![]() It’s really popular 5pm-7pm if you want a married man - they don't even bother taking their wedding rings off. Scott, who's gay, has been there, "loads." He says, "you just rock up and have fun for a few hours. Then I noticed actual sex in the steam room - I couldn’t see much but I could tell what was happening!" Chariots crops up in the hook-up section of Craigslist, in ads with titles like, "Gang Bang Waterloo Chariots." "Looking to hook up for some action," says one ad and, "I'm a hairy guy with a good solid 7 inches," says another. He says, "the bloke on the door said, 'you know what this place is?' and I said, 'yes it's a sauna!' So I got undressed and got into the hot tub –- that’s when I noticed it was all men. Keith, who's straight, went there by mistake. And it delivers what I want: sex on tap." Portnoy goes on to describe the sex she has at Rio's, as well as the unwanted advances: "John had followed me from the showers to the grooming area, still wanking as I blowdried my hair." Photo: Jerome Scott-BlountĬhariots, which describes itself as "the UK's biggest and best Gay & Bi-Sexual Mens Sauna group in London", has branches in Vauxhall and Waterloo. It has no state-of-the-art equipment, no Philippe Starck-designed interior or, in fact, any design at all except for a tropical theme that would be sadly dated were it not so unintentionally ironic. The spa features heavily in Suzanne Portnoy's memoir The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker. While Raffles London is one of a number of new hotels launching in London this year, including The Peninsula London and the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, Leboeuf feels that the location and the history of the building set it apart.Rio's in Kentish Town dubs itself "London's Leading Naturist Health Spa." But it's not about naturism, it's about shagging. The hotel’s stunning ballroom, which can be booked for parties, weddings and corporate events, is already in high demand. Meanwhile, the Guerlain spa, which extends across four of the hotels 14 floors (seven above ground and seven below,) holds nine treatment rooms including a salon, beauty treatment spaces, couple suites and a 20-meter swimming pool, a vitality pool and steam and sauna rooms. The building itself encompasses three bars and nine restaurants, with five, including signature restaurants from Argentine chef Mauro Colagreco based in the hotel.Ī rooftop restaurant and sake bar by Japanese chef Endo Kazutoshi is scheduled to open at the property later this year. ![]() The UK's first Raffles is located in Whitehall, which extends from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament. “To have a beautiful building is something, but we must also have service that goes with that.” “And we have to reestablish ourselves in our service. “There are a lot of top hotels in London,” adds Leboeuf. Raffles is known for its impeccable service, and the team at Raffles London says its pulling out all the stops to ensure that the hotel, which has a 24-hour butler service for its suites, lives up to the brand’s longstanding reputation. The hotel’s five heritage suites consist of the two-bedroom Churchill suite, formerly the Army Council Room, and the one-bedroom Granville suite, named after celebrated Polish agent Christine Granville (also known as Krystyna Skarbek), with a huge bathroom complete with a freestanding bathtub and a custom built walk-in shower. While there are countless nods to the building’s history everywhere you look, including curtains with military buttons, the hotel also incorporates modern elements, such as rooms featuring bathrooms with televisions. ![]() ![]() “It was sitting there empty, costing money. “It’s giving a new life to a building that has existed since 1906,” adds Leboeuf. Villa Palladio: India meets Italy at this boutique hotel
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