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Renaissance London Heathrow Hotel****
London Heathrow Airport, UK.
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If you're looking for a hotel near London Heathrow airport, you could do a lot worse than the Renaissance London Heathrow hotel which sits right on the edge of the airport with a glorious view of the airplanes taking off and landing. This is a very comfortable four-star hotel with a slightly dated exterior that belies an understated but elegant, modern Interior that has been recently fully remodeled. But above all, it has some of the best food we've encountered at an airport hotel!
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Peter and Linda D'Aprix 2009
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The public rooms were remodeled in June 2008. From the spacious reception area to the lounges, bar, dining rooms, billiards room, shops, computer room (six or seven workstations for the guests for supplemental fees), the club lounge, and a health club facilities that include state-of-the-art gym and studio classes, sauna and steam rooms, personal fitness trainers and even massage (perfect for the overstressed traveler of today's air travel) all is fresh and new. Just what you need to set you up whether it's to pursue sightseeing or renew a sense of purpose for a business meeting.
Do not be put off by the 1960s exterior. There's not much they can do about that, but the interior offers comfort, earth tones, and relaxation. The rooms are not large (the foot print being set back in the 1960's) but they are well appointed. In fact they have 649 guest rooms that are so well soundproofed you do not hear the Jets taking off or landing just across the way. There is WiFi access in the bedrooms for a small additional charge. Our room was well appointed with a pleasant and modern bathroom.
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Tasteful wide open lobby and reception.
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We would recommend, especially if you are staying at the hotel and flying out the next day, to check-in at the club level. The club lounge in addition to offering soft drinks, bottled water, tea and coffee (with espresso maker) as well as snacks gratis and continental breakfast, not to mention an uninterrupted view of the ceaseless activities of the airport, there is a computer terminal at no charge with Internet access so that you can check in to your airlines web site, and if it offers Internet check-in, you can not only confirm your reservation, take your seats, specify your meals, and with the attached printer you can even print out your boarding passes. If you are flying with air lines that offer this, such as British Airways, it speeds things up in the terminal. (If you're flying British Airways and you have more than the maximum number of bags, please note you need to register the excess luggage at a particular link on their web site home page or risk paying a higher fee once you get to the airport. The link is a several lines below the "check in" link and easy to miss if you are using a lap top or small screen.)
You can take a taxi from the terminals to the hotel, a short ride, or you can take the airport bus service which makes the rounds at 20 minute intervals. Cost: £4.00 ea. UK.
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Club Lounge with WiFi and view of the runways.
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Computer station with its printer of the Club Lounge.
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Club Lounge with 24 hour food service, big screen TV, WiFi and computer station.
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What we liked most about this hotel was the food. Breakfast is a big buffet spread with everything you could possibly want to start your day. Lunch is a lighter affair served in the spacious bar-lounge and offers starters, main courses and desserts. Linda enjoyed an excellent salad Nicoise, and there are many excellent hot dishes as well. Dinner is served in the dining room, its windows overlooking the landing strip, and offers a variety of dishes with an emphasis on red meat. However we found their tomato soup was superb, and since my wife Linda had so enjoyed her salad Nicoise at lunch, even though it was not on the dinner menu, the kitchen was happy to prepare it regardless. The tuna steaks on top were perfectly cooked and delicious as was the salad beneath it. Excellent after a day of indifferent airline food and terminal snacks.
With the well equipped gym, the spa, massage, sauna and other sanity saving services, it is also a great place to recover from jet lag, use as a lay over to break up your flight or prepare for the rigours to come.
You can conceivable use the hotel as a base for your tour of England, at least southern England. London is only about 13 miles away (between 25 mins to 1 1/4 hours from Mayfair depending on traffic), the rest of England is at your doorstep with many motor ways (freeways - autoroutes - autobans) with easy reach.
Lastly, if you are business on the road, the infrastructure will support your connections back to the office or on to your meetings as well as provide spacious conference/meeting/workshop/seminar needs if you need to host a larger group.
Rooms at the Renaissance LHR
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The sitting room of a suite.
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Renaissance London Heathrow Hotel
Bath Road
Hounslow
England TW6 2AQ
United Kingdom
Phone: 44-20-88976363
Fax: 44-20-88971114
Sales Fax: 44-20-88971113
Web Site: www.renaissancelondonheathrow.co.uk
There is no direct email address but you can book directly from
their site or through the many well known online hotel booking sites.
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Pet Policy
• Pets NOT allowed
Hotel Details
• 4 floors,643 rooms,6 suites
• 28 meeting rooms, 2,906 sq m of
total meeting space
• 1 concierge levels
Guest Room Information
(may vary by room type)
General Room Amenities
• Air conditioning
• Alarm clock
• Coffee maker/tea service
• Crib
• Individual climate control
• Iron and ironing board
• Luxurious bedding - down
comforters, custom duvets, cottonrich
linens
• Rollaway bed
• Trouser press
Bathroom Amenities
• Bathtub with spray jets
• Hair dryer
Room Entertainment
• Cable/satellite TV
• Color TV
• Mini-bar
• Movies/videos, pay-per-view
Business Amenities
• Phone feature: voice mail
Services:
Complimentary Service
• Coffee/tea in-room
Guest Services
• Concierge desk
• Full-service business center
• Safe deposit boxes, front desk
High-speed Internet access
Locations | Connectivity
Public Areas
• Wireless
Guest Rooms
• Wireless
Meeting Rooms
• Wireless
Spa
• Nirvana Spa
Appointment required
• Renaissance Heathrow Health Club
Appointment required
• The Spa at Chancery Court
Appointment required
Attractions & Landmarks
• Windsor Castle
• London Eye (Millenium Wheel)
• Central London
• Hampton Court Palace
• Ascot Race Course
• Chessington World of Adventures
Theme Park
• Legoland
• Oxford Street - Shopping
• Black Park Country Park
• London Theatres
• Henley Upon Thames
• Thorpe Park (Theme Park)
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• Princes Ski Club
• Windsor Festival Society Ltd
• Sandown Park Racecourse
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Savill Garden
• Eton College
• Heathrow Academy
• Windsor Castle
• Frogmore House
• Hampton Court Palace
• Tower Bridge Exhibition
• Tower of London
• St. Paul's Cathedral
• Parliament - United Kingdom
• Thames Barrier Park
Arrival Information
Check-In and Checkout
• Check-in: 3:00 PM, Check-out:
12:00 PM
• Video Review Billing
• Express Check-In and Express
Checkout
Parking
• On-site parking, fee: 10 GBP daily
• No charge for Coach parking for
group bookings, 7 parking bays
reserved for disabled guests
Directions
From Airport
London/Heathrow (LHR) - LHR
• Hotel direction: 0.5 km S
• Driving directions: Once leaving the
airport Terminals, take the main
airport exit out toward the heathrow
spur road, go through the tunnel
toward the roundabout. Take the right
lane & follow the signs to Heathrow
other areas/Heathrow Academy &
terminal 4. Take the last exit off the
roundabout (exit 4 - East Ramp) &
follow slip road, you will pass the
heathrow police station on your left
handside & you will reach another
roundabout (Nene Road
Roundabout). Take the 2nd exit into
Nettleton Road & the Renaissance is
situated on the right handside. Using
the bus lane from the A4 Bath Road
to gain access to the hotel will incur a
fine.
• Bus service, fee: 4.00 GBP (one
way)
• Estimated taxi fare: 10.00 GBP (one
way)
London/Gatwick (LGW) - LGW
• Hotel direction: 54 km SE
• Driving directions: Take the M23 to
the M25 following signs to Heathrow
Terminal 1,2 and 3 exit (Junction 15
of the M25).Join on the M4 and then
exit off at Junction 4 of the M4. Exit
onto the spur road to the roundabout
and take the 2nd exit left (East Ramp)
towards the roundabout.(Nene Road
Roundabout). Take the 2nd exit
(Nettleton Road- No through road)
and the Renaissance Hotel is situated
on the right.
• Estimated taxi fare: 75.00 GBP (one
way)
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