Hyde Park - 3 blocks
Portobello Road Market – 500 meters
Harrods - 1 mile (1.5 kilometers)
Knightsbridge - 1.5 miles (2 kilometers)
Victoria & Albert Museum - 1.5 miles (2 kilometers)
Oxford Street - 1.5 miles (2 kilometers)
Green Park - 2 miles (3 kilometers)
Madame Tussauds - 2 miles (3 kilometers)
Regents Park and London Zoo - 2 miles (3 kilometers)
Buckingham Palace - 2 miles (3 kilometers)
Piccadilly Circus - 2 miles (3 kilometers)
West End (theater district) - 2 miles (3 kilometers)
Trafalgar Square - 2 miles (3 kilometers)
National Gallery - 2 miles (3 kilometers)
Westminster Abbey - 3 miles (4 kilometers)
Houses of Parliament and Big Ben - 3 miles (4 kilometers)
British Museum - 3 miles (4 kilometers)
Covent Garden - 3 miles (4 kilometers)
Tate Britain - 3 miles (4 kilometers)
BA London Eye - 3 miles (4 kilometers)
St Paul’s Cathedral - 4 miles (6 kilometers)
The City (business district) - 4 miles (6 kilometers)
Tower of London - 5 miles (8 kilometers)
Shakespeare’s Globe Theater - 4 miles (6 kilometers)
Tate Modern - 4 miles (6 kilometers)

London Heathrow Airport (LHG): Approximate driving time is 45 minutes and distance is 16 miles (21 kilometers).

The Heathrow Express train and black taxis 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 Bayswater. There is also a wide choice of buses. The hotel can order black taxis on request.

This hotel has 65 guestrooms, spread across five floors and all accessible by lift. All feature cherry wood headboards, desks and chairs, satellite television, wall-mounted desks and bedside lights, in-room safes and hair dryers. Curtains and bedspreads are red, walls are pink and hung with two Impressionist or 19th century art prints. Compact, gray-tiled bathrooms have white units, tubs or power showers and glass vanity shelves. Rooms on the ground and first floors have high ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows. First floor rooms have double-glazed windows and balconies overlooking Prince’s Square gardens. Some have trouser presses.

Breakfast Room - The lower ground floor breakfast room benefits from natural light and has 12 tables, a blue and yellow color scheme and is decorated with still life paintings and plants. A Continental buffet breakfast is served 7am-9.30am Mon-Sat and Sun 8am-10.30pm. Cooked breakfasts are available to order.

The hotel does not have its own restaurant, but there are several dining options within the surrounding area.

Nearby restaurants:
The Couscous Cafe
Royal China
Khan’s

What to expect: Three Victorian terraced houses have been joined together to create this comfortable, well-maintained hotel, with many period features (including a Victorian wrought iron staircase, fireplaces and high ceilings). Frequented by European families and couples on weekend breaks, it is also popular with tourists from the United States.

Amenity highlights: A snug bar serves alcohol until late and a meeting room accommodates 15 people in boardroom style. All rooms have in-room safes and hair dryers. First floor rooms have floor-to-ceiling windows and balconies. All rooms are accessible by lift.

Insider tip: Many of London’s Victorian squares have private gardens, open only to residents of the surrounding houses. The hotel faces the private gardens of Prince’s Square, which are open to guests all year round and are the ideal place for guests to relax in or for children to play in, away from the bustle of surrounding streets. Reception can provide the key.

A conference room holds 15 in boardroom style. Clipcharts and projectors are available on request. The snug bar serves alcohol from 5pm until late and has a fruit machine and satellite television. The reception lounge contains two flat-screen high speed Internet terminals (fee). All public areas have high ceilings, an apricot and blue color scheme and Victorian period features.