Some mornings in London just feel a bit more special than others. And then there are those rare ones when you walk through big grand doors, look up at tall palm trees under a huge glass ceiling, hear a piano playing softly in the background, and think: yes, this is exactly why I love this city!
Today, DOYOUSPEAKLONDON takes you inside one of the most iconic luxury hotels in London for a very special breakfast experience at The Landmark London in Marylebone.
The Landmark London: a Grande Dame with a story to tell
The Landmark London is what the French would call a Grande Dame: a hotel with history and a certain timeless grandeur that very few places can match.
It started with a visionary railway man. In the 1890s, Sir Edward Watkin of the Great Central Railway had ambitious plans to turn Marylebone Station into part of an international rail network that would one day extend through a Channel Tunnel, a dream well ahead of its time.
