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You might think that now that the Olympics are over, the Queen has celebrated virtual tours of million dollar homes 60 years on the throne, and the weather looks, well, like England in autumn, your reasons to visit the capital are numbered. But you'd be wrong.
Indeed, virtual tours of million dollar homes this time of year is when the air is the most crisp, when Sunday roasts taste the best, and when the last dregs of summer tourists have left for warmer shores. All of which are reasons enough to visit in the fall, no?
If you do indulge in a little jaunt to the Big Smoke, do as the Beckhams do (well, David anyway, apparently) and check into the Blakes Hotel . You might be thinking that having a butler, virtual tours of million dollar homes bellhop, and barber at your beck and call isn't really your cup of tea, but then you'd be wrong again, because the Blakes isn't really that type of place.
Sure, the 45-room property, which prides itself on being the world's first boutique hotel (technically, another hotel in the States claims the same, but in any case, they both opened in 1978), does offer impeccable service and the type of bed linens that only come in fine hotels. What sets the Blakes apart, however, is that it blends into its tony South Kensington neighborhood so seamlessly that you'll leave actually feeling—believing, even—like you're the cat's pajamas (and its only pair, at that). Yes, you do fit in with the rich and famous (you could be the seventh Beckham, why not?).
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An oasis inspired by Corfu, Greece? Go ahead, check into the king suite. Something a little more exotic—Peruvian, virtual tours of million dollar homes perhaps, or African? Both are on the menu. There's even an Opium den (not a real one, though we're told that what happens virtual tours of million dollar homes at the Blakes stays at the Blakes) adjoining the lower-level restaurant, which serves the lightest sea bass in ginger soy broth I've ever tasted.
It's all a bit surreal: each suite feels as much a magic fantasyland as the next, and I can't help but gasp every time another door opens. If only my flat looked like this! I can't help but wonder. But then again, isn't that what a magnificent boutique hotel should do—make you feel like you're staying in the room of your dreams?
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