Starting with a welcome gift, this hotel gives the same care and attention to their younger guests as they do to their adult ones There are interconnecting family rooms with children’s bathrobe, slippers and thoughtful touches like bed rails if required. Babysitting can be arranged on request. There’s a designated children’s TV channel and a library of DVDs, CDs and games to entertain when little legs have had enough sightseeing . The Health Club swimming pool is open to supervised children. Special children’s menus are available in the restaurants and from room service, and the Lobby Bar serves ‘mocktails’ to junior guests.

This hotel is really handy for lots of London theatres, Covent Garden and the reopened Transport Museum. For winter breaks, the fab Somerset House ice rink is just across the road.