Sir John Soane's Museum
Museums
Free, tiny, deranged — Soane's own house preserved exactly as he left it in 1837.
The Princess Louise
Pubs
Sam Smith's pub with tiled walls, etched glass, and partitioned booths. Cheap pints in central London.
Ye Olde Mitre
Pubs
Hidden down an alley off Hatton Garden — sign and all. Tudor history, no music.
The Rosewood London
Hotels
Edwardian courtyard hotel behind an arch off High Holborn — Scarfes Bar has the best pianist in Bloomsbury.