01 ngo 04
Ukungena kweeTranshini kwihotele leSt Ermin
Izitepthi zemibala kunye neebhalkoni zeLobby St Stemin zenzelwe ngumqambi we-Victorian Music Hall, uJPBriggs. Ukudibanisa i-rococco kunye nezobugcisa be-Art Nouveau, kunye ne-chandeliers zivela ekuqaleni kwe-1900. © Ferne Arfin Ngena kwi-Hotel yaseSt Ermin, ngokusebenzisa i-entry back garden yakho emva nje, ubhekene nefantasy ephawulekayo ye-staircase ehamba phambili kunye ne-rococo plastawork apho ukhangele khona. Ingaba yilo hotela ye-hotela okanye indlu yama-opera yama-Victori?
Akumangalisi xa ujonga i-hotel horizontal - eli likhulu lebhola kunye namagumbi amabhola amnandi kakhulu - ayenzelwe yileyilandi yaseLondon uJP Briggs, owayejongene neYork Grand Opera House, i-Doncaster Grand Theater kunye neToubridge Wells Opera House.
Ukuhlobisa iSt Ermin, ukuhlanganiswa kwe-Art Nouveau, i-hall baroque kunye ne-rococo, kunye neengcebiso ze-Art Deco - kakhulu into yonke i-designer yekhulu lama-20 yayingaphonsa kuyo-kufuneka ibe yinto ebonakalayo ngosuku.
Kodwa ixesha kunye nehotele ngokukhawuleza kwinqanaba elithandwayo lithatha umthwalo wabo. I-St Ermin isondele kwintliziyo yezokhenketho yaseLondon - iWestminster Cathedral, iBig Ben, iPalamente, iBalamente yaseBuckingha , iiGoldards, iSt James's Park - kodwa ngokucacileyo kunjalo. Ngasemva kweVictoria Street, ngaphaya kweScotland Yard kunye nekomkhulu laseLondon Underground , kwakungabonakali kwengqondo kwikona elithulile laseLondon kwabaninzi abantu baseLondon abazi. Ngenkulungwane ye-21, yayisisithunzi somthunzi wezicwangciso zayo ezinkulu, i-stop-over on tours cheaper with a bar usetyenziswe ngabasebenzi baseofisi basekhaya.
Khangela iNew, uLuhlu olutsha lokuBomi
Ngoku, emva kokutshintshwa kobunikazi, ihotele sele ihlaziywe i-£ 30 yezigidi kwaye ivuselele kwakhona. Imidlalo esanda kuzuza i-4-star star status, ulawulo lwe-St Ermin luthembise ukunethezeka kwamanqaku kwimeko apho, kodwa zigcinwe zonke iimpawu zobunjani behotele. Ngamaxabiso egumbi, ngelixa zingabizi, zilungele indawo enjalo, kunye namagumbi omzimba amabini okuhlambela kuwo, i-St Ermin ibonakala ibalulekile. Sagqiba kwelokuba siyeke ngenxa ye-snoop encinane.
02 we 04
Ibha apho Imbali Yenziwe?
Ukuhlobisa imitsha kodwa i-bar e-St Ermin's Hotel yinqaba yasekuqaleni apho iintlola zeCold War ngokungathandabuzeki zibophe izibonda zazo. © Ferne Arfin I-Caxton Lounge kunye neBar e-St Ermin yinto ekhoyo namhlanje, ene-bar e-zinc, iindonga zesikhumba ezifudumeleyo, ezininzi ezininzi ezamema i-sofas kunye ne-ottomans kunye neendawo zokucima umlilo.
Ukususela ekuhlaleni kwayo ngo-2011, ibha inika uluhlu oluphuculweyo lweewayini zamazwe ngamazwe, ubhiya obuvela eLondon microbrewery, okwangoku, kunye nokukhetha okomoya. Ibha iya kunika umthamo wefowuni, i-champagnes okanye i-whiskeys kwimeko "yeenqwelo-moya" zintathu, ukuze uthelekise ngexesha lokwabelana ngamacwecwe kunye ne-tapas.
Imbali
Eyona nto inokuba yinto elula, kodwa kunokwenzeka ukuba ubuncinane amalungu amabini eCambridge Iintsimbi ezihlanu zeentlola zaseBrithani - uGuy Burgess, uKim Philby - wabelana ngeemfihlo zeCold War kunye nabahlobo baseRussia kule bar. Yinyaniso yokuba ngexesha, i-MI6 (i-shop yeJames Bond ngendlela), apho uPhilby noBurgess basebenze, kunye neminye imibutho karhulumente yemfihlo, babe neefisi kwi-St Ermin. Ingaba ngaba loyihlo lwengingqi? Mhlawumbi mhlawumbi. Kodwa kuyonwaba ukucinga iingcamango zabalingani bakho xa udibanisa i-whisky kwibharki yangaphambili.
Ngokuphathelele imbali eyenziwa ngoku? Kukho mhlawumbi akukho bar okanye indawo yokutyela ngaphakathi kwendlela ehamba phambili yePalamente, iYotown Yard kunye neenkonzo zikaRhulumente ezingenakubalwa apho izikhumbuzo zezopolitiko zengqesho zingabhalwanga kwangoku. Kanye xa ungathandabuzeki, qiniseka ukuba umise iStr. Ekufuphi kwidesi yokufumana ihotele, uya kubona iCandelo leBell. Ifuna ukubiza amaPhalamende abuyele ePalamente xa kufuneka ukuba avotelwe.
03 we 04
Igumbi eliMnandi
Igumbi elinyukayo elimnandi kwigumbi le-St Ermin's Hotel. © Ferne Arfin Amagumbi amaninzi okuhlambela kwihotele yaseSt Ermin anamaqumrhu aphakamileyo aphezulu ngo-Villeroy & Boch okanye i-Porcelanosa kodwa ngokuqhelekileyo eziqhelekileyo kumalungiselelo kunye nezibonelelo. Noko ke, abaqulunqi, baye baye edolophini kwii-41 ze-suites zokunethezeka zehotele. Kukho "amagumbi amanzi" emva kweglasi ekhanyayo idibanisa iibhola zokuhlamba eziphezulu kunye nemvula yamanzi emvula kwindawo enye. Ukusebenzisa ubuchule bendawo, ukuvumela ukuba abantu baziphathe ngokwabo ukuba baninzi kakhulu.
04 we 04
Igumbi Lentsapho
Igumbi lentsapho kwihotele le-St Ermin's. © Ferne Arfin Ukuhlaziywa kweHhovisi le-St Ermin kwaquka ukunyuka kwinqanaba lokuqala lokwakha i-horsehoe footprint, ukudala ama-331 aphezulu awakhiwe ngamagumbi. Baqala ukusuka kwi-18 metres square ukuya kwii-square metres ezingama-60 kwaye baquka amashishini angama-41, ama-53 "aphezulu" namagumbi angaqhelekanga kwihotele yaseLondon kwili qela lentengo, amagumbi angama-18.
Amagumbi okomndeni anemibhede emibili yeNdlovukazi kunye nesitya sokulala, iindawo zokuhlambela ezimbini, ukugcinwa kakuhle kunye nezibonelelo. Amagumbi, ehlotshiswe kwisimbo samanje, zibandakanya iithelevishini ezinkulu ze-LCD, izicwangciso zamandla zombane, i-intanethi kunye ne-wireless internet, izitulo ze-MP3 kunye nezindlu zangasese ezivela kwi-White Company.
I-St Ermin's Hotel Essentials
- Idilesi: I- Caxton Street London SW1H 0QW
- Iwebhusayithi
- Ithenda yexabiso: $$$
- Ukutya nokusela:
- I-Caxton Grill - Ixabiso eliphakathi kwamanqaku aseBrithani kunye nokutya okungaqhelekanga, okuthandwa ngabantu basekuhlaleni.
- I-Caxton Bar - Iiphuza kunye ne-tapas. Kwimozulu elungileyo, iziphuzo kunye ne-bar snacks nazo zenziwa i-alfresco kwi-Caxton Terrace.
- Ngomso weTeyile elayibrari yehotele.
- Amanye amaziko: Ukuzivocavoca, iinyosi eziphezu kophahla ukuvelisa ihotele, i-15 kunye nemigumbi yokuzonwabisa.