We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. By clicking “Accept”, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies.
This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
We use necessary cookies to ensure our website works properly and provide essential functionalities and security features. These cookies do not collect any personal information and are always enabled. By continuing to use our website, you agree to our use of these cookies.
To enhance user experience, we use performance and analytical cookies to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of our website. Performance cookies help us deliver better user experiences by tracking metrics such as load times and response times. Analytical cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by providing information on metrics like the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, and more.
Cookie
_gcl_au
Duration
3 months
Description
Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.
This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity to store information of how visitors use a website and help in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity to store information of how visitors use a website and help in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
Hotjar cookie that is set when a user first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID.
A cookie that holds the current session data. This ensues that subsequent requests within the session window will be attributed to the same Hotjar session.
Here we select five things to do in London in the winter. Read on to find out about our favourite haunts.
20th December 2016
Share Post:
When it comes to London’s most iconic sights Mayfair has to be one of the best addresses in the book. Located in the heart of the West End, it’s perfectly positioned to reach those must-see places.
So staying at The Athenaeum Hotel & Residence, one of the finest hotels in Mayfair, is a luxury indeed. Within an arm’s reach of Green Park, among some of the most illustrious museums, galleries and restaurants in the world and featuring Instagram-worthy views across London’s celebrated skyline, this is one sought-after destination.
The question is – how do you choose what to see? Here we select five things to do in London in the winter. Read on to find out about our favourite haunts.
Bond Street
Less than a 10-minute walk from The Athenaeum beats the heart of London’s most exclusive shopping destination – Bond Street. Just walking down this beautiful, world-famous street is an experience, as you browse the prestigious shop-fronts of Chanel, Bulgari, Fendi, Gucci and De Beers to name a few, before settling to down to a stylish post-shopping lunch. Why not pop into the renowned auction house Sotheby’s or The Wallace Collection before retiring to your sumptuous suite for a spot of afternoon tea. Sounds good to us!
Hyde Park
Green Park may be on the doorstep of our luxurious hotel in Mayfair, but you’ll also find yourself close to another of London’s renowned green spaces – the world-famous Hyde Park. Known for its open-air public speaking spot, aptly named Speakers Corner, you’ll be treated to a lively round of speeches and debates – a novel experience you won’t want to miss. Combine this with a boat trip on The Serpentine Lake, a visit to the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain and a live music concert and London’s largest park begins to reveal its true wonders.
The Royal Academy of Arts
Walking through the courtyard of Burlington House is a visual extravagance alone. Home to the oldest fine arts institution in England, and a five-minute walk from The Athenaeum, this privately-funded society is host to some of the leading exhibitions in the world. For a flavour of what’s going on in the art world right now, you’d do well to drop in to the annual summer exhibition showcasing up-and-coming artists. Featured alongside old masters, including Michelangelo’s Taddei Tondo – the only marble he ever produced – you’re in for a cultural treat.
The Shard
Arriving at The Shard is quite remarkable. A recent addition to London’s iconic skyline, and instantly recognisable, The Shard is an architectural masterpiece. Soaring upwards, the tallest building in the UK is double the height of any other viewing platform in London, and it’s fair to say, the view is astounding. With three floors of restaurants and bars, amongst them – the Aqua Shard, Oblix and Hutong – you won’t be short of somewhere to sit and fully immerse yourself in those stunning scenes across London, before retreating to one of the most luxurious hotels in Mayfair. Bliss.
Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!
If you’re travelling with the whole family, this is one experience in London you won’t want to miss – five floors of mind-boggling curiosities to intrigue the most inquisitive of minds. Browse the weird and wonderful and you’ll discover a man born with a blue face (really!), a furry trout, chewing gum sculptures, shrunken heads and Henry VIII’s actual shoe. With interactive mirror mazes, black holes for the children and historical artefacts that will blow your mind, it’s well worth the visit, and only a short walk away from your leading hotel in Mayfair.
Feel like visiting? Have a look at our rooms here and add a bit of luxury to your stay.
Arguably the most romantic celebration of the year, Valentine’s Day gets us feeling all sentimental and full of appreciation for our other halves. Here’s what we have got planned for the month of love.
As the spooky season approaches and carved pumpkins start to adorn the kitchen windows, it’s time to get excited about the upcoming festivities. In London, there will be no shortage of events and activities to get involved in, so don your Halloween costume and prepare the family for a month of supernatural celebrations. Here are just five of the many things that you can do in and around London this Halloween.
At The Athenaeum we’ve been busy gearing up for the summer holidays and sent our secret little spy, Arthur Athenaeum, out on an adventure to visit all of London’s incredible sites.