HotelChatter - Tag: Hyde Park Hotels

London: It's Double Decker Transport for the Bieb in London

Heidi Atwal — 2011-11-15T14:10:17-05:00

After being trapped inside a Liverpool hotel Beatles-style earlier this year, you'd think that the Bieb would make an effort to travel a little more incognito. Not the case. The pop star and sometimes rapper hopped onboard a private hire double-decker bus to arrive at the Royal Garden Hotel in London's posh Kensington neighborhood this weekend.

London: Kensington Hotel Guide: The Royal Garden Hotel

juliana — 2008-04-14T11:26:24-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/royalgardenhotel.jpg" class="imgborder"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/Kensington-Hotel-Guide"><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/kensingtonmap.jpg" align="right"></a>While the neighboring Baglioni Hotel and the Milestone Hotel in Kensington are rather small hotels, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Royal+Garden+Hotel+-+A+Summit+Hotel/ian/105991">Royal Garden Hotel</a> is enormous, boasting 396 rooms over 10 floors.The hotel is located just diagonal from the Milestone and on the edge of Hyde Park. It's even closer to all those <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/4/4/123259/9307/travel/Shopping+in+London%3A+Kensington+High+Street">shops and restaurants</a> that we told you about. But it definitely doesn't have the charm of the smaller hotels. Still <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g186338-d193123-Reviews-Royal_Garden-London_England-m10559.html">reviewers</a> consistently like this hotel which probably has something to do with its location on the park and the killer views it offers. However, quite a few complained of extremely small bathrooms and bland guest room furniture, furthering our perception that it's more of

London: Kensington Hotel Guide: The Milestone Hotel

juliana — 2008-04-07T14:15:15-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/milestone_2.jpg" class="imgborder"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/Kensington-Hotel-Guide"><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/kensingtonmap.jpg" align="right"></a>On our recent sojourn to London, we hit up the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/25/11486/9980/hotels/Inside_the_Baglioni_Hotel_in_London">Baglioni Hotel</a> in Hyde Park. While we lurved our hotel, we noticed there were a few other options in the 'hood. And considering that we dug the <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/4/4/123259/9307/travel/Shopping+in+London%3A+Kensington+High+Street">Kensington/High Street</a> shopping and attractions, we'd be keen to stay in the area again.<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Milestone+Hotel/ian/129112">The Milestone Hotel</a> looks similar to the Baglioni on the outside and isn't that much different on the inside in terms of offerings and services. Both are located inside of old Victorian-era buildings across from Hyde Park (about 2 small blocks away from each other) and both are members of the Leading Small Hotels of the World group. The Milestone, however, got