Charlotte Street Hotel, London

Owned by Kit and Tim Kemp, emperors of the equally deluxe and discreet Covent Garden Hotel , Dorset Square and the Pelham, the Charlotte Street Hotel subscribes to the same successful vibe of traditional subtlety and urban style. Converted from a warehouse, this contemporary, luxury boutique hotel just north of Soho combines the best of modern and period English decor, linen curtains, four-poster beds, dark wood chests, large writing desks, with modem ports, DVD and CD players, and cellular phone. The granite and oak bathrooms come with a small TV. Among the individually decorated rooms are four soaring loft-style suites and two open-plan penthouses with private lifts and stunning rooftop views. A lobby of creaking oak floorboards leads into the fireside comfort of the drawing room and original paintings by the Bloomsbury Group artists befittingly adorn the library walls.