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Positioned in the heart of one of London's prime locations, touching the city's stunning Hyde Park on the Western end of MayFair, tourists from all over the globe who relish grandeur would be delighted to make Park Lane their temporary home!
While it was once a premier location for upper class patrons to build homes, Park Lane graduated from a high status venue for the London version of the board game Monopoly to its present day persona -- home base for well-bred sports car showrooms, swanky offices, and some of London's finest and most glamorous hotels. Park Lane hotels have a knack for luxuriously luring in oodles of businessmen and beaus. Home to a cascade of five-star hotels, including the London Hilton, Marriot, and The Sheraton Park Lane hotel, famous for its unparalleled Italian cuisine at its Citrus Restaurant and enchanting in-room spa treatment, Park Lane spares no indulgence. Those willing to leave their palm court paradises and make it past the clutter of Park Lane's main stage are just a few steps from the pinnacle of London's lures.
Do you fancy a tasty venture outside the first class, in-room catering? Park Lane's famed cuisines are easily accessible, from Galvin at Windows' famed Jerusalem artichoke and breathtaking view of Buckingham Palace to Alain Ducasse, home to the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences' 2003 "Finest Chef in the World." Are you in the mood to dress for success? A trek of less than half a mile in several directions will land shopaholics at the promised lands: world renowned international designer boutiques on Bond Street and Knightsbridge. Do you simply want a little taste of everything? But a few steps from Park Lane is Shepherd Market, widely known today for its chic boutiques, cozy little restaurants and remarkable Victorian pubs.
One can't truly experience the splendor of England's grand capital without embarking on a Park Lane stroll. While it embedded its first steps in London's high class culture with the assembly of large scale homes in the lavish epoch of the 18th Century, Park Lane has been continually transformed from a once country lane, to a modern day, five-star-furnished London centerpiece.
