London is a place where you will find almost everything. Right from the Royal Palace to the Big Ben there are many places that you will find in this good old city. But most importantly, its host of great, luxurious and historic hotels is what makes London one of the top tourist attracting spots of the world.

If you are looking to stay within budget, your options might be limited in London. But if you are willing to break your bank, you might get almost all the luxuries of the world in the hotels of London. There are various hotels which put forwards some amusing deals in order to attract customers. So if you keep on doing some amount of research you might be able to find the ones which will offer you good service at a reduced price.

Finding the best hotels in London for a cheap price is very easy if you do proper homework.

The Connaught in Carlos Place, Mayfair, central London, is a five star luxury hotel and was an offshoot of a hotel opened by Alexander Grillon in Albemarle Street, Mayfair, and was originally a pair of Georgian houses in Charles Street, near Grosvenor Square. The Duke of Westminster decided to redevelop and renovate the area, and the street was changed, becoming Carlos Place. In 1892 Scorrier, the owner, applied to rebuild the hotel. Work started two years later and the original houses were demolished.

Coburg Hotel was opened in 1897, named after Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg. The name was changed to The Connaught during the World War in 1917. The name chosen for the hotel was that of Queen Victoria’s 3rd son, Prince Arthur, the first Duke of Connaught. In 1935, Rudolph Richard became the general manager of The Connaught and ran the hotel almost as an English private house, with the highest standards of comfort and service. Savoy Group acquired the hotel later and carried out a. £60million restoration programme in 2007. The hotel reopened in December 2007, with a fraction of the usual number of rooms available because development will continue throughout 2008. The hotel will have its own spa and swimming pool for the first time.

The Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park a famous and classy hotel set between London’s Hyde Park and exclusive Knightsbridge. The hotel offers access to major business areas as well as the shopping and cultural attractions due to its central location. Gentleman’s Club was its previous name and it was built in 1889. Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group purchased the Hyde Park Hotel in November 1996 and renamed it Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London after the building became a hotel in 1902.

After renovations in May 2000, Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park reopened and has been voted Best UK Leisure Hotel 2004 and 2005 by Condé Nast Traveler readers and was rated fifth Best Spa in the World. Foliage has maintained a prestigious Michelin star for five consecutive years. The hotel has nearly 200 luxury guest rooms and suites, many of which overlook the park, with each room individually furnished and decorated. The hotel’s restaurant serves modern European cuisine with fresh seasonal ingredients and features Vegetarian dishes.

The Lanesborough is a much esteemed 5-star hotel on Hyde Park Corner in Knightsbridge, central London England. This hotel is part of the St Regis Hotel & Resorts chain, owned by the American company Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. The hotel is reputed to be the most expensive and prestigious hotel in London. The room with the highest rate is the “Royal Suite”, which costs up to £8,000 per night. The hotel also provides a 24-hour private butler for each guest staying in a room.

One thing which the Lanesborough lacks is a pool unlike The Berkeley and the Savoy Hotel and is considered a serious amenity. The Lanesborough is reputed for hosting some of the most well-known people in the entertainment industry, politics and royalty. When Michael Jackson once stayed in the hotel, the staff had to deal with large groups of fans surrounding the hotel.

The Landmark London was originally opened by the Great Central Railway, as the Hotel Great Central. It is a five star hotel on Marylebone Road on the northern side of central London, England in the borough of London named the City of Westminster. The hotel was a Victorian era hotel and the architect who built it was Colonel Sir Robert William Edis and the style was eclectic and luxurious. The hotel was used as a military office building during the world war and also after that for some more years.

The hotel was reopened under the name the Regent after the demand for more hotels became more in the late 20th century. In 1995, it was purchased by the Lancaster Landmark Hotel Company Limited from its Japanese owners and was renamed as The Landmark London. The Landmark is a Thai company and owns many hotels in London. The Landmark London hotel has now has 300 rooms and suites.

The Savoy Hotel is a five-star hotel located in the City of Westminster in central London. The hotel opened on August 6, 1889. The hotel remains one of London’s most prestigious, classy and opulent hotels, with 263 rooms and great views of the River Thames, a treat to the eyes. Richard D’Oyly Carte built the hotel and also owned the Savoy theatre nearby. The hotel’s first famous manager was César Ritz, who founded the Ritz hotel later.

The Savoy Restaurant is famous for its inventive chefs. Elegant dining at the Savoy includes formal afternoon tea, an excellent Sunday brunch including free-flow champagne on special days. Numerous famous guests have stayed at the hotel and the list includes The Beatles, U2, Led Zeppelin, Sarah Bernhardt, Enrico Caruso, Lillie Langtry, Charlie Chaplin, Ivor Novello, Frank Sinatra, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Elton John etc. Nobel Prize winning economist Amartya Sen always prefers the hotel when staying in London.

The Regent Palace Hotel is located in Glasshouse Street, London and was by John Mowlem. At that time, it was the largest hotel in Europe with 1028 bedrooms. The hotel is situated opposite the statue of Eros, in Piccadilly Circus, near Shaftesbury Avenue, Leicester Square and Regent Street. The Regent Palace Hotel was located on a triangular site close to the north side of Piccadilly Circus bordered by Glasshouse Street, Sherwood Street, Brewer Street and Air Street. The hotel was completed in 1915.

The building is a steel-framed structure and required 6000 tons of steelwork for the structure. There are nine floors above ground level. In its early days it was owned and managed by J. Lyons and Co who formed a subsidiary company called Strand Hotels Limited. During the First World War, a considerable section of the hotel was requisitioned by the British Government and during the Second World War, 2 separate bombs caused minor damage to the hotel

Located near Soho, it was an obvious meeting point for ladies of the night to ply their trade in the 1960’s. These days have long gone through legislation and Soho has retreated back to its old boundaries. The Regent Palace closed on the 31st of December 2006 the hotel became increasingly uneconomic to operate as a hotel to the standards required by a 21st century clientele. The Crown Estate plans to redevelop it. The historic art-deco Atlantic Bar and Grill and Titanic Restaurant will be preserved.

The Great Western Royal Hotel is now renamed to the Hilton London Paddington. It is a hotel that forms part of the Paddington station complex in London, England. The hotel was built on Praed Street in 1851–54 and was designed by architect Philip Charles Hardwick. The Hotel effectively forms the main facade of the station. The Great Western Royal Hotel was built by Cubitts, the building firm founded by Thomas Cubitt.

Originally, the hotel was extensively ornamented inside and outside, and there is a surviving allegorical sculpture in the pediment by John Thomas. The Great Western Railway originally leased the hotel land then later took full control of its operation in the later nineteenth century, and in the 1930s extended and remodelled it under the direction of their architect P. A. Culverhouse. In accordance with Government policies on privatization of British Rail, the hotel was sold to the private sector in 1983. It was renovated and reopened under its present name, as part of the Hilton Hotels chain, in 2001.

The Dorchester is a leading luxury hotel and a very famous one on Park Lane in Mayfair, London, overlooking Hyde Park. It has a reputation for providing hospitality for the rich and famous and is very popular among the high class people. The Dorchester Hotel opened on 18 April 1931 and was created by Sir Malcolm McAlpine and Sir Frances Towle. During the construction, the use of reinforced concrete allowed the creation of large internal spaces without support pillars.

The construction was carried out by Sir Robert McAlpine and was completed in 1931. In the Second World War, its modern construction gave the hotel a reputation of being a very safe building. Cabinet Ministers such as Lord Halifax and Duff Cooper stayed there during this time. Winston Churchill, when he lived in the hotel, had a wall built to add privacy to his balcony and it still exists today. The Dorchester is managed and owned by the Dorchester Collection; a collection of seven luxury hotels in the England, the United States, France, and Italy. It was organized in 1996 to manage and run the hotel interests of the Brunei Investment Agency.

Brown’s Hotel is a luxury 5-star hotel in London, England and it is owned by The Rocco Forte Collection. The Brown’s hotel is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. Placed in the heart of Mayfair on Albemarle Street, Brown’s Hotel is one of the most historic and beautiful hotels in London. It is located within a short walk from Bond Street, West End Theatres and St James’s. Brown’s Hotel was created in 1837.

In 1859, Brown’s was purchased by the Ford family. Henry Ford then purchased the St George’s Hotel in Albemarle Street, which backed on to Brown’s, and combined the two hotels, adding a fifth floor to both properties. On Albemarle Street, a new front of stucco and entrance portico was built.

Alexander Graham Bell’s first successful telephone call in Great Britain was made from Brown’s. In 1886, Theodore Roosevelt stayed at Brown’s before his second marriage. Royal guests have included Napoleon III and Princess Eugenie, Queen Elizabeth of the Belgians, Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia and King George II of the Hellenes