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1 St Pancras Renaissance

London

The name is very fitting here. This monumental redbrick building first opened as the Midland Grand Hotel in 1873, yet it spent the best part of the 20th century serving as railway offices. It wasn’t until 2011 that the five-star hotel reopened following a major restoration, part of a sweeping regeneration of the entire King’s Cross area.

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