If you’ve ever fantasized about living at
Hogwarts Castle (as all Potterheads do),
then here’s some good news for you. The
Georgian House hotel in London is offering
its guests a Harry Potter Hotel Package, with
Hogwarts-themed bedrooms that are
designed to resemble Harry’s fictional dorm
room.
The Gregorian House is a four-star hotel built
in 1851 and still run by the descendants of
the original owners. While the hotel
traditionally offers Victoria Classic and
Belgravia Boutique rooms, they’ve decided to
take full advantage of the renewed
worldwide interest in Harry Potter, ever since
J K Rowling released a new Harry Potter
story on her website, Pottermore.
Aptly named ‘The Georgian House’s Wizard
Chambers’, the two transformed rooms
contain everything that a would-be wizard
might need – four-poster beds, potion
bottles, cauldrons, spell books, and even
battered trunks. The interiors are done up
with ‘Hogwartsian’ accents, perfectly
capturing the essence of the Potter universe.
“The rooms are initially inspired by the Harry
Potter films; the draped four-poster beds,
and the battered trunks for instance,” said
Serena von der Heyde, partner at the 163-
year-old Georgian House. “The initial idea
was to find something to really appeal to
children. But we really wanted to create a
magical experience, so there are lots of
original and creative touches, like a wand
painted into the hand of a portrait of Mona
Lisa, for example.”
In addition to the rooms, the hotel is also
offering tickets to the popular Muggle
Walking Tour that takes you to places around
London where the films were shot, like
platform 9¾ at King’s Cross Station. There’s
also a trip on the custom-designed Harry
Potter Tour bus to the Warner Brother’s
Studio Tour, to check out the films’ sets and
props.
The smaller Wizard Chambers can
accommodate three people at £249 (roughly
$400) per night. The larger room, which
sleeps five, costs £363 ($585) a night. Room
rates without the extras cost £209 ($340)
per night for two, with an additional £20 for
a child. Unfortunately, they serve a regular
English breakfast, not bogey-flavored Bertie
Botts beans, as one would expect.
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