Description: With stunning views over Hyde Park and
Kensington Gardens is the Hilton Hyde Park hotel. It sits opposite the
extensive open park areas of Kensington Gardens which merges seamlessly with
Hyde Park. A great place for al ages
with plenty to do and see within the parks. There are several snack bars and
restaurants, many statues and landscaped gardens, play areas, boat hire,
horse riding, sports a gallery and it includes the Princess Diana Memorial
Gardens. The hotel is situated adjacent to Queensway (the name of the
adjcent road, the adjacent tube station and the surrounding area) where the
popular Whitley's shopping arcade is located along with a long high street
of shops and an ice skating rink. Its also walking distance to Marble Arch
and Oxford Street (just over a mile), another great shopping area. A short
walk in the other direction, West, is Notting Hill, now quite a chic place
to been seen and shop in, and home to many celebrities. There are two
underground stations nearby offering easy access to the city and the west
end. This area while part of central London is a little away from the very
centre areas where the main nightlife is located. That would be around
Piccadilly Circus which is 2.3 miles from here, 5 stops and around 13
minutes by tube. Kensington High Street is just over half a mile to the
south on the other side of Kensington Gardens.
Local places of interest:
Kensington
Palace (0.4 miles), Portobello Road Antiques Market (0.5 miles),
Alexandra Fleming laboratory (0.7 miles) and the Royal Albert Hall (arts
and music venue) (0.7 miles).
Hotel:
The Hilton Hyde Park Hotel is a beautiful 129 bedroom town house hotel.
Standard bedrooms have a light and airy feel with a traditional style decor.
Room facilities include air-conditioning, cable flat screen TV with games
and pay movies, high speed internet access, trouser press, desk, dataport,
tea/coffee tray, windows that can be opened, easy chair, magazines,
hairdryer, alarm radio and safe deposit box.
The hotel has upgraded deluxe rooms that come with bathrobe and slippers and
most of which have a view out over Kensington Gardens opposite the front of
the hotel.
Two bedrooms are adapted for improved accessibility. All bedrooms have
keycard access.
There is an extensive room service available 24/7 that includes snacks,
wines and salads alongside meals from the hotels own restaurant. (limited
menu 23.00 till 10.00).
Dining:
Enjoy modern international dinning in the intimate hotel restaurant that
seats 24. Serves a breakfast buffet. Enjoy a wine with your meals. kids menu
available. Open 06.30 till 22.00.
Have a drink in the club style library lounge bar which features a real
fireplace stained glass skylight. The setting is both elegant and
traditional. The bar also serves snacks alongside the wide range of drinks.
The Hiltons 3 meeting rooms can handle any number of delegates up to 110.
Rooms have natural daylight and are air-conditioned.
The reception staff can provide luggage storage facilities.
Background: Sold in
October 2010 by Royal Bank of Scotland to Nicholas Cowell's Cowell Group of
Companies with a consortium of investors for £25 million pounds on a 30 year
lease.
