House at the White Lion, Plzen

Advantages: Good value, immaculate, 4 Star
Disadvantages: Language problems

...I stayed at the Melia White House hotel in June 2008, on my first trip to London. Finding our way from Heathrow T5 to the hotel, negotiating the underground, was surprisingly easy, as the hotel is situated within 5 minutes walk of Great Portland St underground station, just outside leafy Regents Park. Warren St and Regents Park underground stations are also within 10 minutes walk in either direction. The hotel may not look a lot from the exterior, however step inside and the reception is bright, airy and spacious. The reception area is immaculate and covered in marble, and expensive looking antiques. The hotel has 581 rooms over 8 floors (283 Classic rooms, 158 Superior rooms, 28 Triple rooms, 62 Executive Level rooms, 42 Junior Suites, 2 Master Suites, 1 Residential Suite and 5 Disabled rooms). We were booked into a Classic... Read review

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Advantages: central location
Disadvantages: none

...My partner and i were recently in london for the weekend so i looked up expedia to see which hotels we could stay in and i decided on the melia white house as i thought it looked nice and was in a medium price range. The hotel is conveniently located as it is only about 3-5 minutes walk from the great portland street tube station which means that it is easy to get to other parts of london from the hotel. Also it is not far from regents park and london zoo is a 30 minute walk. We also walked to the camden market as it was only about 10-15 minutes walk from london zoo. We also found that the hotel was easy to get to from heathrow airport as you can take the tube and you 0only have to make one change of tube line. When we arrived at the hotel it looked exactly like it did on the website with the reception area looking grand... Read review

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Advantages: A day out, beautiful heritage, beautiful grounds, modern art and historic architecture
Disadvantages: modern art

.... Again there are beautiful ornaments and artwork in the room including some carved birds in oak. Compared to the rest of the house this room has a more modern feel to it, but that is not surprising when the Snooker/Billiard Table dates back to 1850. As there is a corridor (which you can't see) linking all the rooms, you just go from one room straight into another. Each room has a chair where you can sit and rest for a while. Into the Bow Room we went and my hubby bless him went on to impress the guide with his knowledge of the period furniture, knowledge he gained from watching the Antiques Roadshow. This room was very impressive and well painted you just did not know where to look first, the ceiling depicted a scene of cherubs, clouds and white stallions, it was very beautiful (I am so sorry I just can't do it justice), the picture... Read review

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