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THE BUZZ | TRAVEL NEWS<br />
COMING FOR<br />
THE GAMES?<br />
Check out these capital<br />
ideas for aff ordable<br />
summer stays<br />
CAMP IN THE EAST<br />
A temporary campsite, with free<br />
shuttle bus to the Olympic Park, is<br />
being set up in Walthamstow just for<br />
the Games. Take your own tent, stay<br />
in one of theirs or enjoy a luxury yurt.<br />
Pitches start at £15 (€18) per person.<br />
campinlondon.com<br />
HOSTEL IN THE SOUTH<br />
Opening on 1 July in up-and-coming<br />
Elephant and Castle, the Safestay<br />
hostel off ers more than bunk beds.<br />
Its old Georgian building has bright,<br />
clean rooms and communal areas<br />
that look out over the garden. From<br />
£18 (€21) per night. safestay.co.uk<br />
APARTMENTS IN THE NORTH<br />
In the pretty Hampstead area of<br />
London, 291 Suites is a modern,<br />
apartment-style hotel. With your own<br />
cooking facilities, these three-star,<br />
one-bedroom fl ats will allow you to<br />
feel right at home. From £199 (€238).<br />
laterooms.com<br />
22 | TRAVELLER<br />
The Executive<br />
Lounge of the<br />
Hotel 41 feels as<br />
cosy and familiar<br />
as a gent’s club<br />
LONDON<br />
<strong>2012</strong><br />
Is This London’s Best<br />
Boutique Hotel?<br />
LONDON It’s a well-known (though<br />
rarely revealed) fact within journalism<br />
that whenever a headline poses a<br />
question, the answer is usually “no”. Hotel<br />
41 proves the exception to the rule: this<br />
family-run boutique bolthole is the fi nest<br />
we’ve ever stayed in in London.<br />
Don’t just take our word. It was voted<br />
the UK capital’s best by the users of<br />
TripAdvisor and was the only UK hotel<br />
to feature in the travel website’s recent<br />
Traveller’s Choice Awards. “Amazing,<br />
sexy, romantic,” said one rapt guest. “My<br />
home from home,” gushed another.<br />
That’s why 41 is our pick for anyone<br />
visiting the capital this summer (we hear<br />
there’s a big sporting event on). More like<br />
a member’s club than a hotel, the whole<br />
experience centres around the library,<br />
where guests lounge on welcomingly<br />
worn leather sofas surrounded by eclectic<br />
objets d’art. Staff wait attentively, but<br />
never obsequiously – a trick only the<br />
best hotels manage. All this attention to<br />
detail is the trademark of Bea Tollman,<br />
the South African behind this and several<br />
other equally fabulous hotels worldwide.<br />
The rooms, for instance, with their<br />
black-and-white rococo stylings, scream<br />
understated luxury, while the relaxed<br />
ambience extends to an honesty bar –<br />
one of the last remaining in the city.<br />
Close to Buckingham Palace, there are<br />
attractions galore on hand should the<br />
goings on in east London become too<br />
much. But, frankly, you <strong>may</strong> just decide<br />
not to venture out at all. 41hotel.com<br />
WORDS SIMON KURS, AMY DENNIS
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