| London inspires dreams of grandeur like no other city | | | | If you're looking for somewhere a little quieter and |
| this side of the Atlantic. The Yellow Brick Road ends | | | | perhaps more personable, London's elite regions are |
| here, and through its alluring mash of haute cuisine | | | | packed with tiny, six star boutiques. The Portobello in |
| restaurants, throbbing bars and luxury hotels London | | | | Notting Hill, for example, offers discreet and charming |
| rarely fails to impress. | | | | accommodation in an affluent, evocative part of |
| Getaways to London mingle age-old institutions with | | | | London. |
| hot-off-the-press modernity, often whipping visitors into | | | | High-End Dining |
| a storm of pleasure as they go. But this is a big and | | | | London lives for eating and drinking out, which means |
| occasionally difficult city, and if you don't put in a bit of | | | | getaways to the city simply must include a gustatory |
| research, it can leave you hanging on the side of the | | | | tour of the capital's best dining spots. |
| road with the blithe indifference common to all | | | | The Spanish and Japanese accented French cuisine |
| large-scale metropolises. | | | | of L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon is currently considered |
| Still, you don't have to look far to find out how to make | | | | some of the hottest fare on London's exclusive dining |
| the most of London and all its lavishness... | | | | circuit. Incredibly trendy in decor and overwhelmingly |
| Luxury Hotels | | | | supreme in taste, it really is the place to be seen come |
| Unsurprisingly perhaps, the luxury hotels London has to | | | | 8pm on any night of the week. |
| offer are some of the best to be found anywhere in | | | | For something wholly English, meanwhile, The Ivy is |
| the world. Luxury hotels here just about cover the | | | | always a good bet. A favorite on the celeb circuit, it |
| gamut of what luxury hotels can be - which is great, | | | | does fish and chips like you won't find anywhere else |
| but it can make selecting one quite difficult. | | | | in London. Even on the Holloway Road. |
| A good way to start is by looking at the location of | | | | Shopping |
| the hotel you're considering. Center-of-town places are | | | | Any getaway to a European city should leave ample |
| often the most iconic - The Ritz and The Savoy, for | | | | time for a shopping trip or three. Fortunately, London |
| example. That means they're in the perfect position for | | | | has as high a regard for such trips as any other capital |
| tourist jaunts around the capital's must-see sights. It | | | | in the world. From the chic boutiques of Notting Hill to |
| also means they indulge in the full tumult of the Big City | | | | the antiques of Kensington Church Street and the |
| - getaways to these places won't getaway from the | | | | jewelers of Bond Street, you'll find enough here to |
| noise and bustle of inner-city London. | | | | occupy entire weeks of happy browsing. |