"A hotel known for its Englishness—a quality embodied in its celebrated central staircase (dark and woody of bannister, bright and stripy of carpet), which apparently drove Ralph Lauren into such a fit of longing that he commissioned a replica of it for his Madison Avenue shop. The Connaught Bar is a mini Art Deco masterpiece and our pick for the best bar in London. Both Hélène Darroze's three Michelin-starred restaurant and the less formal Jean-Georges at The Connaught are outstanding too (the latter with a view onto a magical Tadao Ando water sculpture outside). Price: Rooms from around $1,335 per nightAddress: 16 Carlos Pl, London W1K 2ALClosest tube station: Bond Street" - Condé Nast Traveller, Steve King
Courtesy Maybourne Hotel Group