Este lujoso hotel de 5 estrellas ocupa un edificio neoclásico bien conservado en el West End de Londres. Ofrece spa de lujo, habitaciones amplias y el restaurante Wild Honey St James, con estrella Michelin.
El Sofitel London St James está situado en el cruce de las calles Pall Mall y Waterloo Place, a 15 minutos a pie del Palacio de Buckingham. Piccadilly Circus y la estación Charing Cross quedan a 5 minutos a pie. El parque de St. James está a solo 320 metros del hotel.
El diseñador de interiores francés Pierre-Yves Rochon rediseñó todas las habitaciones en 2019. Las nuevas habitaciones, inspiradas en el Londres de los años sesenta, combinan un diseño británico audaz con la elegancia francesa contemporánea.
Las habitaciones incluyen wifi gratuita, escritorio, cama Sofitel MyBed, servicio de cobertura, bañera o ducha de efecto lluvia, artículos de aseo Diptyque, TV de pantalla plana y equipo de sonido iDock. Disponen de café Nespresso, agua embotellada y minibar. Algunas habitaciones tienen vistas espectaculares a Londres.
El Sofitel Spa ofrece tratamientos de lujo e innovadores y consta de 3 plantas decoradas con elementos históricos originales. El hotel alberga el recién reformado bar St James, un local emblemático para los amantes de los cócteles.
El restaurante Wild Honey St James está abierto durante todo el día y ofrece un ambiente informal donde se sirven platos europeos modernos elaborados con ingredientes locales de temporada.
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.