Citadines Trafalgar Square ★★★★

London is served by several airports: London Heathrow (west), London Gatwick (south), London Stansted (north-east), London Luton (north-west) and London City (south-east).

From the UK: British Airways(BA) operate flights to London from elsewhere in the UK including Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast and Manchester. EasyJet also operate some flights.

From Ireland: BA, Aer Lingus and Ryanair fly direct from Dublin and Cork. Aer Lingus and Ryanair also fly from Shannon.

From Germany: Direct flights from major cities such as Berlin, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Cologne and Munich, are available from some or all of the following airlines: BA, Air Berlin, Lufthansa, Germanwings, EasyJet, and Ryanair.

From the Netherlands: BA, KLM, and EasyJet provide direct flights from Amsterdam. British Airways and KLM also fly out of Rotterdam and Ryanair fly from Eindhoven.

From Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland: BA, SAS, Norwegian and EasyJet fly direct from Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway. The same, except replacing EasyJet with Ryanair, fly from Copenhagen, Denmark. BA, Norwegian and Finnair fly direct from Helsinki, Finland.

From France: BA, Air France, EasyJet and CityJet all fly direct from Paris. BA and EasyJet also fly from Lyon, Bordeaux, Toulouse and Marseille. Ryanair also fly from Bordeaux and Marseille.

From London Heathrow to central London:
- By train: The Heathrow Express isn’t the cheapest but is certainly the fastest method, taking 15 minutes to London Paddington Station. Tickets are around £26 single (£21 in advance) or £39 return (£34 in advance). Regular train services also run, taking twice the time, for around £10.  The cheapest method is the underground (metro) Piccadilly Line, taking closer to an hour.

From London Gatwick to central London:
- By train: The Gatwick Express to London Victoria runs regularly with a journey time of 30 minutes. Tickets are around £20 single (£10 for children) or £35 return (£18 for children); it is a little cheaper if booked in advance. For around £15 single, Southern Trains operate four times an hour to London Victoria, taking around 35 minutes.

- By bus: The National Express operates direct coach services to London Victoria once an hour with a journey time of around 90 minutes. Tickets are around £8 single, £15 return.
A low-cost, frequent and non-stop transfer service is also operated by EasyBus from North and South terminals to Earls Court/West Brompton. The journey takes about an hour.

From London City to central London:
- By train: There is a DLR train station in front of the airport; it is three stops to Canning Town where you can change for underground services and take the Jubilee line to Waterloo. It is also possible to take bus number 474 to Canning Town.

- By taxi: London City airport is close to central London, therefore a cab will cost around £30.
From London Luton to central London:

- By train: A shuttle bus goes to Luton Airport Parkway Station where East Midlands Trains run to London St Pancras/ Kings Cross in 25 minutes. Tickets are around £18 single and £30 return.

- By bus: The National Express to London Victoria (about 35 minutes) is around £10 single and £15 return. EasyBus run to Baker Street (60 minutes) which is often cheaper but prices vary.

From London Stansted to central London:
- By train: The Stansted Express runs to London Liverpool Street in about 50 minutes, for around £23 single and £33 return.

- By bus: The National Express to London Liverpool Street (about 75 minutes) costs £8 single and £15 return. EasyBus go to Baker Street (75 minutes) and is often cheaper but prices vary.

From within the UK trains can be found and booked via National Rail. From mainland Europe trains can be found and booked via Rail Europe. Together, the companies Eurostar and Thalys operate high speed train services from Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France to London St Pancras International. From there you can take the Northern (black) line straight to Embankment, the closest underground station to the hotel.

The nearest station to the hotel is Embankment, 0.1 miles away (3minute walk) and is served the District (green), Northern (black), Circle (yellow) and Bakerloo (brown) lines. Take a left out of the station and your first right is Northumberland Ave., the hotel occupies numbers 18-21 and will be on your right.