City/financial area base
Review Submitted: October 14, 2008
Date of Stay: September 2008
We stayed at this very pleasant clean apt for 4 nights in Sept with our 7 year old son. The apt is vey spacious and can easily sleep 5 adults. It was a 10 min walk to 3 tube stations and 10 min to a Waitrose Supermarket. It was very well provisioned with dishwsher, washing machine, kitchen utensils etc the only surprising thing was having to provide our own soap and toliet rolls - I think for this price or increasing the price to adjust it would be better to include such basic necesseties as it was along way to bring supplies from New Zealand on a Sunday with the shops shut!
All public transport is free for children 11 and younger and all public museums are now free - the British Museum is within walking distance and Tower of London only a few tube stops. Buy an Oyster card for easy of use on buses and trains. Nearby there is a playground for young children.
We ate one night at a nearby Italian Restaurant Ciao Bella that was recommended in the book, the place was full of people with piano player but the food was terrible - my risotto was with long rice and like a dry pilau not creamy. We took a 715am mini cab (the expensive one listed in the apt book) to London City Airport and it only cost 20 pounds and took 30 mins.
The owners are very helpful with any queries you may have.
A very convient base in London - would recommend to all (except those with disabilities).
Recommended for:
Age 55+,
Girls Getaway,
Tourists without a Car,
Families with Teenagers,
Families with Young Children,
Romantic Getaway
Owner's Response: There is a 24 hour Tesco store opposite the local tube station at Russell Square and there is really no need to bring provisions from New Zealand to London, no matter what time you arrive. We do not provide soap and personal toiletries due to the unhappy prevalence of allergies nowadays.
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