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$$ Premier Inn London Southwark/Borough Market, with 59 rooms, is near
Shakespeare's Globe on the South Bank (Db for up to 2 adults and 2 kids-£99-189, elevator,
pay Wi-Fi, Bankside, 34 Park Street, Tube: London Bridge, tel. [phone],
www.premierinn.com ) . Another location is nearby, on Great Suffolk Street, called Premier
Inn London Southwark/Tate Modern.
$$ Premier Inn London Kings Cross St. Pancras, with 276 rooms, is across the street
from the east end of King's Cross Station and near the Eurostar terminus at St. Pancras Sta-
tion(Db-£89-189,air-con,elevator,payWi-Fi,26-30YorkWay,Tube:King'sCrossSt.Pan-
cras, tel. [phone], www.premierinn.com ) .
Other $$ Premier Inns charging £89-189 per room include London Euston (big,
blue Lego-type building packed with vacationing families, on handy but noisy street at
corner of Euston Road and Dukes Road, Tube: Euston, tel. [phone]), London Kens-
ington Earl's Court (11 Knaresborough Place, Tube: Earl's Court or Gloucester Road,
tel. [phone]), London Victoria (82-83 Eccleston Square, Tube: Victoria, tel.
0871-527-8680),and LondonPutneyBridge (fartherout,3PutneyBridgeApproach,Tube:
Putney Bridge, tel. [phone]). Avoid the Tower Bridge location, which is an incon-
venient 15-minute walk from the nearest Tube stop.
Other Chains
Travelodge: $$ Travelodge London Kings Cross is another typical chain hotel with 140
cookie-cutter rooms, just 200 yards south (in front) of King's Cross Station (Db-usually
£60-90, family rooms, can be noisy, elevator, pay Wi-Fi, Grays Inn Road, Tube: King's
Cross St. Pancras, tel. [phone]). Other convenient Travelodge London locations are
nearby Kings CrossRoyal Scot, Euston, Marylebone, Covent Garden, Liverpool Street,
and Farringdon. For details on all Travelodge hotels, see www.travelodge.co.uk .
Ibis: $$$ Hotel Ibis London Euston St. Pancras rents 380 rooms on a quiet street a
block west of Euston Station (Db-£117-149, usually £139, no family rooms, elevator, pay
Internet access and Wi-Fi, 3 Cardington Street, Tube: Euston, tel. [phone], fax 020/
7388-0001, www.ibishotel.com , [e-mail] ) . There's also an Ibis London City (5
Commercial Street, Tube: Aldgate East, tel. [phone]), but the other Ibis locations are
far from the center.
Jurys Inn: $$$ Jurys Inn Islington rents 200-plus compact, comfy rooms near King's
CrossStation(Db/Tb-£209-230,somediscountedroomsavailableonline,2adultsand2kids
underage12canshareoneroom,60PentonvilleRoad,Tube:Angel,tel.[phone],fax
020/7282-5511, www.jurysinns.com ) .You'llalsofindJurysInnsat Chelsea (ImperialRoad,
Tube:ImperialWharf,tel.[phone])andnear HeathrowAirport (see“Heathrowand
Gatwick Airports,” later).