点评:The cathedral is magnificent to visit on its own. But I would HIGHLY rate the separately purchased 'tower tour'. It was superb value for money, lasting nearly an hour and a half and taking in the most amazing 'unseen' upper floors of the cathedral.
Our guide (John) was polite, friendly and very knowledgeable about what we saw. He was also hot on health and safety and made sure that all of the 9 people on our tour were all accounted for at each stage!
The view up into the spire from the inside was simply breath-taking and standing next to the clock when it rang the hour was a real experience!
Just a note that there are 5 very steep and winding staircases to go up AND come down - about 330 steps in total each way. So you need to be in reasonable shape to do the climb. There are generally decent handrails/ropes that you can use to support you, but some of the wooden staircases near the top have open framework so are a bit vertiginous if you fear heights, particularly when coming back down.
翻译:大教堂本身就很宏伟壮观,值得一游。但我强烈推荐单独购买的“塔楼之旅”。它物超所值,持续了近一个半小时,带我们领略了大教堂最令人惊叹的“未曾见过”的高层建筑。
我们的导游(约翰)彬彬有礼、热情友好,对我们所看到的景象了如指掌。他还非常注重健康和安全,确保我们一行九人在每个阶段都安全无虞!
从塔尖内部俯瞰,景色美得令人窒息,站在钟楼旁,看着它报时,更是一次难忘的体验!
需要注意的是,上下塔楼需要爬5段非常陡峭蜿蜒的楼梯,单程大约330级台阶。所以你需要有充足的体力才能爬上去。通常都有不错的扶手/绳索可供您支撑,但顶部附近的一些木制楼梯采用开放式框架,因此如果您恐高,尤其是在下来的时候,会有点眩晕。