St. Paul's Cathedral

vik

breath taking 20th September 2008

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Walk across the millenium bridge from the tate modern side and the main thing you see is st pauls cathedral, it knocks your socks off. Better still do this at night or dusk when the building is full of spot lights and its even more of a sight for your eyes. You do have to pay to get in, but it is wonderful on the inside. We climbed the massive amount of steps and managed to get first to the gallery and then still higher where you can look down and see the floor and layout in all its splendor. There is also a gift shop selling the usual tourist stuff. We enjoyed it and have been a couple of times now, we will surely re visit in the future.

carum

wow 3rd September 2008

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St Paul's Cathedral is vast. The interior of the cathedral is spectacular. Not to be missed.
It is possible to walk up to the famed whispering gallery which is a real spectacle and ten times more exciting than anything else in London. It is amazing to think that the building is so old and to think that something so spectacular dates from the 1600’s and the times of the Stuarts and wren. It is also fascinating that the cathedral survived the blitz and world war with it being right at the centre of London. St Paul's Cathedral is an essential part of the London skyline.

kgc

Decent place, unhelpful staff 24th August 2008

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The building of course, is amazing even when half covered in scaffolding. Famous from films like Mary Poppins, Doctor Who (The Invasion) etc. Having said that I went here to attend a debate on global warming that was being supported by St. Paul’s and held in the building and I left distinctly unimpressed. First off, the cathedral staff directed us into “reserved” seats and then we were told we had to move. As it turned out, half of these so-called reserved seats ended up being empty anyway. The actual debate started significantly behind schedule and had to be cut short when one of the guests had to go on elsewhere.

ajay73

FANTASTIC 22nd August 2008

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This has to be one of the most amazing buildings on the planet.
If you walk down to the far left of the cathedral floor you can walk up to the famous whispering gallery which is much more frightening than the London eye. If you have any energy left then you can walk up another 119 steps to the stone gallery which is a balcony that goes around the cathedral just below the main dome. The view is great and you can finally get your camera out (you can’t any photos inside the cathedral), Now if you are feeling adventurous you can try and reach the golden gallery which is another 150 or so steps, near the top there is a small glass window in the floor that lets you see right down to the cathedral floor which reminds you of how high up you are. At the top there is only a metal railing and enough room for one person to fit between this and the cathederal wall. Climbing up to the golden gallery was definitely the highlight of our trip but it honestly couldn’t move the next day after all those steps.

If you book in advance I think you save 10% but you still have to queue with everyone else.
There is a nice cafe and gift shop in the crypt where you can see Nelsons tomb.