An April 1 Travel article incorrectly said that former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko stayed at London's Sheraton Park Lane hotel before his November 2006 death from radiation poisoning. Litvinenko did not stay there, but he met with a hotel guest there in the weeks before his death, and the hotel was one of several locations in the city where traces of contamination by polonium-210 were detected.
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London Hotel Options, From Budget to Deluxe
At the My Place Hotel in Earls Court, left, you may want to ask for a room above -- far above -- the basement nightclub. The Holiday Villa Hotel in the Bayswater area, right, features Malaysian accents and a small sauna/spa area.
(Photos By Anne Mcdonough -- The Washington Post)
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· Somerset Bayswater Hotel, 42 Prince's Sq. (Bayswater)
Price: $829. Room-only price:$232 (Expedia.com, Hotels.com).
Details: If you want to feel as if you're actually living in London, this extended-stay property is a good choice. The contemporary studios, decorated in browns and reds, have sofas, TVs (several have two sets), CD and DVD players, and kitchenettes with dishes, pans and utensils and a dishwasher -- though you can also leave dishes for housekeeping, at no extra cost. Studios can fit one or two people, with plenty of room to maneuver. There are both laundry service and (free) self-service laundry facilities. The hotel also offers generous suites in an annex out back. The Prince's Square area is residential and quiet, though just a few minutes' walk to busy Bayswater Road and the Bayswater and Queensway Tube stations. Broadband Internet access is free.
Info: 011-44-20-7985-1188, http:/
· Citadines Holborn-Covent Garden, 94-99 High Holborn (Holborn)
Price: $879. Room-only price:$165 (Expedia.com, Hotels.com).
Details: Pullout couches make good beds when you're crashing with relatives; not so much when you're vacationing at a hotel. All the studios at this "apart'hotel" have pullouts; the apartments have regular beds and a pullout. Operated by the same company as the Somerset Bayswater Hotel, this Citadines location doesn't have the same panache but does offer compact kitchens with dishwashers, fridges and kettles, and the location is well placed, within walking distance of both the British Museum and Covent Garden and closest to the Holborn Tube station on the Piccadilly and Central lines. There's a Sainsbury supermarket two blocks away. Free Internet: wireless in the lobby and broadband in the apartments.
Info: 011-44-20-7395-8800, http:/
· Thistle Kensington Gardens Hotel, 104 Bayswater Road (Bayswater)
Price: $889. Room-only price:$194 (Expedia.com, Hotels.com).
Details: Next to a gas station that's under construction, the hotel's lobby is accessed via elevator from the ground floor. The hotel is midway through a major renovation; the seventh, eighth and ninth floors are finished, so try to get a room on one of those floors (and if you can swing a room ending in "02" you'll get a view in two directions). The floral carpeting of the tourist- and budget-class hotels thankfully gives way to a patterned red here, though the narrow and low-ceilinged hallways have a somewhat tight, nautical feel to them -- but all is forgotten with the stunning views of Kensington Gardens and the spotless rooms. There's a lounge, a small bar and a restaurant on the lobby level of the 175-room hotel, which is closest to the Queensway Tube station. Wireless runs about $12 per hour.
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