{"id":1018,"date":"2024-03-09T07:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T07:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2024-03-10T02:13:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T02:13:36","slug":"st-pauls-cathedral-secret-library-open-for-one-night-stay-world-book-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/st-pauls-cathedral-secret-library-open-for-one-night-stay-world-book-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleep amongst 22,000 books &#8211; St. Paul&#8217;s Cathedral&#8217;s secret library open for one overnight stay in honor of World Book Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldculturepictorial.com\/images\/content_6\/st-pauls-library-airbnb-room.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>(quote)<br><br>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/you-can-spend-the-night-inside-st-pauls-cathedral-in-london-180983916\/\">With its towering dome, St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral is one of the most famous structures in all of London.<\/a> Soon, some lucky travelers will have a chance to spend the night at the famed landmark\u2014the first to do so since the St. Paul\u2019s Watch fire brigade took nightly shifts protecting the building during World War II.<br><br>\n\nAirbnb is offering a one-night stay for up to two people on March 15. The company didn\u2019t share how it will select the overnight guests, but bookings open online on March 12 at 6 a.m. Eastern. The experience will cost just \u00a37 ($8.86).<br><br>\n\nIn honor of World Book Day, the two travelers will spend the night in the hidden library tucked behind the cathedral\u2019s southwest tower. \u201cThe recently restored library at St. Paul\u2019s has long been a secret gem of the Cathedral\u2014cleverly concealed by the ingenious architecture of Sir Christopher Wren,\u201d says Sandra Lynes Timbrell, the cathedral\u2019s director of visitor engagement, in a statement. \u201cSome very fortunate guests will now get the chance to delve deeper into the history and wonder of St. Paul\u2019s with this truly one-of-a-kind stay.\u201d<br><br>\n\n(unquote)<br><br>\n\nImage courtesy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/you-can-spend-the-night-inside-st-pauls-cathedral-in-london-180983916\/\">Simone Morciano<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(quote) With its towering dome, St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral is one of the most famous structures in all of London. Soon, some lucky travelers will have a chance to spend the night at the famed landmark\u2014the first to do so since the St. Paul\u2019s Watch fire brigade took nightly shifts protecting<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/st-pauls-cathedral-secret-library-open-for-one-night-stay-world-book-day\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,9,12],"tags":[55,36,26,27,25,28,30],"class_list":["entry","author-wcp-poetic-thought","post-1018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-figures-and-facts","category-life-nature-society","category-movies-books-and-entertainment","category-us-and-world","tag-books","tag-events","tag-facts","tag-figures","tag-history","tag-places","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}