YOU really cannot beat London in the summer. Parks, museums, galleries, historic buildings, the capital has it all and when the days are long and the sun is shining if you are out and about in town you simply don’t want to leave. Of course you don’t really have to, as there are plenty of hotel offerings around, but there is one in particular which offers a perfect base from which to explore the city.
Situated right smack in the heart of the action, on St Martin’s Lane, a stone’s throw from Trafalgar Square, is the Page 8 hotel. Opened in December 2019, the 138-room venue is the sister venue to the brand’s original offering Page 148, which opened in Hong Kong in January 2019. We stayed at the stylish yet unassuming boutique London bolthole this month, which proved the perfect spot from which to experience the best of the city in a short space of time.
This is a hotel which offers luxurious rooms, with chic yet comfortable finishes, but there are minimal communal areas, no leisure facilities and no entertainment. Instead, it boasts a very welcoming coffee bar on the ground floor – which also doubles as the reception (and breakfast) area – and a rooftop restaurant which is accessed outside the building. But what this hotel truly prides itself on is its high-end postcode and the beauty of Page 8 is its simplicity and its ‘urban exploration’ mantra.
They are happy to host you in the city, but they fully expect you to get out there and explore it. Even just a curs.