4 Romantic London Hotels

Whether housed in historic spaces or cutting-edge skyscrapers, these hotels are the perfect backdrop for romance.

From the moment you pass beneath the foliage-covered arch of the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sterminshotel.co.uk/">Autograph Collection St. Ermin's Hotel</a>, you know that you're in a special place. This historic London hotel in the heart of the city features a beekeeping program, beekeeping classes and an exquisite garden that welcomes visitors to the hotel.

A Garden Hotel

The foliage-covered arch of the Autograph Collection St. Ermin's Hotel.

Photo by: Image courtesy of the Autograph Collection St. Ermin's Hotel

Image courtesy of the Autograph Collection St. Ermin's Hotel

The foliage-covered arch of the Autograph Collection St. Ermin's Hotel.

With its mix of history, gorgeous parks and gardens and eclectic neighborhoods, London is the perfect stage set for romance. It's hard not to be inspired by this vibrant, international city where a theater date or dinner at a top-flight restaurant lays the ground work for a memorable evening. And a beautiful hotel room with the kind of unique, special touches that make a trip, is the perfect nightcap. These luxurious hotels are ideal for honeymoons, proposals, anniversaries, special occasions and any time when romance is on your mind.

A garden within the city, the Autograph Collection St. Ermin's Hotel features beautifully curated garden beds and containers leading to a generous front porch where guests can take in the flowers over a coffee or cocktail.

St. Ermin's Hotel Containers

A garden within the city, the St. Ermin's Hotel features beautifully curated garden beds and containers leading to a generous front porch where guests can take in the flowers over a coffee or cocktail.

St. Ermin's Hotel

Old-school luxury defines the historic Autograph Collection St. Ermin’s 1889 London hotel in central London. The hotel immediately sets a romantic mood with its entryway drive flanked by a typically gorgeous English garden filled with hydrangeas, roses and poppies. The hotel has a secret hideaway flavor, tucked away from the main road by that lovely entrance allée even though the St. Ermin's is, in fact, conveniently located to a host of London sites like Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace. Don’t miss the hotel's lovely bee-garden and hives on the third floor terrace and try a cocktail featuring the house-made honey, preferably sipped on this pretty hotel’s front porch. Or canoodle in the exquisite lobby with its wedding cake plasterwork created by Victorian theater designer J.P. Briggs. Loaded with history and charm, the St. Ermin’s was a hangout for the likes of Winston Churchill, Ian Fleming and Noel Coward.

Not the first place you might think of to find Chelsea Flower Show-worthy blooms perhaps, but the gorgeous <a target="_blank" href="http://www.the-shard.com/shangri-la/">Shangri-La Hotel</a> at Renzo Piano's Shard skyscraper and one of Europe's tallest buildings has an incredible flower program overseen by bespoke floral designer <a target="_blank" href="http://laurakuy.com/">Laura Kuy</a>. Kuy provides an exotic mix of flowers with both Asian and Western inspiration for both the public areas and each room in this stunning hotel. Just how romantic is this skyscraper hotel? Kuy reports there have been 363 marriage proposals since it opened in spring of 2014, with the on-trend florist filling rooms with full-size cherry blossom trees or 600 red roses to celebrate a famous footballer's proposal.

A Skycraper Garden

The gorgeous Shangri-La Hotel at Renzo Piano's Shard skyscraper and one of Europe's tallest buildings.

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Image courtesy of the Shangri-La Hotel at the Shard

Shangrai-La at the Shard

The rose-infused Bermondsey Bubbles cocktail featured at the Gong cocktail lounge at the Shangri-La Hotel at the Shard is served at London's highest cocktail bar on the 52nd floor.

Bottom's Up

A rose-infused cocktail featured at the Gong cocktail lounge at the Shangri-La Hotel at the Shard.

A rose-infused cocktail featured at the Gong cocktail lounge at the Shangri-La Hotel at the Shard.

Feel like you own the skyline in this ultra-glamorous skyscraper hotel in a Renzo Piano-designed building that puts a premium on impeccable service and jet-set calibre luxury. Beautiful flower arrangements are swapped out regularly in the common areas and hundreds of couples have proposed in the Shangrai-La's sumptuous rooms since it opened in 2014. Nab a window table at the exquisitely appointed Ting restaurant or enjoy a craft cocktail at the highest cocktail bar in London, the Gong Bar, on the 52nd floor. At either spot you can savor a view of the Thames and all of London spread out before you as exquisite as any beach or mountain range.

The impressive facade of the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/london">Rosewood London</a> features dozens of boxwood planters that set the tone for this hotel centered on high-design, cheeky British wit (winking art fills the lobby and the valets wear Harris tweed coats and jaunty caps that would not be out of place on a Wes Anderson set) and an appreciation for all things floral in their signature white hydrangeas featured in every room.

Rosewood London

The impressive facade of the Rosewood London

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Image courtesy of Rosewood London

The Rosewood London

The haute London florist <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mcqueens.co.uk/">McQueens</a> creates the gorgeous floral displays that define the elegant public spaces of the Rosewood hotel. Bird cages ornamenting the hotel's public spaces feature finches and budgies. Stop into this incomparably stylish hotel known for its mix of off-kilter English wit and luxurious trappings for a meal, drink or an overnight stay, but don't forget to check out these glorious arrangements from the floral brand that designs for the &quot;Vanity Fair&quot; post-Oscars party and high society London events.

McQueens Flowers

The haute London florist McQueens creates the gorgeous floral displays that define the elegant public spaces of the Rosewood hotel. 

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Image courtesy of Rosewood

The haute London florist McQueens creates the gorgeous floral displays that define the elegant public spaces of the Rosewood hotel. 

Every detail at this exquisite, eccentric Covent Garden hotel has been thought out, from the gorgeous Edwardian courtyard to the dozens of boxwood planters that set the tone for this hotel centered on high-design, cheeky British wit (winking art fills the lobby and the valets wear Harris tweed coats and jaunty caps that would not be out of place on a Wes Anderson set) and an appreciation for all things bespoke and exotic, like bird cages in the lobby featuring finches and budgies. Stop into this incomparably stylish hotel for a romantic rendez-vous and don't forget to check out the hotel's romantic, glorious flower arrangements (the hotel's signature white hydrangeas are featured in every room) from the brand McQueens, designer for the Vanity Fair post-Oscars party and high society London events.

 One Aldwych Hotel Lobby

One Aldwych Hotel Lobby

One Aldwych's impressive lobby.

Photo by: One Aldwych

One Aldwych

One Aldwych's impressive lobby.

One Aldwych

You’ll know you’ve made the right lodging decision the second you walk into the buzzing, glam lobby of this hip 5-star London hotel in the Covent Garden theater district. Be sure and grab a curated cocktail in the scene-y Lobby Bar frequented by everyone who’s anyone from BBC journalists to glamorous fashionistas. Rooms are a great blend of coziness and high-end swankiness. Don’t miss a trip to the spa and the sexy swimming pool with your significant other. The pool is one of the most unique in the city with underwater music and a screen featuring changing views of clouds, sea life and other visual delights.

One of the many distinctive features at London's One Aldwych hotel is a pool featuring underwater music and a screen featuring changing views of clouds, sea life and other visual ambiance.

Very Cool Pool

The distinctive One Aldwych swimming pool.

Photo by: Image courtesy of One Aldwych

Image courtesy of One Aldwych

The distinctive One Aldwych swimming pool.

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