Earls Court Exhibition Centre - across the street
Kensington Gardens / Kensington Palace - 0.5 miles (1 kilometer)
Natural History Museum - 1 mile (1.5 kilometers)
Victoria & Albert Museum - 1 mile (1.5 kilometers)
Olympia Exhibition Centre - 1 mile (1.5 kilometers)
Hyde Park - 1 mile (1.5 kilometers)
Knightsbridge - 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometers)
Harrods - 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometers)
Buckingham Palace - 2.5 miles (4 kilometers)
Bond Street - 2.5 miles (4 kilometers)
Oxford Street - 2.5 mile (4 kilometers)
Piccadilly Circus - 3 miles (5 kilometers)
National Gallery - 3 miles (5 kilometers)
Trafalgar Square - 3 mile (5 kilometers)
Houses of Parliament and Big Ben - 3 miles (5 kilometers)
Westminster Abbey - 3 miles (5 kilometers)
Tate Modern - 4.5 miles (7 kilometers)
St Paul’s Cathedral - 5 miles (8 kilometers)

The Heathrow Express train and black taxi cabs are available for transfer from the airport to the center of London. The London Underground’s Piccadilly Line also serves all Heathrow terminals and takes passengers into central London.

The extensive London Underground system (the Tube) connects the hotel with the rest of central London within 20 minutes. The Underground station closest to the hotel is Earls Court. There is also a wide choice of buses. The hotel can order black taxi cabs on request.

This hotel has 105 guestrooms, all of which have views overlooking either the garden square or the hotel’s own walled patio. The light and airy guestrooms are decorated simply but prettily in blue and white. All are furnished with light oak-wood furniture. Each room has Internet access (fee), hairdryer, tea and coffee-making facilities and a private bathroom.

Guests of the hotel enjoy a complimentary Continental buffet breakfast each morning. There is a supplementary charge for an English breakfast.

Patio Restaurant - The Patio Restaurant offers a wide variety of gourmet cuisine in a relaxed atmosphere. The regularly changing menu features starters such as Cajun king prawns and deep-fried brie wedges, with steak, salmon and spicy noodles appearing as main courses. The dining room is long and narrow with parquet flooring and light oak tables and chairs. It is divided after breakfast to create a smaller area for evening dinning. The patio doors at one end provide easy access to the walled garden.

Ellen Terry Bar - The Ellen Terry Bar offers a comfortable place to enjoy a drink or a light snack in one of the blue tartan armchairs. Club sandwiches, baguettes and jacket potatoes are among the Light Bites available. The wood-paneled walls display portraits of actress Ellen Terry who lived in the house at the turn of the 19th century. During warm weather, guests can take their drinks outside into the walled garden.

What to expect: This English Heritage Grade II listed building, situated in a leafy square, provides rare peace and quiet in central London. Its smart Victorian interior has hints of Art Deco, with wood paneling, marble flooring and large mirrors in the lobby. Business guests come for the nearby exhibition centers, while leisure travelers enjoy shopping in nearby Knightsbridge or visiting the museums of South Kensington.

Amenity highlights: Guests can relax in the secluded walled garden with a drink from the Ellen Terry Bar, or after a meal in the Patio Restaurant. There is dial-up Internet access (fee) in the lobby, business services are available, and the friendly, multilingual staff also offer valet parking.

Insider tip: The Albert Memorial, commissioned by Queen Victoria in the 19th century to commemorate her late husband, Prince Albert, is just a ten-minute walk away in Hyde Park. An elaborate structure with friezes, mosaics and pillars of red granite, it has recently been restored to its original splendour and twinkles with gold leaf.

Guests can relax in the secluded walled garden with a drink from the Ellen Terry Bar, or after a meal in the sunny Patio Restaurant. A small meeting room is available along with basic business services, such as faxing, and staff are multilingual. Tour assistance is offered, as is dry cleaning, shoe shine and valet parking.