As Daniel Craig hits the big screens again as the world's most famous spy in new 007 outing, 'Spectre,  – this could be the perfect time for all the family to get in touch with their inner Bonds at the atmospheric St Ermin's Hotel, St James's Park.

Known as 'the spy hotel', the St Ermin's Hotel is the only publicly accessible establishment in London closely associated with the history of espionage.  During the Cold War, the hotel's Caxton Bar is the place where British 'Cambridge Five' double agents Burgess and MacLean regularly met their Russian counterparts. In WWII it is where MI5, SIS and Naval Intelligence Division officers such as 007 author Ian Fleming himself met their agents, and where Winston Churchill, over a glass of champagne, asked a group of brave individuals that were to become the SOE, to “set Europe ablaze” through counter insurgency against the Nazis.

Maintaining its strong espionage links, families can discover their own undercover abilities with the hotel's 'Budding Bonds' package that tests kids' code breaking and observational skills in and around the hotel, before being rewarded with their very own shaken not stirred, non-alcoholic cocktail at the infamous Caxton Bar.  

At check-in, each child receives their own Top Secret briefing pack containing confidential information on the hotel's links to the intelligence community. A book of codes and tips help budding agents develop spy skills, whilst a series of searching questions – Do you know where the official entrance to Buckingham Palace is? – will test their observational and investigative skills.

For further information contact WixHill on + 44 (0) 1483 203992.  Pippa Evans e: pippa@wixhill.co.uk or Danielle West e: dani@wixhill.co.uk