London Hotels

• Next door to smart department store Harvey Nichols in upper-crust Knightsbridge, the hotel is a two-minute walk from Hyde Park.
  
  
• The sumptuous rooms have curved walls, three windows, velvet sofas and marble walk-in showers.
  
  
• Guests of the hotel can take tea in the domed Knightsbridge Lounge, with its live harp music and opulent gold décor.
  
  

GENERAL INFORMATION:
What to expect: Middle Eastern business and leisure travelers are fond of this opulent high-rise hotel overlooking Harvey Nichols on Knightsbridge. The main entrance is on Loundes Square, offering tree-filled vistas from the oak-paneled Travertino marble lobby. Corporate travelers make up 60 percent of the clientele with international tourists making up the rest.

Amenity highlights: This 16-floor hotel was purpose-built in 1973. Many rooms have panoramic views over the city. The hotel’s seafood restaurant One-o-One is intimate and very popular. Afternoon tea is served to the accompaniment of a harpist in the circular Knightsbridge Lounge, and the hotel has secure onsite parking.

Insider tip: Look out for the camouflaged leopard painted on the spiral staircase of the Knightsbridge Lounge. He is the symbol of the Luxury Collection of hotels and slinks along the wall under the 10-foot long chandelier which takes two whole days to clean.

PROPERTY AMENITIES:
The oak and marble lobby at Sheraton Park Tower features designer clothes in glass cases and a Pacha jewellery shop. The hotel also boasts a small kiosk, a fitness room with 10 cardiovascular machines, and a casino with its own separate entrance. The four conference rooms, with capacity for 12 to 80, are complemented by the business center with its high speed Internet terminals, photocopier, shredder, printers, and phones. The hotel offers wireless Internet access and secure onsite parking (surcharge).

ROOMS:
Sheraton Park Tower, London, has 280 guestrooms, all of which are lift-accessible and feature gold and dark wood furnishings. The curved rooms, with a bank of three windows on one wall, offer great views over London, especially from the sixth to 16th floors. Firm king beds have duvets, four monogrammed pillows, and 100% cotton bedding. All rooms have 28-inch satellite televisions, glass-topped desks with upright leather chairs, velvet sofas, and multi-line phones. Gray marble bathrooms feature bathrobes, slippers, walk-in showers and bathtubs, granite vanity shelves with illuminated make-up mirrors, bathroom scales, and Art Deco light fittings.

DINING:
One-o-One - Fine dining. Specializes in seafood, including Brittany rock-salt crusted sea bass. Aquamarine leather chairs. Starched tablecloths. Miniature cut-glass iridescent lamps. Trio of sommeliers on hand to offer wine advice. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner served.

Knightsbridge Lounge - Afternoon tea served. Spiral-shaped central lounge with charcoal fashion sketches hanging on walls. Live harp music. Stunning 10-foot tear-drop glass chandelier hangs from gold-leaf covered dome.

Piano Bar - Oak-paneled bar. Piano music featured nightly. Finger food available 7 AM - 2 AM along with Italian coffee, vintage wines, fine whiskeys, eight different types of Bloody Marys, and other cocktails.