Any suggestions for a night's stay before a mid-morning flight? Convenience is most important factor. Departing terminal 2 for Croatia.
Deb in Naples, FL
Stay at the Ibis Heathrow located 8 blcks or 1 mile or 1.61 kilometers away from LHR
Its welcoming with clean rooms and good price
http://www.ibis.com/gb/hotel-0794-ibis-london-heathrow-airport/index.shtml
Jazz, what is the best option for getting to and from this hotel?
df
Heathrow has a shuttle serving most airport based hotels (the Ibis Heathrow is included)
Here are the details
https://www.londontoolkit.com/lhr/hotel_hoppa_bus.htm
you take a shuttle to and from the airport it is 4.50 pounds one way and you can book it online here:
or wait to you get there at a desk in arrivals hall
Thanks for that help! Those details are excellent.
df
You have two choices at the Airport itself:
Terminal 4--Yotel (Yotel books by the hour so you pay depending on how long you plan to stay.)
Terminal 5--Sofitel
To get from these terminals to terminal 2, you take either the Heathrow Express (Terminal 5) or Heathrow Connect (Terminal 4) to Terminal 1,2,3 station. It's free.
I've stayed at the Sofitel a couple of times and it was very nice.
There's also a Hilton hotel located in one of the terminals. We loved it.
I always stay at the Skyline Sheraton across the road from the airport - they have a free shuttle to the airport.
I stayed at the Ibis there in June. Great price. I have stayed at many Ibis hotels in Europe. I was surprised that they did not provide a free shuttle to the airport though. Too far to walk. If I remember it cost about $10 US r/t.
For the Ibis, use any of the 105, 111, 140 regular bus services for free to Terminal 2.
Be sure to factor in the time the bus takes to wind from your hotel back to your departure terminal for that mid-morning flight. You can find it in the search results on the National Express site. I've seen 45 minutes for some routes.
We have stayed in Eton and Windsor on our last two trips to England. Very charming area and not far from the airport in the morning. So much nicer than an airport hotel!!!!!