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Sponsored Post // Doubletree Tower of London // Hilton
This is a sponsored post for The Hilton group who are expanding their horizons and have recently welcomed 8 former Mint Hotels into the Hilton family. These include two hotels in London that were formerly part of the DoubleTree group, one in Westminster and the other right beside the Tower of London. Both of which places are actually pretty quiet at the weekends but really close to some great areas of London, be it Pimlico or the East End. The Tower of London Hotel, ignoring the beautiful tourist laden monolith opposite for now, it’s just on the cusp of the City. Which as we know is essentially dead at weekends. So the hotel is perfect calm amongst the storm of London, yet has this view from it’s restaurant.
Another thing is it really isn’t that far from Shoreditch, and without a doubt some of the coolest shops in the whole of London. Visitors to London ignore (well not totally) the tube map for a second, I may sound mad but I know what I’m talking about. You can either attack this, (oh and make no bones about it a serious shopping trip of a weekend to Shoreditch is essentially a military campaign) one of two ways.
1) You can leave your room, head straight to the DLR, go one stop to Shadwell than straight to Shoreditch High St. There Boxpark, Hostem, A Child of Jago, Start Boutique and more of Londons best kept secret boutiques await. Once you’ve hit them head down Brick Lane for a salt beef bagel (available night or day!), followed by some great vintage shops including Rokit. Ending your trip with one of the best curries in the UK, before heading back the hotel.
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2) Do that in reverse! It depends on how happy you are to carry your shopping all day?
While you’re around Brick Lane, you may also want to check out Spitalfields Market, which has some great vintage stores and men’s tailoring as well as quirky boutiques. All of this within not more than a 15-20 min stroll through the City.
Oh and having being sent the pics of both hotels refurb I want to eat here one night. It’s the Sky Lounge of the Westminster hotel right by Tate Britain. The view is gorge!
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