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A Room With Monet's View

March 27, 2006 at 10:05 AM | 0 Comments

Monet's Thame's skyline series was inspired by the view from his room at the Savoy. In total, the impressionist master painted over 70 canvases while visiting London between 1899 and 1901; always staying in fifth or sixth-floor rooms. (Rooms with a view above the tree line comes in handy if you intend to paint from it.)

Which is why the hotel is offering Monet fans the Cultural Package that includes two nights at the Savoy for £2,600 ($4,500), which will include art supplies and impressionist painting lessons from an art teacher.

You will also get a tour of London's National Gallery check out the Monet paintings. In their words, "it's a mini-painting holiday."

Is Monet merely a notch on the Savoy's bedpost? Other famous painter guests include Andy Warhol and James McNeill Whistler who painted the scaffolding as the hotel was being built and stayed there when it opened in 1898.

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· The Savoy reviews [TripAdvisor]