"Forget the Tate: Rooms at the Georgian Egerton House Hotel are decked out with artwork by Picasso, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Matisse. The hotel is within walking distance to Harrods and the Natural History Museum, barring any need to leave the premises (at least where fine art is concerned), and there's traditional afternoon tea service at the Drawing Room, served from noon to six, where you can tuck into fresh scones with Devonshire clotted cream. Transition to martinis once the evening swings around."