Hotels Lewis Hamilton Has Stayed At

A vast glass-roofed Winter Garden gives The Landmark London its defining sense of scale, with palms rising above tables set for afternoon tea. The central courtyard began as a place for arrivals by horse and carriage when the property opened in 1899 as the Great Central Hotel, built to accompany Marylebone Station. That railway-hotel ambition still shapes the experience: generous rooms, classic furnishings and marble bathrooms carry the grandeur upstairs, while the Winter Garden anchors dining with seasonal British cooking. On Marylebone Road, a short walk from Regent’s Park, the hotel makes its strongest impression through this extraordinary interior—a courtyard that has evolved from an arrival point into the center of a stay.

An Edwardian courtyard approached through wrought-iron gates and a carriageway gives Rosewood London a distinctive entrance on High Holborn. Inside, a grand marble staircase anchors the hotel's manor-house character, while its public rooms make space for a more playful expression of British taste. Scarfes Bar pairs Gerald Scarfe's caricatures with velvet armchairs, antique books and live jazz; Holborn Dining Room gives traditional British cooking a prominent place, with a dedicated pie kitchen and a takeaway hatch. Art carries through to the Mirror Room's Monet-inspired afternoon tea. Together, these details give the hotel a personality rooted as much in illustration, craft and cooking as in architectural grandeur.

The May Fair’s former Grand Art Deco Ballroom now houses the Palm Beach Casino—a particularly vivid link to the hotel’s beginnings in 1927. That appetite for theatrical design carries into its suites: the Schiaparelli takes inspiration from Elsa Schiaparelli’s favored fuchsia and the surrealist era, with a freestanding limestone egg bath and an integrated fireplace. With more than 400 rooms, including 37 suites, this is a substantial London hotel with plenty happening under one roof. May Fair Kitchen pairs Japanese and Italian cooking, while the bar serves cocktails throughout the day. Outside, its Stratton Street address puts Green Park, Berkeley Square, and Bond Street within easy reach.

Le Bristol Paris has a yacht above its rooftops: naval architect Cäsar Pinnau designed its sixth-floor indoor pool with teak decking and a trompe-l’oeil stern, with views toward the Eiffel Tower and Sacré-Cœur. That playful space adds a distinctive chapter to this grand hotel on rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, whose rooms and suites follow an elegant Parisian style. A 13,000-square-foot courtyard garden gives guests room to linger, while the kitchens reveal how much is made here: the hotel mills its own flour, bakes its bread, and produces chocolates in-house. Three-Michelin-starred Epicure anchors a stay in which French cooking deserves as much attention as the address.