I'm so grateful to have stayed with a host as generous and accommodating as Ian in such a lovely apartment.

The room is entirely as comfortable as the pictures show: pleasant room with desk and high ceilings, a deeply comfortable bed, a clean and classy private bath. The rest of the apartment is well-appointed and well cared for.

The building itself is perfectly situated. It sits on the charming Villiers street between the Charing Cross and Embankment tube entrances, flanked by the river and the busy Strand. There are great restaurants everywhere, and the theatre offering of Soho are close at hand as well. The walk to Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery is under five minutes.