The 17th century royal palace where Queen Victoria grew up and Prince William and Kate live

London's largest central park is home to green lawns, path-threaded woods, and Speaker's Corner

A monumental arch with some lovely London views

Pair of Hyde Park pavilions devoted to contemporary art, architecture, and design

The world's most famous department store

Of all London's boutique inns, this Chelsea hotel succeeds the best at leaving behind the aura of impersonal hotel to create instead a cozy private home feel—with discreet hotel comforts—in a building from the 1800s

A gloriously funky hotel just off Hyde Park in Knightsbridge, London

A Kensington Hotel with remarkably inexpensive apartments and an amazing Penthouse flat

Just off Brompton Road, near the chicest boutiques and the shopping at Harrods, the red brick townhouse Egerton House, opened in 1990, offers Victorian comfort with a modern touch.

The Pelham is an oasis of tranquility in a busy road hub in South Kensington, mere steps from a Tube stop and blocks from the shopping of Brompton Road

Perhaps the nicest B&B in London—though not the most central (in Hammersmith and Fulham)

Dorm rooms between the British Museum and Covent Garden at the Imperial College London

Comfy B&B rooms above a noted gastro-pub in Fulham

The original London restaurant of Britain's top-rated chef

An elegant 18C pavilion where Queen Anne once entertained