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"This is not a shy sort of hotel. It’s a place of gold leaf and chandeliers, and is certainly not the sort of outfit that does anything by halves—the four-floor spa is one of the city’s finest. In a suitably grand building that used to house the Ministry of Defense, the location is equally impressive—just minutes from the Thames, Trafalgar Square, the South Bank, and the Houses of Parliament—and rooms get more extravagant until you reach the Royal Penthouse, which has its own spa, wine cellar, and terrace that eyeballs the London Eye." - CNT Editors