Park Hyatt London River Thames

"Best new 2025 After spending the day exploring London, you retreat to your room overlooking the Thames. Joseph Conrad, perhaps the unofficial bard of this waterway, echoes in your head: “The old river in its broad reach rested unruffled at the decline of day.” From your room at Park Hyatt London River Thames—a gleaming new tower with 203 rooms and suites—you can see Battersea Power Station bathing in amber light from the setting sun. You watch commuters on the nearby Vauxhall Bridge hurrying home. Then an idea occurs to you. The room is so elegant and comfortable, why not cancel tomorrow’s activities and stay here? After all, the hotel is an oasis. You’ll sleep a little later than usual and roll out of bed for a massage at the spa. Eat lunch at Nine Elms Kitchen, the menu of which reflects the diversity of the city. Later you’ll have dinner at the Cantonese restaurant, Yú Gé, where you’ll experience some of the best Asian food in the British Isles. Finish it off with a drink at the dark and sexy Nine Elms Bar + Lounge. Return to your room—past the various works of art hung throughout the property—where the Thames awaits, the city sprawled out beyond it. As you drift off to sleep, Conrad comes to mind again: “What greatness had not floated on the ebb of that river into the mystery of an unknown earth! ... The dreams of men, the seed of commonwealths, the germs of empires.” Did you just have a perfect day in London?"