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The
Renaissance Hotel Heathrow is
a large four star, five storey hotel on the northern perimeter road
of the airport, (Bath Road). The Renaissance Hotel Heathrow is physically
the closest hotel to the central terminals, 1, 2 and 3.
The Renaissance Hotel is sited adjacent to the north runway, next
to the tunnel which connects to Terminals 1,2 and 3.
The hotel is situated on the Bath Road, the main airport hotel strip,
there are other large hotels like the Renaissance all around it.
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Renaissance
Hotel Heathrow Details
Rooms Available :
Doubles/Twins.
Address
: Renaissance
Hotel, Bath road, Hounslow, TW6 2AQ.
Facilities
in
each room :
triple
glazing, which makes them soundproof, air conditioning, a minibar,
a queen-size bed, an en-suite bathroom with luxury toiletries, a hairdryer,
a 25-inch TV with cable and satellite channels and pay movies, a clock
radio, an iron and an ironing board, a trouser press, a chair, a desk,
two phones with voicemail and tea and coffee-making facilities. You
can choose to have a fridge instead of a minibar.
Public
Facilities :
Restaurant
& Bar, a hairdresser's, a flight information screen in the lobby,
a laundry, a dry-cleaning service, 28 meeting rooms, a cash machine,
a bureau de change, a safe deposit box at reception and a concierge.
There is also a gift shop, which is open until 10pm.
Wireless internet access is available in the bedrooms, the public
areas and the meeting rooms for a charge. There is also a 24-hour
business centre.
Facials and massages are on offer in the health club, which has a
sauna, a steam room, a solarium and a fully-equipped gym, which is
open 24 hours a day.
Fitness classes are available, including yoga, step and circuit classes,
and there is a personal trainer.
Passenger
Terminal Transfers:
Like
all the major hotels at Heathrow, transfers between the the hotel
and the Heathrow passenger terminals are provided by the Hoppa Buses.
The relative
position of the Renaissance Hotel to the various passenger terminals
and hotels are shown at the Heathrow hotel map at the bottom of the
page.
Local public buses also pass the front door of the Renaissance Hotel
very frequently to the passenger terminal area at higher frequencies
and a lower cost (in fact FREE) than Hoppa Buses. |
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Hotel
Transfers By Hoppa Bus
No
complementary hotel shuttle buses run to/from any mainstream Heathrow hotel.
Instead, 'Hoppa Buses', (pictured left) and regulated by the airport authority
run on fixed routes, each serving 2 or 3 hotels.
Standard fare all hotels: £4 per person.
(Children£0.50)
Full details on Hoppa
Bus |
Hoppa
Bus Operating Times (Last Checked October 1st 2009)
A separate Hoppa Bus service runs to Terminal 4 and 5 than a service
for Terminals 1,2,3 (central area). |
Terminals
1,2,3 Hoppa Bus
Last bus from Terminal*: 23:49
First bus from hotel : 04:23
Average frequency : 15/20 mins |
Terminal
4, 5 Hoppa Bus
Last bus
from Terminal 4 : 23:26
Last bus from Terminal 5: 23:37
First bus from hotel : 04:30
Average frequency
: 30 mins |
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Time is Terminal 3 schedule
Fare £4 per journey per adult (£8 return), children £0.50. |
If you have relatively light luggage you can do the same journey free
using local buses. From the Central Bus Station catch a red local
bus, routes 285, 105 and 140. The airport subsidises these buses,
this is a free ride. These buses stop opposite the Renaissance, you
cannot miss the hotel.
Ring
the bell when you see the large Park Inn on your left, the Radisson
is on the other side of the road at the next stop.
You can take the free Heathrow Connect and Heathrow Express trains
between Terminals 4,5 and Central (between Terminals 1,2,3).
There is also a public bus that stops outside the Renaissance, route
423 that goes to Terminal 5 and is free. |
Car
Parking
:
For guests of the hotel, car parking spaces are available. Last advised
costing £10.
Long term parking packages are available at extremely attractive rates
(see link right). |
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Renaissance
Hotel
Heathrow
Reservations
Lowest Cost Flexible & Advance Purchase Rates - You Choose
Lowest
prices are advance purchase, refundable up to one day prior rates.
Alternatively with a flexible rate you can cancel up to 16:00 on the
date of arrival and no penalty fee will be charged up to this time.
Payment is at check out. |
Lowest
Cost Rates
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Vicinity,
Good & Bad Points:
Opposite the hotel, down by the side of the Park Inn hotel is Sovereign
Food & Wine, pictured right. This is a small convenience store
which includes fruit, confectionery and wine. There is also a cash
machine inside. Next door to it an Italian Restaurant.
A McDonald's is located about 200m from the hotel, east in front of
the Radisson Edwardian hotel. Just west of the hotel is The Three
Magpies Pub, which does food including steaks.
If you walk west past the Park Inn and Holiday Inn, there is a public
bus to Windsor Castle taking about 25 minutes. These run every 30
minutes, hourly Sundays. |
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