Crowne Plaza London The City
(19, New Bridge Street) is a 4 star hotel, just a minute walk from Blackfriars Tube station, and about 10 minutes walk from St Pauls. It will probably not win the prize for the most original décor or best amenities (wifi at additional price, for example), but it’s clean, comfortable, in one word just adequate.
With a lot of offices in walking distance and London “must sees” at hand, the location, the hotel’s strongest feature, makes it good value for money. Big Ben and Buckingham Palace are in 20 minutes stroll along the Embankment towards the West End. Cross the Millennium Bridge, and there are Tate Modern, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London Aquarium and London Eye on the South Bank.
On the opposite from Crown Plaza Hotel bank of Thames, just by the Blackfriars Bridge, rises the russet Oxo Tower Warf. Back in the 1920s, when the bosses of Oxo stock cubes got hold of the building, they wanted to put an advertising sign on it, but didn’t get the permission. Quick-witted entrepreneurs however, found their way to evade the authorities. Just above the building, they commissioned to build a tower that “coincidently” was adorned by two circled windows and one crossed in the middle. Today this place is better well known for the Oxo Tower restaurant, nestled underneath the tower. Notwithstanding the prices are more than average, this restaurant, dubbed “the best spot for a date in London”, is extremely popular, mainly for its cocktails and stunning views of London.
(19, New Bridge Street) is a 4 star hotel, just a minute walk from Blackfriars Tube station, and about 10 minutes walk from St Pauls. It will probably not win the prize for the most original décor or best amenities (wifi at additional price, for example), but it’s clean, comfortable, in one word just adequate.With a lot of offices in walking distance and London “must sees” at hand, the location, the hotel’s strongest feature, makes it good value for money. Big Ben and Buckingham Palace are in 20 minutes stroll along the Embankment towards the West End. Cross the Millennium Bridge, and there are Tate Modern, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London Aquarium and London Eye on the South Bank.
On the opposite from Crown Plaza Hotel bank of Thames, just by the Blackfriars Bridge, rises the russet Oxo Tower Warf. Back in the 1920s, when the bosses of Oxo stock cubes got hold of the building, they wanted to put an advertising sign on it, but didn’t get the permission. Quick-witted entrepreneurs however, found their way to evade the authorities. Just above the building, they commissioned to build a tower that “coincidently” was adorned by two circled windows and one crossed in the middle. Today this place is better well known for the Oxo Tower restaurant, nestled underneath the tower. Notwithstanding the prices are more than average, this restaurant, dubbed “the best spot for a date in London”, is extremely popular, mainly for its cocktails and stunning views of London.
