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The hidden and the hotspots of London

12/31/2014

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PicturePsst: Want to know where to go in London? Exhausted by online travel research overload? Ask this guy.
Frank Laino, the executive concierge of the luxury hotel The Stafford London, has arranged everything from tai chi on horseback and a private viewing of a royal painting to reservations at the current restaurant hotspot Chiltern Firehouse. “Most of the time we can,” says Laino, who puts his skills down to networking in the age of Google research. “I’m not going to say all the time. Unless you’re an A-lister, you won’t get a guaranteed table.”

Here, in this Insider for The Globe and Mail, he shares five picks that mix London's rich cultural and culinary scene. Blog Bonus: Another theatre worth checking out: The Almeida Theatre, he says, is almost like a testing ground for shows before they break out in London.
 

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