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Star rating: ★★★★ Address: The Tower Hotel, St. Katharine’s Way (by Tower Bridge) E1W 1LD. Telephone: 0207 523 5063. Website: towerhotellondon.com
Is the hotel a good base for sightseeing?
Yes. It’s right up the western end of touristy London, just past the Tower of London, but having a view of Tower Bridge out of your bedroom window makes up for it. Other attractions within a 15 minute walk include St. Katharine Dock, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, HMS Belfast, All Hallows-by-the-Tower and Billingsgate Roman House & Baths.
How much does it cost to stay at the hotel?
Prices can change from day to day depending on availability, but a rough guide for both single and double rooms is £144 to £231 per night.
How many rooms does it have?
The Tower Hotel has 801 rooms.
What facilities does the hotel have?
The hotel has two restaurants (one with a great view of Tower Bridge), two bars, a fitness centre, and laundry and luggage storage services.
What facilities are in the rooms?
A standard room comes with all the usual facilities: a TV, telephone, desk and wi-fi, a personal safe, tea & coffee making facilities, and an ensuite bathroom with a hairdryer, iron and air-conditioning.
What time is check-in, and check-out?
Check-in is from 3 PM and check-out is by 11 AM.
Which buses go to The Tower Hotel?
Bus routes 8, 26, 35, 42, 47, 48, 78, 135, 149, 205, 242, 344 and 388 all stop close by.
Which is the closest train station?
The nearest station is Tower Hill, which connects with the Circle and District lines. You can walk the ⅓ mile to The Tower Hotel in about 5 minutes.
Does the hotel have its own car park?
Yes. The hotel has a large car park onsite (for a charge). And here are some more car parks near the Tower of London if you need them.
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I stumped up a bit extra for a “fantastic view of Tower Bridge” and I’ve stayed in enough London hotels to know that I’d probably just get a little glimpse of a pylon through the trees, or six inches of roadway through a crack in the fence, or something like that, but it’s actually quite impressive. I can see an entire tower and the roadway lined with cabs and vans and bikes and buses. Sadly I’m not high up enough to see further down the river because they’ve stuck me on the first floor with an Eiger-like wall of windows to my left.
Photo: londondrum.comLet me just state the obvious and get it out of the way: the building is pretty ugly. It looks like a block of flats… like one of those places that King Charles is always complaining about. But you don’t notice any of that when get step inside because it has the air of a 5-star hotel even if the building can’t quite match up to it. All the staff are lined up behind the desk in their air-hostess uniforms, all smiling and being nice. And smartly dressed porters are on hand to open the doors and press the buttons on the lift.
Photo: londondrum.comWhen you get up to the room you’ve got all the usual stuff in there as well: a bed, some carpet, some wallpaper, some lights and a door. There are no ghosts so far as I can tell. These days as long as I’ve got a bath and a TV then I’m happy. That’s literally all I need. And a teapot. And a proper lock on the door so I don’t have to wedge a chair against it. If I get all of those things then I’m happy. Plus a desk and free Wi-Fi. Apart from those I’m not fussed. And a bar and a restaurant.
Photo: londondrum.comThe only thing that winds me up about this room is the twelve tea bags they’ve given me… but only four milks. Aaargh! What is the point of that? You don’t have to be a genius to see that twelve teabags and four milks don’t go. Maybe they want us to use three teabags per cup? Yeah, that is a good idea… let’s all have a cup of tea so stewed and brewed that we can stand our spoons up in it. And that’s not all… because they give you a tiny child’s teapot as well. You literally gave to fold the teabag up to fit it inside (no joke). You may as well just make it in the cup. I’m going to open the window and chuck the damn silly teapot in the river… that is how stupid it is. I hate this place now. They have ruined it for me.
Photo: londondrum.comThe bar is rather nice. It’s like one of those wine bar places with pine floors and wicker basket seats. They also have two restaurants overlooking Tower Bridge and the marina at St. Katharine Docks.
I quite like the sound of hotel restaurants in the morning. It’s all clink clink clatter clatter as they put the plates out, tourists wandering in half asleep planning what they’re going to do with their day. Young couples wracking their brains trying to remember what they did last night. City businessmen punching numbers into their laptop. (Do they really have to start work at 7 in the morning?)
The breakfast menu has everything you could possibly want: beans, bacon and eggs, sausages, ham, fruit salad and a selection of cereals. They’ve also got one of those conveyor belt-like toaster furnaces – it looks like an electric mangle. You feed your bread in one end and it comes out the other side as a pile of black ash.
I’ve ranked Tower Bridge as ★2 in my favourite London landmarks, ★3 in where I’d go for the best London photos and ★7 in my must-do list for London
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Anna Hi, is there car parking available at the hotel for three nights? (reply)
Craig Hi Anna. The hotel does have its own car park. At the time of writing it’s £3 per hour or £25 per day – guoman.com/en/faq.html (reply)
PReed We stayed here for two nights and had a wonderful stay. The location was amazing by the London landmarks Tower Bridge and the Tower of London. I recommend to everyone to forgo the buses and catch the easy-to-use Thames Clipper boats which stop just by the hotel. We had such a lovely time travelling down the river every day. (reply)
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