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Sabrina has stayed here and says:

8.8

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‹‹ Perfect location, beautiful room and hotel, great service. Absolutely worth the 20 pound cost to upgrade to a river view. Ask for a room on upper floor for...››

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About Hotel Royal Horseguards, Thistle Hotels

exterior Hotel The Royal Horseguards exterior Fancy staying in a grade I listed building in London's exclusive Whitehall Court? The Royal Horseguards is a beautiful 4-star central London hotel full of history as it was originally home to the Kings of Scotland and has been home to Lord Kitchener, John Milton and Sir Christopher Wren among others. Conveniently located near St. James' Park and Charing Cross, The Royal Horseguards is without a doubt one of the best luxury hotels in London.

Enjoy fine dining in The Royal Horseguards 1212 Restaurant, drinks in the lounge and soft music in the exclusive piano bar. After a day out-and-about in London, you can come back to the Horseguards and go for a workout in the gym before going down to dinner in the fab restaurant. The hotel staff are on hand round-the-clock to tend to your every need.

If you can bear to leave the beautiful grounds of The Royal Horseguards, you will find Embankment and Charing Cross Stations within a short walk allowing you to reach the major London attractions in no time at all. The nearest point of interest is Trafalgar Square and the national gallery just a 2-minute walk away. In addition to The Royal Horseguards' meeting rooms, guests will have access to One Whitehall Place offering extremely elegant event space with great views.

Please note that the gym is closed for refurbishment and will re-open in 2009.

Location of Hotel Royal Horseguards, London

City Area:Westminster
Position of the zone in the city
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DISTANCES
From Trafalgar Square and The National gallery: a 2-minute walk.
From Embankment Underground Station: a 1-minute walk.
From Picadilly Circus: a 10-minute walk.
From Charing Cross Station: a 4-minute walk.
From Waterloo mainline station: 2 miles/3 km.

Rooms at Royal Horseguards (Thistle Hotels)

Hotel The Royal Horseguards guest room double room The wonderfully oversized and deluxe guest rooms at The Royal Horseguards Hotel are the ultimate London accommodation as they have been carefully put together to combine comfort and modern amenities. Book Executive and Deluxe double and twin rooms many of which have spectacular views over The Thames as well as large windows.

Ample enough to be divided into bedroom/living room plus an en suite bathroom, you will find a fully-furnished room complete with a large work desk, armchairs, coffee table, bedside tables with lamps and a plenty of wardrobe space. Amenities include an I-pod docking station plasma TV, dual-voltage power points, electronically coded safe and surround sound. The bathroom has heated floors and a power shower.

Anti vapor mirrors
Baby cots/cribs available
Coffee and tea maker
Desk
Direct dial phone
Electronic safe
Facilities for disabled people

Hairdryer in each room
Heating
In-room ironing facilities
Individually controlled air conditioning
LCD flat screen TV
Mini bar
Non-smoking rooms

Rooms with view available
Safe
Satellite TV
Telephone
TV
Wireless Internet access

Breakfast at The Royal Horseguards

A full English buffet is served in 1212, the hotel restaurant between 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Hotel Facilities

Credit card accepted
Currency exchange
Entire property is non-smoking
Groups welcome
Historic building
Lift/elevator
Recently renovated
Room service - 24 hour
Room service - full menu

Wireless Internet connection in the entire property
City guide
City maps
City tour
Concierge
Front desk - 24 hour
Multilingual staff
Newspapers
Tourist information

Business Center
Conference room
Congress facilities
Meeting Room
Gym
Internet/Email services
Piano bar
Lounge bar
Restaurant

Hotel Reviews Royal Horseguards (Thistle Hotels)

KF
Friends
USA, Aug 2009

Excellent hotel, great staff, very helpful. Great location, very clean, very close to tube. Would definitely stay here again.

8.9

Eliza Ecclestone
Young couple
United Kingdom, Aug 2009

Best location in London; a hop from St James' Park, Theatreland and the south bank. The hotel was very good, if not exactly my style, quite grand. No dvd player in the room which seems an error. Room wasn't made up until 5pm despite putting on the 'make up room' light. All minor moans though, I'll be rushing back if I can find such a good deal (and we got an upgrade as our booking hadn't been sent through from venere!).

RW
Mature couple
USA, Jun 2009

This hotel was in an excellent location, near many historical sights. Well appointed and exceptional service.

Sabrina Settle
Young couple
USA, May 2009

Perfect location, beautiful room and hotel, great service. Absolutely worth the 20 pound cost to upgrade to a river view. Ask for a room on upper floor for best view. We walked everywhere and would stay here without even looking at anything else if we get to return to London. Stop looking. If this is your price range - book it.

2.8

Marc Monié
Mature couple
France, May 2009

I did not have the room expected: booked a superior and had a regular, same price. "View on simple request" is not true, they ignore your request. Booking on Venere is automatically a special price. Surprised, no? Anyway don't ask too much... Very noisy. Horrible welcome. Even the breakfast was a deception. Never again.

9.9

AD
Mature couple
Netherlands, Apr 2009

We had a perfect 4 day weekend at the Royal Horseguards Hotel in London. Location is fantastic. Tube is 5 minutes away and taxis are either at the door or 2 minutes away. There was one glitch when we arrived. The room we reserved 'executive twin suite' was not available. The first reception desk clerk gave us a very small room with a king size bed but not enough room to even turn around. We did not even unpack and immediately went back to reception and politely asked for a larger room. A different clerk this time immediately upgraded us to a huge suite at no extra cost and apologized!! That is service. Anyway, the brasserie downstairs was quite decent. You can have a nice tea in the afternoon in a relaxed setting. Service was exellent in the restaurant. In general, we found the hotel wonderful and fully intend to return.

9.7

DS
Mature couple
Sweden, Apr 2009

TV in shower Sky on TV Central location opp Millenium wheel, next block from Downing street. Fantastic- downside? Reception staff were a mixture of surly and condescending to pleasant!! Breakfast not included in our price £150 but London has great brunch restaurants

How to reach Hotel The Royal Horseguards

By car
From Trafalgar or Parliament Square: Take the exit on to Whitehall. Turn into Whitehall Place then right into Whitehall Court.
From Victoria Embankment: Turn into Northumberland Avenue and immediate left fork into Whitehall Place, then take first left into Whitehall Court.

Transport Services Hotel Royal Horseguards

Private Parking is available in the nearby NCP car park, subject to charges.

The Hotel

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lobby

Rooms at The Royal Horseguards

double room

deluxe double room

bathroom

Hotel Facilities

restaurant

meeting room

restaurant terrace

Hotel Policies

METHODS OF PAYMENT
Venere.com does not debit your credit card for your reservations. You will be asked to insert your credit card details which will be sent to the property only as a guarantee of the reservation. The bill will then have to be settled directly at the hotel. In case your chosen hotel needs a deposit, this information will be included in the "Cancellation policy" section and the deposit will have to be settled directly with the pre-selected property. It is not possible to cancel your reservation if you selected and booked a room indicated as "PREPAID/NOT REFUNDABLE". In this case, the total amount of your stay will be charged to your credit card by the hotel at the time of booking.

CHECK-IN & CHECK-OUT
Check-in: the rooms are available at any time after 2 p.m.
Check-out: it is necessary to leave the rooms not later than midday.

INCLUDED/NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE
Parking is not included in the price and costs on average £40.00 for 24 hours.
Use of the wireless Internet connection is included in the price.
Entrance to the gym is included in the price.
Baby cribs are included in the price.
Breakfast is not included in the price and costs £17.50 per person.

CANCELLATION POLICY
Bookings must be cancelled direct with Thistle Hotels before 2pm on the day of arrival. In case of No-show or late cancellation, 1 nights accommodation will be payable.
You may cancel your reservation without penalty up until 1 day before your arrival date, by accessing the Your Reservations page. It is not possible to cancel your reservation if you selected and booked a room indicated as "PREPAID/NOT REFUNDABLE".