Discount Prices on The View from the Shard with London Discount Hotel

LONDON - May 30, 2013 - PRLog -- The recent opening of the viewing platform at the Shard, the most prominent new addition to London’s skyline and certainly the city’s most spectacular new construction to date, has proved a great success with most time slots to visit selling out quickly. At 310 meters high, this fascinating new building is the tallest in the whole of the European Union. Resembling a huge piece of glass – and hence the unusual name – the building rises 95 floors high to a sharp pinnacle. Within the Shard, there are many floors of brand new office space and with its great location in the middle of the City - London’s financial district - companies are starting to relocate their premises into this high prestige building. The Shard will also be home to a brand new 5-star hotel from the luxury Far East Shangri-La hotel group and top of the range apartments with a top price tag to go with them!

Between the 67th and 72 floors of the Shard, is the viewing platform, the View from the Shard, purposefully constructed outside (but with high level glass front) to give the visitor the true feeling of being on the outside of a very, very high up building! Spectacular views have been enjoyed from the Shard right across London and as far as Windsor on a clear day. On certain days, the viewing platform has actually been above the cloud level in London, making for an altogether very different experience!

The Shard is located at London Bridge Station and the whole area itself is being completely renovated. From the viewing platform, the trains below resemble part of a miniature railway and erstwhile high buildings such as St Paul’s Cathedral, the Gherkin and the modern financial premises of London City seem to be dwarfed by this truly magnificent new structure. Planning to visit the Shard is likewise to be made in a truly modern manner – tickets should be booked online and upon arrival (after passing through airport style security) there are machines to enter the booking reference number and away you go, changing lift once and you’re whisked up to the sixty seventh floor in a matter of seconds. There’s no time limit once you’re up too, which gives you plenty of time to pick out all the famous buildings on offer in London and for those Londoners, you might even spot your house!

You can take a chance and turn up on the day and pay full price though at the attraction is has been sold out at many periods so it’s best to book online and pay a discounted rate in advance. It’s certainly not the cheapest attraction in London however the Shard is a once in a lifetime experience to capture fantastic views across London and the surrounding areas so it comes highly recommended. The Shard is open in the evening too so a great place to finish off a romantic evening or to visit after dinner with the family or a group of friends.

This attraction and a wide selection of deals on many other attraction tickets can be booked at great savings on normal prices in the sightseeing section of the London Discount Hotel website www.london-discount-hotel.com/sightseeing/london-attractions