Synopsis
Monica Galetti and Giles Coren explore the hotel in the Shard.
- Programme: Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
- Series: 3
- Episode: Shangri-La, London
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2021
- Travel & Tourism | Global Destinations & Working Overseas
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