Save up to 62% on rack rates: Four-stars start at £99 for two with English breakfast: Call us on 020 7399 2960 hotel, the Fitzrovia is well locat- ed for Harley Street, Regent’s Park, Marylebone and the West End, easy for the City (Central Line from Oxford Circus) and a short taxi ride from Euston, King’s Cross, Marylebone and Paddington mainline stations. Club rates start from £105 for a Superior Double for two shar- ing, Fri and Sun, £125 on Sat and £139 Mon-Thur (RR £265). For an Executive double, rates are £155, Fri-Sun, and £169, Mon- Thur (RR £295). Our rates are flexible, for two sharing, with full English breakfast, compli- mentary room upgrade if avail- able on arrival and 15% off food and beverage. All exclude VAT. KNIGHTSBRIDGE The Draycott Draycott Gardens, SW1 Between Chelsea and Knights- bridge, the Draycott is a sump- tuous five-star country-house hotel in prime position for the international designer boutiques including complimentary room upgrade if available on arrival and complimentary glass of Champagne in the American Bar. All rates exclude VAT. The Langham Portland Place, W1 Ever since its Royal opening in 1865 the Langham has attracted the rich, the famous and the artistic. The literary crowd in- cluded Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde and Noël Coward. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a con- stant visitor, and set Sherlock Holmes stories there. The com- posers Dvorják and Toscanini were regulars. As to statesmen, Sir Winston Churchill enter- tained Charles De Gaulle there. More recently it was a favourite of Diana, Princess of Wales, The Goons (Spike Milligan, Peter Cook et al), the Cambridge spy Burgess and the BBC news team. There is a space, and a time- less atmosphere, about old-time ‘Grand Hotels’. The Langham is a grande dame—large, beauti- ful, magnificent, reminiscent of a French château, its elegance in part due to history but also to its discreet private ownership. This is an hotel where they like to do things in a genteel manner: the staff calm, professional, wearing smart suits, the girls in pearls, the bedrooms airy, with marble bathrooms, sugar-pink accents. Tempted? Well, we can cer- tainly recommend it. The Lang- ham is in the heart of the West End, near the Regent Street and Bond Street shops and galleries, easy for the theatres and a short walk to Regent’s Park in one di- rection and Oxford Circus in the other. Club rates start at £245 for a Superior Room, Fri-Sun, and £305, Mon-Thur (RR £579). Deluxe: CCUK £287 Fri-Sun, and £358 Mon-Thur (RR £640). Executive (with club access for benefits including breakfast, all- day light meals, meeting facili- ties, evening drinks, hors d’oeu- vres and canapés: CCUK £373 Fri-Sun, £444 Mon-Thur (RR £800). All rates exclude VAT. Grange Langham Court Langham Street, W1 Recently refurbished to a high standard, this boutique hotel in a quiet area of Fitzrovia is ideal for Harley Street and West End shops, even the City (via the Central line Tube from Oxford Circus). Bedrooms are bright and airy, with Wifi, flat-screen TV and satellite channels. Club rates start from £105 for a Superior Double for two shar- ing, Fri and Sun, £125 on Sat and £139 Mon-Thur (RR £265). For an Executive double, rates are £155, Fri-Sun, and £169, Mon- Thur (RR £295). Club rates are flexible, for two sharing, with full English breakfast, compli- mentary room upgrade if avail- able on arrival and 15% off food and beverage. All exclude VAT. Grange Fitzrovia Bolsover Street, W1 A handsome and traditional 90- room four-star hotel in a quiet street just north of Oxford Cir- cus. Rather a hidden gem of an The Draycott, elegant country-house style off Sloane Street: Free Champagne and afternoon tea: Club rates start at £160 including breakfast. 105