Hotels in London are expensive. Especially in Central London.
When we first researched hotels for our trip, we knew that we wanted to stay close to the main ‘attractions’. Since we were only going to be there for two days, we didn’t want to spend all of our time riding the tube into the city (because there ARE cheaper hotels outside of the city, but then you’re spending at least 45 – 60 minutes on the tube to get to Central London).
So we decided to splurge and stay at the Grosvenor hotel (pronounced ‘Grow-vin-er’…the ‘s’ is silent)on Buckingham Palace Road, especially since we were only going to stay 2 nights. It’s about a 2 minute walk from Victoria Station, which was incredibly convenient.
The hotel itself is beautiful and OLD (built in 1862). The floors creaked when you walked down the hallways. The lobby was breathtaking! I just wanted to hang out in the lobby ha ha.
Our room was lovely, nice and modern. Here was our view (not the best, but that’s okay). There was TONS of construction going on in London! It seems like everywhere we went there was construction happening.
We had free wi-fi. No free breakfast (this is very rare at most European hotels), but that’s okay. There were plenty of places within walking distance. And the breakfast room was gorgeous.
The concierges were all wonderful. They gave us clear instructions about which tube to take to get to the Tower of London. Their restaurant recommendations were always good. And they were just very friendly. They arranged a cab for us to take us to the train station when we left for Paris.
The whole experience at the hotel was wonderful. I would definitely stay there again!
