Sydney AMP Tower > Reviews > Sydney Tower - Towering Above the Rest?

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Prices	Average
Is it worth visiting?	Good
Transport links	Good
Family Friendly	Good

Advantages:	Excellent 360 degree view of Sydney
Disadvantages:	A bit expensive and always crowded

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Sydney's Tower, the "Second Tallest Building in the Southern Hemisphere", is one of these attractions that one has to visit while in the city.

Towering above all of the other already tall buildings, it offers a 360 degree view of the city from the observation deck, and is great for photo opportunities (unless the sun happens to be reflecting in the glass...)

However, since *everyone* visits here, there isn't really a 'quiet' time to go. I tried in the morning of a weekday, and found myself in the middle of a large group of excited children there on a school trip, as well as many other tourists that showed up anyway. Thus, there were long queues for the elevator, which meant about a 10-15 minute wait each way.

What do you get for your money? Well, you get to go up and see the view, and also the opportunity to eat in the overpriced restaurant. You also get a seat for 'Oztrek' - a short film about Australia, which you may end up waiting up to 40 minutes to see once you get back down from the tower, depending on the next showtime.

All in all, it's worth seeing - there was that element of "oh, was that it?" when leaving, but the view is amazing, (unless you want to see the opera house, which is mostly obscured by buildings) it's not horribly overpriced, and after all that, you can at least say that you did it.