District Guide
4 Hotels · 1 Experiences
The Square Mile — ancient lanes beneath gleaming towers.
4.7· 1,719 Google reviews
A Grade II-listed former Port of London Authority headquarters beside the Tower, all marble halls and hushed ceremony. La Dame de Pic and a cavernous spa serve the Square Mile.
4.8· 1,300 Google reviews
Singaporean serenity rises over Bishopsgate, with a wellness floor that floats above the City. Sunday champagne brunch at Straits Kitchen is a destination in itself.
4.5· 8,006 Google reviews
The City's grand banking hall turned hotel and members' club, with nine restaurants under one vaulted ceiling. A rooftop pool and the vault bar complete the Square Mile fantasy.
4.5· 2,143 Google reviews
The Great Eastern Hotel of 1884 reimagined for the modern City, hiding a Masonic temple behind its walls. Seven bars and restaurants spill onto Liverpool Street station's doorstep.
Three storeys of landscaped garden beneath the glass crown of 20 Fenchurch Street — free to visit with a timed ticket, with dawn openings and evening bars high above the Square Mile.
The Editor's Briefing
The Square Mile turns hotel grandeur up after the markets close: five-star hotels in the City of London include The Ned, the banking-hall colossus on Poultry, and Four Seasons at Ten Trinity Square, a Grade II-listed palace beside the Tower. Weekday polish, weekend quiet — the City does both.
Pan Pacific brings Singaporean serenity to Bishopsgate, while Andaz London Liverpool Street hides a Masonic temple behind its 1884 facade. Stay here for Tower Bridge dawns, Sky Garden evenings and the fastest rail links in the capital.