| The Greater London area has over 100,000 hotel | | | | Ritz, the Savoy, and the London Hilton. The London |
| rooms, and the city states that there are over | | | | Hilton was built with modern design influences, on top |
| 70,000 hotels ranging from 3 to 5 stars within 10 | | | | of being the tallest hotel in the city. |
| kilometers of Central London. We do not need to be | | | | The Ritz hotel needs no introduction to most people. |
| rocket scientists to see that that is a whopping lot | | | | Synonymous with grandeur and luxury, this building |
| of hotels. With that many establishments spanning a | | | | with French chateau styling is similar to it's sister, the |
| history that goes way back, it is interesting to note | | | | Hotel Ritz Paris. Charles Mewes, who also worked on |
| that these hotels have different styles that reflect | | | | the Hotel Ritz Paris, was co-architect with Arthur |
| their times. | | | | Davis. |
| Some reports indicate that, since the mid-1990s, | | | | The equally-luxurious Dorchester Hotel in Mayfair, |
| there has been rapid hotel expansion in the city. In | | | | which was opened back in 1931, has an art deco |
| recent years alone, there have been over 1000 hotel | | | | exterior that complements its rooms that are heavily |
| rooms that opened in London. Still, modern hotels | | | | influenced by Georgian country houses. Art deco |
| started popping up since the early 19th century. | | | | revolves around concepts such as stepped forms |
| Before that, some smaller types of hotels were | | | | and curves that highlight the streamlined designs. |
| prevalent in the city to serve travelers. | | | | With many old hotels, there have been numerous |
| That is why, to this day, London's hotels remain a | | | | renovations that serve practicality as well as |
| mix of different and similar styles, with each one | | | | aesthetics. There have also been hotels that were |
| being influenced by some encompassing architectural | | | | converted from office buildings constructed back in |
| or artistic movement. In the Victorian period, where | | | | the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
| the Victorian architectural style predominantly used in | | | | The Franklin Hotel in Knightsbridge is styled in English |
| the era showed the face off between Gothic and | | | | country house style. The Draycott Hotel in Chelsea, in |
| Classical styles. | | | | contrast, is formed by three houses built in the |
| A prime example of such a hotel fashioned in | | | | 1890s. There are also hotels that are built from |
| Victorian trappings is the Langham Hotel, currently | | | | Victorian era houses, such as the Baglioni Hotel in |
| one of the best known grand hotels in the traditional | | | | South Kensington. |
| style. Back when it opened in 1865, the hotel was | | | | With so many hotels covering a long period of time, |
| considered the largest hotel in the city-and also the | | | | it is only natural that London's establishments also |
| most modern. While the hotel has undergone some | | | | depict a great many styles in terms of overall design |
| extensive renovations over the years, it remains one | | | | and architecture. It is a beauty to look at, seeing as |
| of the most iconic structures in the London hotel | | | | the hotels themselves become mirrors of the rich |
| scene. | | | | culture and history of the United Kingdom capital of |
| Other iconic grand hotels remain in service in London, | | | | London. |
| not the least of which are the following: the luxurious | | | | |