St. Margaret’s Hotel in London

For decades, I have been staying now and then at the delightful St. Margaret’s Hotel (26, Bedford Place, London WC1B 5JL, ENGLAND; phone +44 [0] 20 7636 4277, fax 7323 3006 or visit www. stmargaretshotel.co.uk), most recently in July ’06. Mrs. Rosanne Merazzi, the delightful owner, is still about and greeting visitors.

On a quiet street off Russell Square, St. Margaret’s is one block from the British Museum. The back of the hotel faces a garden.

The price was £55 ($104) a day, and a more pleasant experience is not possible, in my book (or at that price, in any event). Nice breakfast.

I had just spent four days luxuriating at Claridges, which is, of course, in a different category, but St. Margaret’s is the place I always return to and in which I feel quite at home.

NINA COLLIER
Kingston, RI