Both the closest option (it’s right by The O2) and the swankiest is this shiny new InterContinental hotel with all the businessy luxury you’d expect of the brand. Granite bathrooms and huge windows are just part of the appeal; mostly it lies in a design that references its location next to the East India Trading Company waters, especially in the spa’s heavy naval-ship-type timbers, exotic rugs and mosaic tiles. Views over The O2 dome, the Thames, Greenwich, Canary Wharf and beyond are best seen over cocktails from the eighteenth-floor Eighteen Sky Bar.
In the old days, pretty much all you had in this part of Docklands (apart from The O2 itself) was a Tesco Express and a few naff chain restaurants, and finding hotels near The O2 was no easy matter. Now? Floating garden Farmopolis has taken residence on the jetty, hosting creative workshops, literary events and live music.
If you’re hungry and feeling flush, try Craft London, where the chefs keep their own bees, or the cheaper option, Yalla Yalla’s street-food stall in Greenwich Peninsula Square, then walk it off in the Ecology park. The Thames Clipper riverboat from North Greenwich or Jubilee line from North Greenwich tube will get you where you need to go.
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