This morning, I looked round the brand new London Syon Park hotel, which opened earlier this week.

On entering the lobby, the first thing I noticed was the hotel’s more unusual residents – a glasshouse of exotic butterflies happily fluttering around with fresh flowers and fruit to feast on!

London Syon Park has lots of lovely features, from its beautiful parkland surroundings on the edge of the Syon House estate to the Brownie Bar, which serves up sweet treats from the hotel’s pastry kitchen.

The hotel also boasts a new restaurant, The Capability, which aims to use as much produce as possible from the hotel’s own orchard and herb and kitchen gardens.

We also had a wander round Syon Park’s new spa, Kallima, including its very soothing-looking relaxation area. If you fancy a day of pampering at Kallima, don’t forget to enter our competition to win a treatment for two.

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Relax with a whole day of pampering for you and a friend at the luxurious Kallima Spa at London Syon Park Hotel.

Drift away at Kallima with a bespoke treatment each and take advantage of the spa’s fabulous facilities including a swimming pool, relaxation space and whirlpool spa. You won’t want to leave!

Kallima spa is located at the brand new London Syon Park hotel, situated in 200 acres of idyllic parkland and opening spring 2011.

Enter to win a spa day for two at Kallima Spa, London Syon Park

An entire Roman settlement full of ancient artefacts and human remains has been found in West London.

Archeologists discovered the treasures following excavations at the Grade I-listed Syon Park, pictured above. The dig took place ahead of the construction for the new luxury hotel, London Syon Park, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel, set to open in early 2011.

More than 11,000 Roman items have been found, buried just half a metre below the ground surface, where they’ve lain undiscovered for almost 2,000 years.

Star finds include:

• a section of one of Roman Britain’s most important roads, linking Londinium with the Roman town of Silchester
• a rural settlement
• an ancient tributary of the Thames
• Roman human skeletons and some very unusual burials
• two shale armlets
• fragments of a lava quernstone
• an exceptional Late Bronze Age (1000-700 BC) gold bracelet from an earlier age

Jo Lyon, a senior archaeologist at the Museum of London Archaeology, says, “We were extremely fortunate to discover such a comprehensive repertoire of Roman finds and features so close to the surface. They tell us a great deal about how the people of this village lived, worked and died.

“The archaeology at Syon Park has given us a valuable, rare insight into the daily life of an agricultural village on the outskirts of Londinium (London) that would have supplied the Roman city and provided shelter for travellers passing through.

“It helps us build a picture of the Roman landscape and shows how the busy metropolis of Londinium connected with the rest of Roman Britain.”

Some of the artefacts are going to be displayed at the new hotel. Dale MacPhee, general manager at the new London Syon Park, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel says,

“The Roman findings add to the wonderful uniqueness of our destination and the hotel, which through its design and guest experience, will pay homage to the heritage of the Syon Park estate. We hope to curate a showcase of the key Roman relics within the hotel lobby for guests to reflect on when we open next year.”

Visit www.museumoflondon.org.uk/archaeology to find out more. And don’t forget you can see more remains from Roman London on the Roman London Amphitheatre Tours, or at the Museum of London

This week, London looks to Bonfire Night with a whole host of different firework displays taking place across the capital.

Bonfire Night is also known as Fireworks Night or Guy Fawkes Night. It’s a British tradition dating back to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when Catholic conspiritor Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament and King James I. Read the full story here.

And we’re interested to know where our readers are headed for this year’s firework fix?

• Are you drawn by Alexandra Palace’s German Beer Festival, running alongside the fireworks?
• Or Syon Park’s promise of a re-enactment of the events of 1605?
• Or the fairground at Wimbledon Park?

If you’re still undecided, check out our list of London’s firework displays.