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As the top tourist destination in the UK, London boasts an array of lodging options for just about every budget. It is also known as one of the world’s priciest lodging scenes, with a staggering number of exclusive hotels and fancy boutique properties. For visitors with more restrictive budgets, moderate and bargain options are plentiful, too. To help you choose the right overnight address that will place you within easy reach of most attractions, we’ve outlined our central London favorites in each category. For a full list of our favorite London hotels (and current deals), see our Shermans Top London Hotels directory.

For top luxury in the West End, we recommend The Savoy (The Strand), a legendary five-star hotel on The Strand, boasting 263 gloriously decorated rooms, a stellar health club, several outstanding restaurants, and even a couple of famous bars (including the American Bar). Another good high-end choice is One Aldwych (One Aldwych, Covent Garden), a swanky designer 105-roomer housed in a 1907 Edwardian building in the heart of Covent Garden, with plush rooms featuring all the four-star trimmings; two top-notch restaurants; two funky bars; and an 8000-sq-ft health club. See more luxury hotels.

Of the moderate options, our favorites include The Colonnade (2 Warrington Cresc., Little Venice), an elegant boutique hotel in the tony area of Little Venice, west of Marylebone, where 43 antique-filled rooms feature a bevy of deluxe bells and whistles, and Durrants Hotel (George St., Marylebone), a singular Georgian-style property around the corner from Oxford Street with all the period trimmings, 92 well-appointed rooms decked out in English-country style, a fine restaurant and the snug George Bar. See more moderate hotels.

If you’re looking for budget accommodation, you don’t even have to leave the West End; your best bet lies in the upscale academic enclave of Bloomsbury – the historic Crescent Hotel (49–50 Cartwright Gardens, Bloomsbury), a delightful B&B housed in an elegant Georgian building overlooking a private garden estate, with 27 tastefully spruced-up rooms, a pleasant lounge, and real-deal (and complimentary) English breakfasts. See more budget hotels.