Five Brilliant Bijou Hotels in London
Visitors to London face all kinds of choices — when to go, what to do, and perhaps most importantly, where to stay. When thinking about the best place to pick for your home base, your home-away-from-home, think about the features you want in the hotels you’re looking for. Do you want discount hotels in the luxury line? If so, then try looking at some of the most curious, interesting, and unique accommodation in one of the world’s favorite cities.
1. The Rockwell
A year or so old, The Rockwell gives great value for money if you’re looking for simple, stylish hotel rooms at prices that won’t break the bank. The location, in two restored Victorian houses in Cromwell Road (that’s Kensington, for those who haven’t taken the Knowledge) puts one of London’s swankiest districts literally on its visitor’s doorsteps, giving easy access to some of the cooler museums, restaurants, and more.
2. base2stay hotel
Syncing your iPod with your laptop and feel like you need a fix if you haven’t been in front of a computer for a few hours? base2stay, also located in Kensington, boasts Wi-Fi throughout the hotel, with prices from under a hundred quid. What’s not to love about that? Tweet away your restive hours, make plans with easy internet access, and catch up with friends in this kitted-out bijou hotel.
3. One Aldwych
Locate your stay nearer the centre of town at One Aldwych, just steps from Leicester Square, Covent Garden, and the clubs of Soho. Not for the faint of heart (or thin of wallet), this is one of those gorgeous, upscale places you want to stay but know you can’t afford unless you find a free room on a website for discount hotels. Two to five hundred quid is what a night at this place will set you back — but the location and company will be worth it.
4. Clink Hostel
Low-rent is hi-fashion again with joints like the Clink, in Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia, making Kings Cross slightly more welcoming to low-budget travelers. If you’re willing to bunk up with strangers, try their dorm beds for GBP15 a night; if you’re looking to live more luxuriously here you can shell out thirty quid for a double private room. Part of a new breed of futuristic hostel, the Clink promises more elegance and comfort than its older ancestors.
5. Hoxton Hotel
Finally, a trendy place in the trendiest of London neighborhoods — Shoreditch’s Hoxton Hotel. This is a well-planned hospital, catering to a clientele which is looking for what Time Out calls, “A kind of postmodern country lodge.” Deal-seekers will find no hotels with better bargains, since the Hoxton is known for releasing a precious few rooms for a pound, on a three-monthly rotation.
These are just a handful of the amazing bijou places you can stay when traveling in London — there are plenty more, and you can find out about them by reading recommendations from around the world, on the web!
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Max is an author, writer and editor. He is married with two children and a cat and lives in south east London.
This article first appeared in EzineArticles.com
