The Lanesborough

What the classifiers highlight

At Hyde Park Corner, arguably London's grandest hotel address, a 2015 refurbishment redid every room and lined the Great Hall's far wall in trompe l'oeil paint that reads as silk, its ceiling gilded with 2,100 sheets of gold leaf. Forbes points to the Library Bar's vintage cognac collection and a spa spread across nearly 18,000 square feet.