If you’re a fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, you are no doubt familiar with his great crime-fighting hero, Sherlock Holmes. Holmes’ first appearance, according to the Sherlock Holmes Society of London, was in 1887’s A Study in Scarlet. From there, the exploits of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson spread across the world, cementing themselves into the annals of literary history for all time.

Even so, the fervor over Holmes’ adventures in famous London hotels and those that saw him solving the mystery of The Hound of the Baskervilles died out until “Sherlock,” a BBC produced program led by Benedict Cumberbatch, modernized Doyle’s classic tales and brought our deductive hero into the 21st century. Since then, countless fans have come to the Big Smoke, paying cheap hotel prices at some of

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