Description
This hotel has recently become part of the Leading Hotels of the World, you will feel like you have been brought back to the Victorian era.
The small rooms are furnished and decorated to a very high standard in a traditional style. The bathrooms are also small, but both are in very good condition.
The breakfast room is decorated in a bright, yet traditional style.
There is a genuinely warm feeling of welcome in the mahogany panelled reception, lobby and lounge, the latter replete with original artworks, an imposing Jacobean Revival chimney piece, plump sofas and discreet bar. Everything, from the oriental porcelain to the furniture and decor, are original of the period.
This attractive hotel is located in the vicinity of Earl's Court and Olympia (2.5 km away). It is within London's prime business area, near the Natural History Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Harrods and London's fashion centre. From the hotel it is about 300 m to South Kensington underground station, 1 km to Harrods department store and Hyde Park, 3 km to Victoria Station, 23 km to Heathrow Airport, 48 km to Gatwick Airport, 56 km to Luton Airport and some 64 km to Stansted airport.
Built in the year 1900 and renovated in 2001, this hotel has a total of 36 rooms, of which 2 are suites. The inviting foyer includes a 24-hour reception, a hotel safe, selected original artworks, a Jacobean revival fireplace, comfy sofas, and lifts. William Morris, Rossetti, and Lord Leighton would certainly have felt at home here. The fully air-conditioned establishment features a bar and a breakfast room, a conference room and, for a surcharge, public Internet access (W-LAN). Room service rounds off the facilities on offer.
Rooms
The comfortable rooms all come with an en suite bathroom with a shower and hairdryer, a direct dial telephone, a radio, satellite/ cable TV and an Internet connection (charges apply). Tea and coffee making facilities, a double or king-size bed, carpeted floors, individually adjustable air conditioning, heating, an electronic hire safe, a table and a chair are also provided in every room as standard.
Number of Rooms
43
Room Amenities
Air Conditioning, Bath, Carpeted, Coffee/Tea Maker, Hair Dryer, Heating, Internet, Phone, Safe, Shower
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Hotel Facilities
Air Conditioning, Bar, Conference Facilities, Disabled Facilities, Elevator / Lift, Front Desk, Internet, Room Service, Safe
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