We are a couple traveling to Italy via London with a 2-day layover. Two of our children live in Italy so when we visit we always bring each a suitcase full of gifts/goodies from USA. Thus we will be traveling with at least 3 checked bags and 1 carry-on. We have two days/nights in London arriving and departing Terminal 5 LHR at 10 am.
We want to visit the City to take in sights and see a performance, but don't want to schlep bags between hotels. That is, we don't want stay in different hotels for one night each or have to stress about getting back to Terminal 5 with our bags if we stay in the both nights city.
I am considering the Sofitel Hotel at Terminal 5 (the cost is minimal because I have points to cover the entire stay), which will store our bags and have very nice rooms. I just don't know if this is a realistic option, such as distance from the city. I realize there is a cost of taking the train into London each day for sight seeing but in this case convenience to our incoming/departing terminal is more important.
I always get great feedback from this forum, so hoping someone has insight as I have only been to London once (for a day) and my husband has never visited.
Thank you in advance!