With a history that goes back in time to the regime of Romans, today London is the hub of Europe with its strengths relying on education, fashion, arts, entertainment, research and development to name a few.
The dawn of 2012 has bought with it even more attention, for London is now being center staged as the world surveillance it gearing for the much anticipated 2012 Olympic Games.
London, the metropolis of England, homes some of the most astonishingly beautiful constructions and one such edifice that is undoubtedly an extraordinary piece of architecture and engineering design is the EDF Energy London Eye. Erected in 2008, this giant eye took a good seven years with the man power and engineering of hundreds of people from five countries to be materialized to actuality. The end result is worth the efforts and time for it stuns the world to a silence every time you glance up at it or survey the world from within the capsule.
The London Eye is designed to support 800 passengers per spin with an average of 3.5 million passengers catching this ride every year. The interesting fact is that this figure is equivalent to a fully booked 6,680 British Airways Boeing 747-400 jumbo jets. The wheel is constructed with a sum of 32 capsules weighing 10 tons while the circumference of the wheels is measured to be 424m (1,39ft. Should the wheel be unwound from its structure and laid out vertically it is 1.75 times lengthy that the tallest building in the UK.
An iconic landmark symbolizing modern Britain, EDF London Eye remains the tallest construction of a cantilevered observatory wheel in the world. Positioned on the banks of River Thames, the extended view from this giant ferry wheel is simply breathtaking and cannot be substituted anywhere else in the world.
With a height of 135m, the view stretches to a good 40km radius (25 miles) and on a clear day one can see even as far as the Windsor Castle of Berkshire.
Anyone in the vicinity of London should not miss the opportunity to take a spin or in the least catch a glimpse of this iconic unique structure. For those of you who wish to find luxuriating accommodation while touring London, a recommended choice of a 4 Star UK Hotel would be the Millennium & Copthorne Hotels UK. Not only does it provide some of the best packages for a luxurious stay in the center of London but it is also in close proximity the Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace to name a few of the most visited landmarks of England. Keep an eye open for some of its seasonal UK Hotels Special Offers