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And while the Dean Street Hotel is one of London's newest hotels, The Athenaeum, overlooking the city's Green Park, is sort of new in its own right. The hotel has just completed a £7 million refurbishment from top to bottom, creating a spectacular "living wall" by botanist Patrick Blanc on the hotel's exterior as well as giving the rooms inside an ultra-modern new look. (We're in love with the bedposts in the hotel's suites that we saw on the website.)

Yet as much as we are dazzled by the pretty new things inside the guest rooms, the hotel has maintained some of its very important free perks like with complimentary WiFi and complimentary snacks and drinks from the minibar, which as general manager Jonathan Critchard tells us, is virtually unheard of for London hotels. Alas, rates here do tend to be on the higher end, starting at $450 a night.

So we're already sold on the free WiFi, the new look of the guest rooms and the convenience of the apartment accommodations (this is especially good for families who will have a "bespoke" kids concierge department at their disposal), but what about the location? As we all know, this is a crucial question when planning a stay in London. If price doesn't come first, then surely location does.

Here general manager Critchard who has been with the property for 15 years, tell us where The Athenaeum is located in London and how far it is from where you want to go.