Spent 4 and a half hours at the Tower of London. I...

Spent 4 and a half hours at the Tower of London. It was a great morning out. Would have liked the opening ceremony if we could see it from where we were standing!! There were only about 15 people standing in front so we should have seen at least something but no of course not. It wasn't busy around opening time but about an hour later it was very busy and I mean busy, the crown jewels part the queue was really long. So if you are visiting this then you better get there at opening time or you will be spending this place longer than me. Plenty of gift shops dotted about the place, so if one is busy go to the next. They all have basically the same thing so if one is busy then go to the next which is a short walk away. I bought the tickets online so no need to queue up beforehand. Toilets were clean and I like that they had free water in the cafe so we filled up our bottles there as it was a hot day not sure if you're supposed to do that but I did! I ordered a cup of tea from there which was over priced but it was a nice cup of tea. My friend had a hot chocolate which wasn't hot at all so a disappointment there. I like the fact they had free tour guides either through headphones and a tape recording or actual tour guides guiding you around the place. You will do a lot of walking up narrow steps and walking from place to place so get well rested before you decide on going. I possibly will not go again but I really enjoyed the day and definitely recommend it.