06 Jun 2025
For an easy stay after a long trip I would recommend the Sofitel Hotel at Heathrow Terminal 5. It was an easy walk from Arrivals at Terminal 5. Breakfast was included in our booking. Eddie, the omelette chef was amazing. He was entertaining and witty and added any ingredients we wanted in our omelettes. There was a great selection for breakfast from continental breakfast, cereals, fruit juices to a full English. All the staff were very courteous and helpful, including arranging a taxi to Enterprise Car Rentals.
you could also use the shuttle buses to get to the car rentals, but seeing it was our first visit to London we chose a taxi, as we were picked up from the hotel door.
The Heathrow Express to Paddington was an easy way of getting to the Big Bus Tours around London. Taking a bus tour around London is well worth it if you have only a limited time in London as it gave an overview of central London. We bought a one day ticket, but two day tickets were also available for a little extra. If we had been staying an extra day that would have been our option. The first day we just sat on the bus and took in the sites, but if we were staying an extra day we would have hopped off and on again and also done the included river cruise. The bus driver was very helpful at announcing the destinations and there was a recorded commentary available on the bus. It was well synced with the destinations and easy to follow.
There is plenty to do in London, so we could have spent the whole 10 days we had in the UK just visiting London.