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London tops “Europe’s best small hotels” poll.
The award-winning Milestone Hotel has an ideal location close to Kensington High Street and right opposite Kensington Gardens
London’s luxury family-owned Milestone Hotel in the exclusive Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has topped a list of Europe’s best small hotels, with two other London hotels also featuring in the top 10.
Travel + Leisure‘s World’s Best Awards, voted by their readers, provide an essential list to help you navigate the globe like a skilled insider. And the Milestone Hotel held its own against Europe’s finest. It stole top spot in one of their prestigious hotel categories, with a whopping score of 92.35.
The Grade II listed 5 star hotel was built in the 1880s and designed by super architect of the time Sir Thomas Jackson. It still oozes Victorian architectural charm and is not afraid to showcase its rich history; but at the same time, its luxurious rooms have all the mod-cons and so it ends up very much as ”traditional meets modern”.
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The Milestone's rooms are both stylish and luxurious
The hotel offers fine dining and superb service at its Cheneston’s restaurant. Match your food to your mood (and the wine too, with the help of skilled Head Sommelier Lia Poveda), whether you fancy opulence in classically-fitted Cheneston’s; a casual al fresco meal in the chic-styled Conservatory; or a cosier experience in the intimate Stables Bar.
There are other reasons to tempt you to this luxury Kensington hotel. It’s known as one of the world’s most caring hotels and was also voted “One of The Best Places in The World to Stay 2011″ by Condé Nast Traveler.
And it’s cementing this reputation further by offering a creative package for insomniacs (known as the “Sound Sleep Experience”) as recently featured on this blog, as well as summer picnics in the park.
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The team at the Milestone are empowered to deliver a wealth of "tiny noticeable touches" to their guests
Two other London hotels also took top spots, with the rather swanky Lanesborough on Hyde Park Corner rating number two and The Goring in Belgravia – the London hotel with a summer beach bar – at number five.
The Georgian-style Lanesborough scored an impressive 91.62 (out of 100) for its service and attention to detail, like the hard-to-find cognacs and whiskies of its oak-panelled Library Bar. You get your own butler too!
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An Apsley Suite at the Lanesborough
Whilst the family-run Goring, with its English charm and location moments away from Buckingham Palace, rated a very respectable 90.18…
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The Goring is famous as the hotel where the Middleton family stayed on the night before the recent Royal Wedding
So according to Travel + Leisure readers at least, it seems that no city does small luxury boutique hotels quite like London!
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Photo credits: Goring Hotel, Lanesborough Hotel, Milestone Hotel.
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