Where to stay in London?
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We're looking to book an AirBnB for next April in London. I've seen a couple nice places really close to Victoria Station (and also Buckingham Palace). That's good right, a central hub to get on the tube to go wherever? Or should I be looking elsewhere?
TIA for any help on this! |
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The Nadler Victoria Artist Residence London Grange Wellington Hotel |
Anonymous
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We stayed here, in the S. Kensington/Knightsbridge area, and loved it:
https://londonconnection.com/property/2-34-egerton-gardens-sw3/ |
Anonymous
| I think it depends what you plan to do/where you want to go. Near Victoria Station would not be my first choice, because I would want to be in more of a neighborhood, which is one of the advantages of using AirBnB. Unless you would really be in more like Sloane Square/Chelsea than Victoria. South Kensington would be great for museums; Marylebone feels a bit more like a village and has Daunt Books on Marylebone High Street; Holland Park has a great kids playground. |
Anonymous
| We went through this recently, and we are staying in a hotel for our upcoming trip. It really depends on where you want to be and what you are going to be doing. |
Anonymous
| Anyone stayed at the Conrad St. James hotel? |
Anonymous
Eh. Pimlico / Victoria isn't the best place to stay. Little personality. However, if the budget is right.... Look into Kensington or Bloomsbury. We like staying in Bloomsbury especially. Handy to the Picadilly line, big shopping center at the Brunswick Center with a Waitrose where we can stock up on food, easy walk to the National Gallery and British Museum and the theatres and shops of Soho. Lots of restaurants especially just off Tottenham Court Road. |
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It's a fantastic hotel! If you are Hilton Gold you get free breakfast in the restaurant, which is excellent. Across the street (no joke 30 steps) from the St. James' Park station on the District and Circle lines, so very easy to get anywhere on the Tube from there, and super easy to get to/from Heathrow on the Piccadilly line, transferring at Hammersmith or Barons Court to the District line just across the platform. The location is a bit sleepy at night, so if you are a party type person, maybe not the best location. But so much is within a few blocks walk- St. James' and Green Parks, Palace of Westminster, the Thames, etc. For me its the perfect city location for a hotel- close to everything, great transit accessibility, but not IN THE MIDDLE of everything, so you don't feel overwhelmed when you walk out the door, like you would if you stayed near Piccadilly Circus. It's an expensive hotel, we used Hilton free nights from the credit card, which also gives you automatic gold status for breakfast. |
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It's a fantastic hotel! If you are Hilton Gold you get free breakfast in the restaurant, which is excellent. Across the street (no joke 30 steps) from the St. James' Park station on the District and Circle lines, so very easy to get anywhere on the Tube from there, and super easy to get to/from Heathrow on the Piccadilly line, transferring at Hammersmith or Barons Court to the District line just across the platform. The location is a bit sleepy at night, so if you are a party type person, maybe not the best location. But so much is within a few blocks walk- St. James' and Green Parks, Palace of Westminster, the Thames, etc. For me its the perfect city location for a hotel- close to everything, great transit accessibility, but not IN THE MIDDLE of everything, so you don't feel overwhelmed when you walk out the door, like you would if you stayed near Piccadilly Circus. It's an expensive hotel, we used Hilton free nights from the credit card, which also gives you automatic gold status for breakfast. |
Anonymous
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We loved the Covent Garden area of central London. Walkable to so much!!!
No recommendation for an air bnb, though |
Anonymous
| I liked Fitzrovia. It seemed central but with a little bit of neighborhood character. Met some awesome locals in the pubs! |
Anonymous
| South Kenn, Knightsbridge are pretty good locations. Notting Hill can be peaceful and quiet. Our last trip we stayed in Maida Vale / St. Johns Wood which was close enough to the things we needed to do but far enough away to give us more of a 'local' experience, which was something we enjoyed. We had a couple of places we ate at a few times, and a nice park where we let the kids play. We weren't really on a sightseeing trip but felt we had a pretty good time just hanging in London. |
Anonymous
| We stayed at the Chesterfield Mayfair and loved it. |
Anonymous
| I recommend staying at a hotel for your first visit to London. On my two previous trips to London I stayed at the Crowne Plaza in South Kensington and at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge. If you're on a budget, then a Preimier Inn may fit your needs. You can check out reviews on Trip Advisor. However, if a hotel is not what you want, then look into London Connections http://www.londonconnections.com |
Anonymous
| Never done AirBnB in London, but when traveling for work I often stay at the Doubletree (Hilton) West End, which is walking distance to the British Museum. It's walkable to several Tube stations (Central and Picadilly lines), close to coffee shops, some decent Indian, Turkish restaurants, a Tesco nearby. Short distance to Russell Square park, which has a decent patisserie for a light breaksfast in the morning. Rooms at the Doubletree are varied, some large and spacious, others cater to single business travelers like me, but I've always been pleased staying there. |