London

Churchill War Rooms

The preserved underground bunker where Churchill ran the war, frozen in 1945.

Retro-futurist rooms in a converted 1970s block facing St Pancras’ gothic spires.

A riot of blooms and indie shops every Sunday on a Victorian East End street.

A slow half-hour rotation 135m above the Thames for a full sweep of the skyline.

Bright studio apartments with kitchenettes, a minute from the Millennium Bridge.

Stand astride the Prime Meridian and look back across the river to Canary Wharf.

Henry VIII’s riverside Tudor palace, complete with a famous hedge maze and great hall.

Bombay-cafe nostalgia, all-day bacon naans and black daal worth the inevitable queue.

An after-dark guided walk through the East End alleys of the 1888 mysteries.