Mayfair and Knightsbridge are the natural end of a Farnborough or Biggin Hill arrival: Claridge’s, the Connaught, the Berkeley and the Lanesborough are all within a few minutes of each other, with Belgravia’s townhouse hotels a short walk away. For the City and Canary Wharf, land at London City and stay east, at the Ned or the Four Seasons at Ten Trinity Square. Further out, the Cotswolds and the Surrey estates are closer to Farnborough than to town, which is worth knowing when a country weekend is the point of the trip.<\/p>\n
The calendar does the planning. Royal Ascot in June, Wimbledon from late June, the Proms through the summer, Frieze in October and the Christmas windows on Regent Street each draw their own crowd and fill their own hotels. Between them, London rewards a short list: a morning at the Wallace Collection or the Courtauld, lunch in Mayfair, the theatre at night. Day trips reach Oxford, Windsor and the Cotswolds in little more than an hour by car, or Edinburgh in an hour by jet.<\/p>\n
A chauffeured car waits at the aircraft door at every airport, but traffic sets the timetable: Farnborough and Luton are an hour from Mayfair outside rush hour and well over it inside. Helicopter transfers from Farnborough and Biggin Hill to Battersea cut that to minutes and are the usual answer for a dinner or a meeting with a fixed start. Within town, black cabs and the Elizabeth line beat a car across the centre.<\/p>\n
The UK is one hour behind central Europe and four hours behind the Gulf, so a morning departure from Dubai lands before lunch. Visa-free visitors need an Electronic Travel Authorisation before they fly, which takes minutes online. Sterling is the currency, cards work everywhere, and tipping is modest. London’s airport fees are the highest in Europe, which is why a quote here always names the airport as well as the aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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