Best Western Hotels GB | London Eye Hotels

Pick a hotel near the London Eye and you’ll be rewarded with unrivalled views over Britain’s capital. Feast your eyes on Wren’s architectural genius, the heart of UK government, glorious city parks and commercial giants like the Gherkin and Canary Wharf.

Things to do at the London Eye

On a clear day, Eye visitors can see as far as Windsor Castle, some 25 miles away, but there’s plenty to see a lot closer when you’re 135m high. Look east for St Paul’s Cathedral, Tower Bridge and the Tower of London and north towards hilly Hampstead and Highgate. You can also make out the green dome of the British Library where Marx researched Das Kapital. An after-dark “flight” is altogether different. The city becomes a string of winking lights linking the modernity of the Post Office Tower to the Gothic revival magnificence of the Houses of Parliament.

London Eye visitor tips

You’ll save money by pre-booking your tickets. You still have to queue unless you’ve bought priority boarding tickets that allow you to turn up 15 minutes before your flight. Allow an hour for queuing in peak summer periods.

Things to do around the London Eye

The Eye sits on the south side of Thames near the theatres of the South Bank complex, making it a pre-show experience that beats dinner any day. The Palace of Westminster and Big Ben are within an MP expense form’s throw away along the Embankment. Fans of 3D movies should pack some popcorn and head to the Imax Cinema near Waterloo Station. Take a look around Westminster Abbey, burial ground for Britain’s luminaries, or book a tour of the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms to see the Whitehall basement where the wartime leader plotted his victory.

Eat, drink and shop near the London Eye

Shopping doesn’t get much better than in London, whether you choose the hurly- burly of Oxford Street and Regent Street, the edgy boutiques in eastern Hoxton, the cool glamour of Notting Hill’s Portobello Road market or the credit-card-spanking shops of moneyed Knightsbridge. If you’re peckish during your stay in a hotel near the London Eye, turn in any direction for world-class restaurants. For south-western Indian food with a Michelin star, Quilon in Buckingham Gate is a treat-yourself stop. Go politico-spotting at Quirinale on Great Peter Street where MPs duck down into the basement for a decent plate of pasta. Yo! Sushi on Belvedere Road is cheaper but the quality’s still all there.