| Gardyloo |
Jun 6th, 2005 05:17 AM |
We've stayed there several times and IMO it's a superior airport hotel. Clean, comfortable beds, surprisingly well soundproofed, friendly front counter and support staff. The restaurants and bars are overpriced, but what else is new. (The Marriott next door has better offerings on these fronts.) If you're a (silver) birdwatcher, the rooms facing the runway across Bath Rd. are great for jetlagged planespotting.
Like all the hotels along Bath Rd, it's served by the world's worst airport shuttle service, the "Hoppa." It's in the free zone for the public (red) buses, but with luggage or late at night that's a nuisance, and the taxis at the terminals will try to tell you they won't go there (too small a fare) even though they're obligated to do so. The Skyline is especially inconvenient to pax with bags going to/from Terminal 4 (Brisith Airways) because the Hoppa doesn't go there. But such is life in the big city - not the hotel's fault.
Getting the Skyline on Priceline for US$60 v. the £150 rack rate stands as the best bargain in London IMO.
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