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The Royal Horseguards hotel at 2 Whitehall Court, Whitehall, SW1A 2EJ, is to have its 280 bedrooms refurbished by next year as part of a £16.3m facelift.
The listed building was built in 1884 and used by the secret service and was also partly occupied by government departments during World War I.
A warm welcome awaits you from Robert and Nicholas at the St Alfeges bed and breakfast, that welcomes gay and straight guests alike, to this unusually designed house, with comfortable, stylish furnishings.
The Waldorf Hilton, originally known simply as the Waldorf Hotel, is a famous five star hotel operated by Hilton Hotels, located in the West End of London at Aldwych in the City of Westminster.
The Savoy Hotel is a five-star hotel found on the Strand, London. Opened in 1889, it was built by Richard D'Oyly Carte, the owner of the nearby Savoy Theatre. It was and remains one of London's most prestigious and opulent hotels, with 230 rooms. Its name derives from the Savoy Palace which once occupied the site. Its first manager was Cesar Ritz, who later became the founder of The Ritz Hotel. The hotel was designed by T. E. Collcutt, who also designed the Wigmore Hall.
The London Hilton on Park Lane is a hotel and skyscraper, overlooking Hyde Park in the exclusive Mayfair district of London. It is 101 metres tall and has 28 storeys and 450 rooms. It was completed in 1963 and was designed by William B. Tabler Architects. It is a concrete faced building, and it is regarded by some as an insensitive intrusion on the park. There are more than a dozen other Hilton hotels in London including the Waldorf Hilton.
The Dorchester is a leading luxury hotel on Park Lane in Mayfair, London, overlooking Hyde Park. It has a reputation for the rich and famous staying there.
The Dorchester Hotel opened on 18 April 1931. It was created by Sir Malcolm McAlpine and Sir Frances Towle. In 1929, they bought the old Dorchester House, a large 19th century building, and quickly had it demolished. Sir Owen Williams was commissioned to design the new hotel. In the new edifice, the use of reinforced concrete allowed the creation of large internal spaces without support pillars.
Famed Swiss hotelier Cesar Ritz opened the hotel on May 24, 1906. The building is neoclassical in the Louis XVI manner, built during the Belle Epoque to resemble a stylish Parisian block of flats, over arcades that consciously evoked the Rue de Rivoli. Its architects were Charles Mews, who had previously designed Ritz's Hotel Ritz Paris, and Arthur Davis, with engineering collaboration by the Swedish engineer Sven Bylander. It was the first hotel in the country to offer every room a private bathroom, and was the first substantial steel-frame structure in London.
Claridge's is a traditional grand hotel which is said to have an aristocratic ambiance. Its extensive connections with royalty have led to it being referred to as an "extension to Buckingham Palace". It was founded in 1812 as Mivart's Hotel, located in a conventional London terraced house and grew by expanding into neighbouring houses. In 1854, the founder sold the hotel to a Mr and Mrs Claridge who owned a smaller hotel next door.
County Hall is a building in Lambeth, London, that was the headquarters of London County Council and later the Greater London Council (GLC). Today County Hall is the site of businesses and attractions, including Saatchi Gallery, Dali Universe and the London Aquarium, as well as two hotels and several restaurants. Other parts of the building have been converted into flats.
The London Eye is nearby.
The building is on the bank of the River Thames, just north of Westminster Bridge, facing west towards the City of Westminster. The nearest tube stations are Waterloo and Westminster.
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