Going west from Paddington, there are hotels all the way to Bayswater, but not in the same densities

Paddington is a very popular hotel district in the north west of Central London particularly popular with those flying into Heathrow Airport. costa rica bus travel The Heathrow Express and Heathrow costa rica bus travel Connect trains offer the fastest, most stress costa rica bus travel free transfer option between Heathrow and Central London. With a hotel around Paddington it can be quicker to your check-in at Heathrow costa rica bus travel than if you stayed at a Heathrow Airport hotel.
The centre of gravity that the whole district revolves around is Paddington Station itself. Paddington Station is a major station costa rica bus travel with frequent costa rica bus travel trains to the west of England and South Wales as well as commuter services west of London including services to Windsor, Oxford and Bath, very handy for independent sightseeing. costa rica bus travel The net effect is that the immediate area around Paddington Station is always full of bustle at all times. Fast food and food on the go targeted at travellers passing through the station are the main market of commercial activity here.
Regards accommodation, Paddington is a very large hotel district. Its southern border is defined by Hyde Park and very little is north of Paddington Station. The hotels thus stretch south from Paddington Station to Hyde Park and west towards Bayswater.
The plushest hotel of all in this district is arguably the Hilton Paddington that forms the front of Paddington Station itself. This Hilton has a sister hotel the Hilton Metropole, one of the largest hotels in London several hundred yards further along the road opposite Edgware Road Underground Station.
In the immediate vicinity of the station are several 4 stars including costa rica bus travel the Indigo (who might challenge the notion that the Hilton is the plushest hotel) and the Mercure Paddington. However most of the accommodations around the station are independent budget hotels.
Just 50 yards south of Paddington Station is Norfolk Square, a garden square surrounded by cheap terraced costa rica bus travel Bed and Breakfast style hotels. There is the ultra low budget costa rica bus travel chain hotel, easyHotel here too.
Another costa rica bus travel 50 yards south of Norfolk Square is Sussex Gardens, a wide tree lined avenue with terraced buildings all of which are hotels. There is a good mix of hotels here from cheap to 4 star but from the outside it s very hard to tell which are which. Both Norfolk Square and Sussex Gardens are surprisingly quiet compared with hustle and bustle around costa rica bus travel Paddington Station itself.
Lancaster Gate is a more relaxed, less frantic and more elegant district than the immediate vicinity around Paddington Station. The hotels here tend to be larger, many owned by brand chains in the 3 to 4 star category.
Craven Terrace is a street that is lined with neighbourhood shops with cafes offering a cheaper alternative for food than your hotel and everyday needs like laundry, hairdressing, dry cleaning, pharmacy etc. Some nice pubs are scattered around the district too.
Going west from Paddington, there are hotels all the way to Bayswater, but not in the same densities as the main hotel sub-districts of Paddington, Norfolk costa rica bus travel Square, Sussex Gardens and Lancaster Gate. Some places here can be very pleasant costa rica bus travel with almost a village like feel with the occasional pub, occasional neighbourhood shops and restaurants peppered around the district.
Gatwick on the other hand is the other side of London and unless you have specific business in the Paddington area has little to commend it over more accessible districts like Victoria, County Hall and Kensington.
Stansted and Luton airports have 24 7 bus services that stop at Baker Street and Marble Arch about 1 km from Paddington Station with very frequent links 24 7 by local bus to Paddington and Lancaster gate plus the Underground up until around midnight.
For getting around London, Paddington is a good place to be.  You can t really walk to any of the major sights but as a major Underground and local bus hub with services radiating out in all directions you ll get to wherever costa rica bus travel you want to go in short order.
All of the popular hop on, hop off open top sightseeing buses have a major stopping point at Paddington, but only Big Bus have one of the main sightseeing routes staging through, the others just service Paddington with a feeder service into the main sightseeing routes. If you want to go on traditional coach tours the main operators will all have pick-ups in Paddington and Lancaster Gate.
In the immediate vicinity of the station there is just about every fast food type you can think off and in the station two handy convenience supermarkets as well as a Budget supermarket outside. Traditional English pubs are very prevalent serving hearty pub grub and there are also a couple of chain family restaurants as well. Outside your day to day needs there is little Oxford Street, London s busiest shopping street is 15 minutes walk or 5 minutes on the bus away.
Away from Paddington Station its surprising how relatively quiet it soon becomes. There are not any brash shopping centres or brand name fast food outlets but you will come across small parades of small independent service businesses like hairdressers and launderettes, convenience stores etc. There are plenty of cafes and traditional pubs scattered around, many offering breakfast costa rica bus travel as an alternative to your accommodation
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