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