This was once the War Office, where Churchill engineered victory over Hitler and spies held secret meetings. Here's why it's now Britain's most incredible hotel... with a video preview of its best £27,000-a-night suite.
Ted Thornhill from MailOnline Travel checked into Raffles London at OWO, opposite Horse Guards Parade. He has the opportunity to peek inside the breathtaking Haldane and Granville Suites on a guided tour. "author-section byline-plain">By Ted Thornhill, Mailonline Travel Editor
Advertisement'Wherever Raffles opens a hotel, its aim is for it to be the best property in that location '. Concierge Emiel Danneels at Raffles London at OWO told me.
My conclusion after spending a night at the “Old War Office”? They may have succeeded in the British capital.
This sprawling, dazzling 120-room property, which opened as a Raffles hotel in September 2023 is packed. gills with an exciting history, the service is impeccable and, as my video footage shows, guests are enveloped in exquisite grandeur and luxury, in a postcard perfect location - opposite Horse Guards Parade and the official entrance to Buckingham Palace.
The trapezoid-shaped building was built in the Edwardian Baroque style and opened in 1906 as the War Office.
It was the center of British Army administration until 1964, containing 1,100 rooms; 2.5 miles of corridors; 22 elevators; 25 million bricks; 26,000 tons of Portland stone; 50 acres of plastering; 19,000 feet of ornamental cast iron grilles inside...
'Wherever Raffles opens a hotel, its aim is for it to be the best property in that location '. Concierge Emiel Danneels at Raffles London at OWO told me.
My conclusion after spending a night at the “Old War Office”? They may have succeeded in the British capital.
This sprawling, dazzling 120-room property, which opened as a Raffles hotel in September 2023 is packed. gills with an exciting history, the service is impeccable and, as my video footage shows, guests are enveloped in exquisite grandeur and luxury, in a postcard perfect location - opposite Horse Guards Parade and the official entrance to Buckingham Palace.
The trapezoid-shaped building was built in the Edwardian Baroque style and opened in 1906 as the War Office.
It was the center of British Army administration until 1964, containing 1,100 rooms; 2.5 miles of corridors; 22 elevators; 25 million bricks; 26,000 tons of Portland stone; 50 acres of plastering; 19,000 feet of ornamental cast iron grilles inside...
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