For reasons I won't get into here, I ended up spending several nights at the Sheraton Skyline London Heathrow. Because, ya know, there's nothing more glamorous than staying at a Heathrow Airport hotel for extended periods of time. Keep in mind that this is the hotel which is being purchased by Qatar Airways and being…
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@Lucky Good review, but you know that's a Kettle and not a Teapot in the room right! 😉
I would love a room with that view! Did you manage to get work done or did you just looked outside the window all day long?
How did you get the lower rate? BRG? The published lowest rate shown above is much higher. Also, the pool isn't really indoors.
@ Christian -- The pool is indoors. There's a roof about it (though it's clear). The rate shown was for weekdays, while I booked a weekend rate.
I have always gone into London during my lengthy layovers as I love staying at the Cafe Royal and dining at Gymkhana.
But!
I now must try this Sheraton just so I could sit in front of that window in a near hynotic trance while watching the runway traffic.
Lucky, I am very sure that I am not the only one who is dearly wondering why you had an extended stay at an airport hotel.
You know, you don't have to take a Taxi to the Bath Road?
Most local busses around LHR are free! 🙂
http://www.heathrowairport.com/static/Heathrow/Downloads/PDF/travel_around_Heathrow.pdf
Interesting to see this review as i work in the office block next door as this hotel is the nearest coffee shop for us in the office i spend way too much time in there.
And yes with an open 3rd floor office watching the aircraft take off from the runway is hypnotic and i will spend many a lunch break watching the aircraft movement.
And their is a hotel bus that runs to the hotels down the strip but if you are like a friend of mine the head of HR for British Airways you have not been on a public bus in 20 odd years...
Next time you have more than a few hours layover at Heathrow you need to hop on the 105 bus and get some real Indian food in Souhall. I'm sure the Sheraton's was fine but I can guarantee that anything you have along the Uxbridge Rd will be far superior and a hell of a lot cheaper.
When we stayed at the Sheraton Skyline Hotel in June 2014, we were able to take a regular red bus to/from the hotel and airport using the central Heathrow Bus Station, for free. There was no need for special arrangements. The bus stop was maybe 100 yards/meters from the hotel and the buses ran frequently, maybe every ten minutes or so. Just had to make sure you got on the correct bus, which was not hard to do as staff at both the central Heathrow Bus Station and the hotel were helpful in telling us which buses we could take. Believe this is a standard complimentary service for airport hotel guests so the hotels do not have to run shuttles to/from the airport.
Skyline Sheraton has always been my favourite Hotel. I used to stay there in 1990's while transiting thru Heathrow to other European cities. It's quite surroundings was very soothing. I wonder if they still have the Airplane Model shop in their Lobby. You could always find a scale model of any Airline Airplane model in that shop. I wish they had the Indian food Restaurant at the Hotel at that time. Never stayed at the London Heathrow Airport Hotel.
AKM
@Alok Mathur
I used to come to this hotel for that very reason: Collectors Aircraft Models! It was a lovely little shop but went bust probably over 10 years ago. So nostalgic.
Heathrow changes arrival and departure runways every day around 3pm. So your takeoffs will change to landings on the north side. Or vice-versa. It’s done to give residents under the flight paths a break. Hotels are served by the Hoppa bus service which is about £5 1 way or £9 return but those in the know use the free red bus services. There are no individual hotel shuttles as common in the US.