UD | Crashing the London Olympics at the Last Minute

If you have trouble reading this email, go to the online version 07/08/12   Gold Standard Five Hotels for Last-Second Olympic Glory The torch: blazing. The medieval jousting pits: converted to beach volleyball pits. And London’s finest hotel rooms: booked years in advance. Well, mostly. We’ve unearthed the best of what’s still available, just in case you’re overcome with the last-minute urge to go find out what Uzbekistan’s trampoline team is all about in person.     THOMPSON BELGRAVES The Thompson Suite   You want: To establish an alternate Olympic Village in lieu of this year’s disappointing accommodations in the East End. You’ll have: A marble fireplace and a full wet bar with velvety stools to host comely athletes in need of London dry gin.   411: Thompson Suite at Thompson Belgraves, 20 Chesham Pl, +44 207 858 0100, more info here     KLASINA The Cabin   You want: A room fit for a sea captain. You’ll have: This floating bed-and-breakfast barge in Canary Wharf docked inside the Games’ de facto yacht harbor and linked by footbridge to the equestrian village in Greenwich Park. (The picnic basket is complimentary, but pick up some extra cheese cubes for the Romneys’ horse.)   411: Cabin at Klasina, Canary Wharf, +44 207 515 1372, more info here     ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL The Deluxe Suite   You want: To post up near the epicenter of beach volleyball, in the most regal manner possible. You’ll have: A courtyard room close to the Horse Guards Parade, this year’s converted beach volleyball venue. Note: it used to be King Henry VIII’s jousting arena. You should hear the way his royal trumpeters did “Danger Zone.”   411: Deluxe Suite at St. Ermin’s Hotel, Caxton St, +44 207 227 7769, more info here     SANCTUM SOHO HOTEL The Deluxe Double Suite   You want: A West End crash pad to host postgame film sessions/gymnast canoodling. You’ll have: A bar and pair of stools where a desk and chair should be. Also, a 45-seat screening room with its own bar, which you can rent in its entirety (great for after-hours Chariots of Fire screenings).   411: Deluxe Double Suite at Sanctum Soho Hotel, 20 Warwick St, +44 207 292 6100, more info here     BROWN’S HOTEL The Kipling Suite   You want: To submerge yourself in a giant bathtub when this is over. You’ll have: 970 square feet of white-gloved indulgence at the hotel where Rudyard Kipling finished The Jungle Book. Take the room’s copy into the tub, or better yet, just watch Costas on the bathroom flat-screen while you shampoo.   411: Kipling Suite at Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle St, Mayfair, +44 207 493 6020, more info here     Account Details: Favorites   2   Available Perks   16   Invites Sent   0   My UD   |   Edit Settings Perhaps it’s the impossibly spectacular white sand beaches. Or their very-above-average-looking patrons. But you’ve always felt Brazil was for you. And now, UD, Travel + Leisure and KAYAK want to send you there for a VIP Maroon 5 concert experience. If that’s okay with you.   UrbanDaddy is pure editorial. You can't buy love from the Daddy. About Us   |    Archives   |    My UD   |    Perks   |    Contact   |    Jobs   |    Advertise   |    Tips Email Issues   |    Privacy Policy   |    User Agreement   |    Unsubscribe   |    Editorial Policy 900 Broadway, Suite 808 New York, NY 10003 © 2012 UrbanDaddy. All Rights Reserved.