Fantastic Hotel for vacation to Europe

I found an ideal hotel to stay while visiting London during my vacation to Europe. It was clean, had a friendly staff, and most of all, it was located near to numerous sightseeing attractions. This place is perfect to launch your vacation and enjoy all your fascination of London.

I stayed at the Novotel London City South during my stopover in London as part of my family vacation to European tour. My family out voted me as I wanted a cruise to Europe instead.We spent 10 days at the hotel, but the majority of the time was spent outdoors enjoying the beauty of London. (I will inform readers of my London experience in a subsequent blog).

The hotel has an AA 4 stars rating and I think it deserved that score. The hotel’s sleeping accommodation consisted of 182 non smoking rooms, 4 suites and 10 accessible rooms. The rooms are categorized into superior and executive. I selected an executive which accommodated 4 individuals. It contained all the features of the superior room (26” LCD TV, pay movies, broad band internet access, hair dryer, iron and mini bar) plus an Espresso coffee machine, Bose iPod docking station complimentary internet access, and bathrobe and slippers. Other facilities included laundry, parking, currency exchange and sauna/steam rooms. The staff was friendly and was never hesitant in providing information about places to visit while in London.

Our stay can be considered uneventful apart from an idiot who made everyone leave their room at about midnight. I was asleep and thought I was dreaming only to realize the screeching sound was coming from within my room. Then it dawned on me that the fire alarm was going crazy. Groggy, confused and half asleep, I rushed out from my room to be joined by several other guest in the corridor. Everyone quickly made it to the outside parking area. We were fortunate that it was a wonderful London evening and it was not raining. To everyone’s dismay and relief we were informed that a guest attempted to smoke in a non smoking room causing the smoke alarm to go off.

As mentioned earlier the hotel location was a plus as it was a short walking distance to the River Thames, the London eye, the Millennium Bridge, Shakespeare Globe Theatre, St. Paul’s Catheredral and many other London attractions. Also the London tube was minutes away and a short ride would take us to shopping areas, nightlife and theatres on the west end. A stone throw away from the hotel was a small market containing everything you could possible want. Apart from meat and fish, there was a wide variety of vegetables and fruits. I was extremely happy to find the market and made regular visits for my fresh supply of fruits.

On discovering how close the hotel was to the banks of the River Thames, we immediately decided to explore our new surroundings. We were amazed at the level of activity that was happening all along the river banks. It was not only a beautiful sight to behold but it contained several attractive looking eating places. In addition numerous characters were on sight performing to the large crowds delight and were compensated for their efforts.

I would recommend this hotel to families or individuals who wish to vacation in Europe  and London in particular. The hotel is also suitable for persons visiting London on business.as well as persons who are visiting London for business.