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2011 was an exciting year for London’s boutique hotels and 2012 is shaping up to be no different. With the Olympics and the Queen’s Jubilee taking place over the summer, hotels will be falling over themselves to pull in visitors with innovative special offers in the quest for a bumper year. And if January is [...]
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Covent Garden – a hub of activity with its plethora of theatres, wide array of restaurants, bustling bars and world-class shopping – is an easy choice when picking an area of London for your next stay. And besides all the entertainment, it also offers rich pickings in terms of luxury accommodation; here are my four [...]
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Will it affect our campaign for free WiFi that the Maybourne Hotel Group will soon be taken over by the Barclay Brothers – owners of The Ritz which currently shamefully charges the highest prices in London for WiFi? Our fingers are crossed that Claridge’s, The Connaught and The Berkeley will continue to offer free WiFi – even under the Barclays’ ownership. We’ve [...]
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Nightjar, Old Street You wouldn’t know Nightjar existed unless you know it – in fact I lived a two minute walk from it for months before learning of its existence. The bar’s unassuming exterior – it doesn’t even have a sign – conceals a far more exciting interior. It plays host to a programme of [...]
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The latest eagerly-anticipated hotel offering from The Dorchester Collection, 45 Park Lane, opened last week. And with room rates starting from £395 we were pleased to see that WiFi is free throughout the hotel. However we were not so pleased to discover that the original Dorchester Hotel in London - a 5 star hotel with similarly lofty [...]
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With spring in full swing and summer approaching, now is a great time to enjoy London’s many sights or just enjoy a relaxing weekend away. To help you get the most of your stay, we present ten of the best London hotels special offers currently available below. To benefit from each deal, you’ll need to [...]
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London has a great deal to offer in surprising and delighting diehard fans of the silver screen. For one thing, it is a fabulous film set as our recent review of the best movies which use London as a backdrop highlighted. But as well as numerous film-related events in the capital, several London hotels even [...]
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I don’t think all that often about my bed. I only really become aware of what I’m sleeping on if it’s wrong – uncomfortable, bumpy, too hard or too soft. I recently slept in one that kept trying to roll itself around me like a tube. It was horrible – I kept waking up thinking [...]
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From Christopher Wren’s magnificent St Paul’s Cathedral to Norman Foster’s iconic ‘Gherkin’, the UK capital certainly has no shortage of architectural and design flair (and its fair share of ugly buildings too!). But away from such well known sites of photogenic splendour, London’s hotels also have a lot to offer anyone with an eye for [...]
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London has some of the world’s greatest and most extensive museums. The British Museum for instance is one you can spend three or four days on and still have that uncomfortable feeling you’ve missed something. But away from the crowds, the city also has some of the best small museums you could ever dream of [...]
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Today, our guest writer Andrea Kirkby continues her personal tour of the National Gallery’s top 10 highlights. Once again, you may view online images of some of the paintings below from the paintings page on the National Gallery’s official website. It’s now time for numbers 6 to 10: 6. Stubbs – Whistlejacket (Room 34). They [...]
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London Hotels Insight is all about inside information to help you enjoy a great stay in London by securing the best hotel for your budget. But it’s also fun (and cheaper!) to hang out in London’s top hotels even if you’re not actually staying there. So we’ve crafted our “top 10” list of super London [...]
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The pub is a great English institution. And there’s nowhere better than London to investigate historic pubs and taverns – from the humble alehouses of the Middle Ages to great Victorian palaces of beer. This special three-part feature will highlight some of the best of them for you along with a convenient hotel for enjoying [...]
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We’ve recently provided the lowdown on top-rated hotels for Christmas shopping in London as well as some imaginative festive special offers. To get you further into the festive spirit, we now uncover 3 more hotel gems for you. These are top-end options whether you’re in London for a seasonal romantic getaway, a trip with your [...]
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The Strand Palace Hotel was previously mentioned on this blog as one of London’s most visually-appealing Art Deco hotels. While it’s not in the highest tier of London hotels on TripAdvisor (currently in the top 300 from 1150 hotels), its location just a stone’s throw from Covent Garden means that it’s always in demand. And [...]
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An announcement from Travelodge – already featured on this blog for their aggressively-priced “sales” – recently caught my eye. They’re now planning to spend a further £84 million to buy up and convert hotels in London. The company is even offering you a finder’s fee to help them find suitable sites and has set up [...]
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