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LONDON LONDON

Cadogan This quietly old-fashioned hotel on the Connaught For service – the type of impeccable,
borders of Chelsea and Knightsbridge is where deferential service perfected by Jeeves – look
Oscar Wilde was arrested (room 118). You can no further. Now almost a living time-warp,
stay here, surrounded by photographs of the this bastion of Britishness continues to turn a
playwright. (In Paris, at l’Hotel, you can stay in haughtily blind eye to the modern world; there
the room in which he died.) Lilly Langtry’s home are few newfangled frills. Restaurant is managed
w was also here. Dignified, warm and comforting. by top chef Gordon Ramsay.
N 75 Sloane St, London SW1X 9SG. Map p72 B4. N Carlos Place, London W1K 2AL. Map p72 C2.
§ (020) 7235 7141. ` (020) 7245 0994. § (020) 7499 7070. ` (020) 7495 3262.
$ info@cadogan.com 0 b,l,d. Rooms 65. $ info@the-connaught.co.uk 0 b,l,d. Rooms 92.
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LONDON LONDON

Colonnade Set amongst the canals and bridges of Covent Garden If you are at home in a trendy
Little Venice, the Colonnade occupies a pair of location and starry company, you will delight in
Victorian townhouses that once did duty as a this exceptional hotel, smack in the bustling heart
maternity hospital (Alan Turing was born here). of London. The former hospital combines
Sigmund Freud stayed here; you can too, in eclectic inspired design and the latest technology with
but comfortable surroundings. Eat contemporary panache. Stunning drawing room with honesty
Mediterranean in the Enigma bar and restaurant. bar; smiling young staff. Screening room.
N 2 Warrington Crescent, Little Venice, London W9 1ER. N 10 Monmouth St, London WC2H 9HB.
Map p75 E4. § (020) 7286 1052. ` (020) 7286 1057. Map p73 E1. § (020) 7806 1000. ` (020) 7806 1100.
$ res_colonnade@etontownhouse.com 0 b,l,d. $ covent@firmdale.com 0 b,l,d. Rooms 58.
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LIFTON LONDON
Arundell Arms Traditional, characterful sporting Halkin Armani-dressed staff deliver seriously
inn with 20 miles of fishing on the Tamar river good service at this sleek, minimalist yet
and its four tributaries. Log fires, modish food. friendly hotel. Michelin-starred Thai restaurant.
N Lifton, Devon PL16 0AA. Map p74 B5. § (01566) N 5 Halkin St, London SW1X 7DJ. Map p72 C3.
784666. ` (01566) 784494. $ reservations@ § (020) 7333 1000. ` (020) 7333 1100.
arundellarms.com 0 b,l,d. Rooms 27. ]]] $ res@halkin.co.uk 0 b,l,d. Rooms 41. ]]]]
LONDON LONDON
Five Sumner Place Award-winning, recently Knightsbridge Green Comfortable, friendly,
renovated, fairly priced South Kensington B&B. no-frills hotel midway between Harrods and
N 5 Sumner Place, London SW7 3EE. Map p72 A4. Harvey Nics. Excellent full English breakfast.
§ (020) 7584 7586. ` (020) 7823 9962. N 159 Knightsbridge. Map p72 B3. § (020) 7584 6274.
$ reservations@sumnerplace.com 0 b. ` (020) 7225 1635. $ thekghotel@aol.com 0 b.
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