FFeatured Covent Garden hotel
Strand Palace Hotel
Located right in the heart of central London’s most beautiful district, the Strand Palace Hotel is ideally situated for exploring the surrounding area and London’s top attractions.
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The Bloomsbury Hotel
This luxurious and historic hotel is situated in the centre of the capital, close to the theatres of Covent Garden
Radisson Blu Edwardian
Set in a simply perfect location for a London Break, the Radisson Blu Edwardian Mercer Street Hotel is situated in popular Covent Garden
Citadines Trafalgar Square
The Citadines Prestige Trafalgar Square is positioned just a few steps away from Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square
ME London
ME London is superbly located on the Strand on the southern tip of Covent Garden, just a few moments from the River Thames and Trafalgar Square
Covent Garden & Strand Area
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Some of our hotels are very conveniently located for Covent Garden & Strand Area – two fascinating areas of London.
Covent Garden
Today, this part of London is known as a very active area of boutique shops, restaurants, cafés, galleries and bars plus, of course, the famous opera. Strolling around the square and surrounding streets is a lovely experience and one that is extraordinary cosmopolitan and multi-cultural.
During the summer months, you can sit outside eateries and people watch. Yet this part of London has undergone many transformations in its day. Until the 1960s, it was one of London’s major wholesale markets specialising in fruit and vegetables but growing traffic chaos in the surrounding streets made this increasingly impractical. In the 1970s the market was relocated and the buildings were preserved and converted into the bohemian centre seen today.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the area was notorious as a red-light district as well as a market area. Interestingly, in the 13th century it had been attached to a religious establishment and used for their agricultural purposes – hence the name originating as Convent Garden.
Going back even further, at a time when some historians believe London was a pile of abandoned Roman ruins, the Anglo-Saxons developed their own market town called Lundenwic around the Covent Garden area. This in turn was later abandoned, as King Alfred the Great and others encouraged the Anglo-Saxons to move back into the old Roman city area.
The Strand
This is a long street with a long history, running from Temple Bar (where the City of London proper ends) into the City of Westminster and to Trafalgar Square. All London weekend breaks should incorporate a stroll along this street, as it contains a number of hugely interesting churches and other buildings including The Royal Courts of Justice, some historic theatres and Somerset House – a vast and impressive building dating from the late 18th century.
Originally, this entire street was lined with mansions and palaces of the rich and powerful. Many had their frontages onto the Thames, as the river in past centuries was considerably wider than it is today. So, when you walk through this part of London, you are following ancient footsteps indeed. If you need to stop off during your stroll, why not have have afternoon tea at the world famous Savoy Hotel?
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