The Langham Hotel London is another superb post from: Europe & Beyond a holiday travel blog

London Hotels

For most of us, top-of-the-range hotels are out of our price range, except perhaps for the most special of occasions. But one of the great things about luxury is that looking is free! Just as many of us enjoy window shopping outside prestigious boutiques, or admiring opulent mansions from behind 20ft gates, there’s also an element of voyeuristic pleasure to be gained from peering into the world of luxury hotels, without actually staying there.

We have already featured The Sanderson and Dorchester and now here is another in the series of the most decadent London hotels.

The Langham London

Opened in 1865, The Langham is one of London’s most historic hotels. Over the years it has played host to royalty, celebrities and foreign dignitaries, giving the Langham hotel a sheen of grand distinction that endures to this day

Of course, the £80 million reconstruction it underwent in 2008 didn’t do any harm either. Added to the aura of eminence is the Landau restaurant which offers top class dining at top class prices, an uber-chic cocktail bar boasting its own rum label routinely shipped over from Cuba, and a delightful tea room where the British tradition of afternoon tea is said to have originated in the mid-19^th century.

The Langham London