Destination · London
London
Legendary palaces, Michelin-starred West African tables, free museums and West End musicals: London blends royal tradition and cosmopolitan energy along the Thames.
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London
London
Legendary palaces, Michelin-starred West African tables, free museums and West End musicals: London blends royal tradition and cosmopolitan energy along the Thames.
Where to stay
Palace
The Savoy
Savoy Court, Strand
Opened in 1889 beside the Thames, home to the American Bar and Gordon Ramsay's Savoy Grill.
Visit the site →Palace
The Ritz London
150 Piccadilly
Opened in 1906 by César Ritz, famed for its afternoon tea and The Ritz Restaurant, holder of two Michelin stars.
Visit the site →Palace
Claridge's
Brook Street, Mayfair
Founded in 1812 in Mayfair, with Victorian and Art Deco suites, and listed in The World's 50 Best Hotels 2026.
Visit the site →Palace
The Connaught
Carlos Place, Mayfair
Hélène Darroze's three-Michelin-star restaurant, the award-winning Connaught Bar and an Aman spa in Mayfair.
Visit the site →Palace
Raffles London at The OWO
Whitehall
Opened in 2023 in Whitehall's Old War Office, home to Mauro Colagreco's Michelin-starred restaurant.
Visit the site →Boutique hotel
Ham Yard Hotel
1 Ham Yard, Soho
Kit Kemp interiors, a 1950s bowling alley, a 190-seat theatre and a rooftop garden in the heart of Soho.
See the reviews →Business hotel
Sofitel London Heathrow
Terminal 5, aéroport d'Heathrow
Linked to Terminal 5 by a covered walkway, with 605 rooms and 45 meeting rooms.
Visit the site →The best addresses
West African restaurant
Akoko
21 Berners Street, Fitzrovia
A 2026 Michelin star for West African fine dining: Nigerian jollof rice, Senegalese yassa and Ghanaian abunuabunu.
Visit the site →West African restaurant
Chishuru
3 Great Titchfield Street, Fitzrovia
Adejoké Bakare's Michelin-starred West African restaurant, with her take on banga stew with palm nut cream.
Visit the site →Fine dining
Ikoyi
180 Strand
Two Michelin stars in 2026: Jeremy Chan pairs British produce with West African spice, including smoked jollof rice.
Visit the site →Fine dining
Core by Clare Smyth
92 Kensington Park Road, Notting Hill
Three Michelin stars in 2026 in Notting Hill, where Clare Smyth serves her Potato and Roe and Lamb Carrot classics.
Visit the site →Cocktail bar
American Bar
The Savoy, Strand
Opened in 1893, London's original cocktail bar has welcomed everyone from Churchill to Hemingway.
Visit the site →Sky bar
Aqua Shard
Niveau 31, The Shard, 31 St Thomas Street
A contemporary British restaurant and bar on level 31 of The Shard, with the London skyline all around.
Visit the site →Things to do
- Take in London from the Sky Garden, the garden at the top of 20 Fenchurch Street.
- Watch the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace.
- Explore the British Museum, then the National Gallery on Trafalgar Square.
- Spend a shopping day at Harrods in Knightsbridge, then on Bond Street.
- See a musical in a West End theatre.
Your trip
You choose, we book.
- The hotel, on the best terms available
- Airport welcome and transfers
- A car with a driver
- Tables, beach clubs, nights out
- Day trips and visits
- Honeymoon, birthday, surprise
You pay the hotel and the providers; our concierge fee is stated in writing before anything is booked.
From Cotonou
No nonstop flight. With one stop: Brussels Airlines via Brussels or Air France via Paris-Charles de Gaulle, both flying nonstop from Cotonou to their hub.
Good to know
Beninese passport: a Standard Visitor visa is required, applied for online on GOV.UK; there is no biometrics centre in Benin and VFS Global recommends the one in Nigeria (Lagos or Abuja). Currency: pound sterling (GBP), not pegged to the CFA franc.
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Addresses checked in October 2026 on their official sites. Léna Escapes is neither affiliated with these places nor their agent: we name them to help you choose, and we book for you.