London Hotels

• Located near the Earls Court Exhibition Centre, the hotel is a 10-minute walk across Hyde Park to the Kensington museums.
  
  
• Decorated in various pastel shades, the 15 guestrooms are decorated with bright bedspreads and curtains, with tiled bathrooms.
  
  
• A sunny breakfast room offers cooked and Continental breakfasts, and doubles up as a bar in the evening.
  
  

GENERAL INFORMATION:
What to expect: Located in a leafy side street, stone steps lead up to the reception area with fresh flowers and deep red armchairs. Once a home for Catholic women, the high-ceilinged Georgian building offers businesspeople and couples a relaxed retreat away from the bustle of Earls Court.

Amenity highlights: Renovations in the late 1990s restored the original cornices of this Georgian building, while bringing bedrooms and bathrooms up to modern standards.

Insider tip: The Albert Memorial, commissioned by Queen Victoria in the 19th century to commemorate her late husband, Prince Albert, is just a 10-minute walk away in Hyde Park. An elaborate structure with various friezes and pillars of red granite, it has recently been restored to its original splendor and recovered in gold leaf.

PROPERTY AMENITIES:
A Georgian building, the Maranton House Hotel - HSD was renovated in the late 1990s and now includes 15 bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms, and dial-up Internet access (surcharge). On the lower ground floor, there is a sunny breakfast room.

ROOMS:
The Maranton House Hotel - HSD, London, has 15 guestrooms of varying sizes and shapes but all have the original high ceilings, cornices, and windows. The guestrooms are carpeted, decorated in pastel shades, with one or two armchairs, desk, dial-up Internet access (surcharge), television and fully tiled bathrooms with shower, bidet, and complimentary toiletries. Beds have cotton sheets, with extra blankets in the cupboard. Some of the front rooms have French windows leading out to wrought-iron balconies overlooking the tree-lined square.

DINING:
Breakfast room - Situated on the lower ground floor at the rear of the building, this bright orange and cream room has French doors leading out to a small patio. Continental and cooked breakfasts are available.

The hotel does not have its own restaurant, but there are several dining options within the surrounding area.

Nearby restaurants:
The Troubadour Café
Bombay Brasserie