial institutions. The area being an important financial centre also has several serviced apartments where not only the employees of these offices but many tourists visiting London for leisure and business purpose dwell in.
Besides the above buildings, Heron Tower, Tower 42, St George Wharf Tower, 30 St Mary Axe, BT Tower, London eye, Royal London Hospital Tower etc are some of the other tallest building above 100 mts that have caught the imagination of tourists visiting or planning to visit London.
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