Studio Apartments - Knightsbridge

With the vast, lush, green expanse of Hyde Park to the north and high-end shopping throughout, Knightsbridge has created a patch of what can only be described as incredibly civilized London.

The spirit and symbol of Knightsbridge for most visitors is Harrods which still holds a certain cachet of a purveyor of luxury and designer-brand goods. For locals, however, it is the smaller, more intensively stylish department store Harvey Nicols, at the top of Sloane Street, which emerged during the 1990’s as the vanguard of the younger set whose parents shopped at Harrods. Rather than providing the feeling of a grand old country house larder, Harvey Nicks’ upstairs food hall is contemporary and sleek.

These two emblems of prestige might reflect the tension between tradition and modernity that gives so many parts of London their edginess, but Knightsbridge’s creative side is driven by the presence of the Victoria & Albert Museum, whose magnificent collections of decorative arts are enjoyed by locals and tourists from all over the world.