I Londons West End ligger dette 5-stjernede luksushotel i en smukt bevaret bygning i nyklassicistisk stil. Overnatningsstedet har luksuriøs spa, rummelige værelser og Michelin-restauranten Wild Honey St James.
Sofitel London St James ligger på hjørnet af Pall Mall og Waterloo Place, 15 minutters gang fra Buckingham Palace. Piccadilly Circus og Charing Cross Station ligger 5 minutters gang derfra. St. James's Park ligger kun 320 m fra hotellet.
Alle værelser på overnatningsstedet er blevet redesignede i 2019 af den franske interiørarkitekt Pierre-Yves Rochon. De nye værelser er inspireret af 1960'ernes London og kombinerer britisk design med moderne fransk elegance.
Alle værelser har gratis wi-fi, skrivebord, Sofitel MyBed, aftenklargøring, badekar eller regnbruser, Diptyque-toiletartikler, fladskærms-tv og iDock-lydsystem. Værelserne har også Nespresso-kaffe, flaskevand og minibar. Nogle af værelserne har fantastisk udsigt til London.
Sofitel So SPA ligger fordelt på 3 etager og har originale historiske detaljer. Der tilbydes luksuriøse, innovative spabehandlinger. Hotellet har også den nydesignede bar St James Bar, en ikonisk cocktailbar.
Du kan også besøge restauranten Wild Honey St James, som har en afslappet atmosfære hele dagen og serverer moderne europæiske retter med sæsonbestemte lokale ingredienser.
Opened as the Queen’s Theatre in 1705 by playwright and architect Sir John Vanbrugh, in 1986 it hosted the world premiere of ‘The Phantom of the Opera’, and it’s been on ever since.
The ICA was founded in 1947 as a ‘playground’ for contemporary artists, and moved here in 1968. It hosted Damien Hirst’s first solo show and the debut London gig of Franz Ferdinand.
The gallery opened in 1824 to exhibit 38 paintings purchased by the government. The UK national collection is relatively small because unlike in Europe, the monarch’s collection was not nationalised.
One of the gallery’s most famous pictures is the Chandos portrait, which is said to be of William Shakespeare by his friend Richard Burbage. But some dispute its provenance.
Originally a deer park for Henry VIII, so he could hunt while staying at Whitehall Palace, the park was laid out in a formal style by Charles II, when Pepys came here to watch ice skating.
Soho is home to Europe’s largest Chinatown, which developed in the 1970s. Earlier generations of London’s Chinese population had centred around the docks of Limehouse.
The British Museum began from the collection of naturalist Sir Hans Sloane which he left to the nation on his death in 1753. Now it houses 7 million objects including more than 100 Egyptian mummies.