Where to overnight now Pisa flights moved to T3
Aug 8, 2019, 3:59 am
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Where to overnight now Pisa flights moved to T3
Hello please can you help? Historically have always stayed somewhat extravagantly I know at the Sofitel at T5 however Pisa flights have now moved to T3. I will have a flight at around 8.20am and would like to know which other alternative hotels I could use (I have Accor and Hilton membership) or do I just suck it and see and grab very early cab from London? Thank you
Aug 8, 2019, 4:09 am
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Continue at the Sofitel, and just take the free tube or HEX from T5 to T3.
Takes all of about 3 minutes, and more convenient than schlepping in from any of the Bath Road hotels.
Takes all of about 3 minutes, and more convenient than schlepping in from any of the Bath Road hotels.
Aug 8, 2019, 5:04 am
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Under the Accor brand, you could stay at the Ibis Styles. Accessible using a number of free buses and gets into T3 in a matter of minutes.
It's a very basic hotel but it's cheap and comfortable enough with breakfast included.
It's a very basic hotel but it's cheap and comfortable enough with breakfast included.
Aug 8, 2019, 6:52 am
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Some Bath Road hotels are just as convenient. Travelodge Central (dont laught) especially their plus rooms have a bus stop outside. For the Gibraltar do, leaving hotel to CX F including check in and security 17 minutes. Cost aŁ1.50 on an oyster or contactless card. The Moxy, Renaissance or Premier Inn on Bath Road have TFL bus stops outside them too and are free 24/7 to Heathrow Central Bus Station.
Aug 8, 2019, 6:56 am
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Pick one of the hotels that has free public bus service, which is a lot more frequent than the overpriced hotel shuttle bus routes.
Aug 8, 2019, 6:58 am
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Some Bath Road hotels are just as convenient. Travelodge Central (dont laught) especially their plus rooms have a bus stop outside. For the Gibraltar do, leaving hotel to CX F including check in and security 17 minutes. Cost aŁ1.50 on an oyster or contactless card. The Moxy, Renaissance or Premier Inn on Bath Road have TFL bus stops outside them too and are free 24/7 to Heathrow Central Bus Station.
Aug 8, 2019, 7:01 am
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Aug 8, 2019, 7:03 am
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One of these two:
But definitely not this one below. There's nothing "quick" or even sort-of-nice about taking the bus to/from Bath Road.
Aug 8, 2019, 7:16 am
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If you have a lot of luggage then I'll accept that will make life a little more challenging to find space on the bus, but the trip is so short it can hardly be considered a major ordeal which you'd never want to repeat.
If you really want comfort, a taxi will get you there for a tenner.
Aug 8, 2019, 7:58 am
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The bus journey, on a normally very empty bus, is a maximum of 10 minutes if you're at the very end of bath road, and the walk from Heathrow Central to T3 is another maximum 10 minutes (allowing for walking really slowly dragging a big case).
Lots of options for an Accor Loyalty Member, which is why I highlighted it.
Obviously, if you value snob factor then it's a non-starter. If you value simple, free and quick transport connections then it's certainly a goer.
Aug 8, 2019, 9:05 am
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There's also an Aerotel opening at T3 shortly which may be a little fancier.
https://www.myaerotel.com/en-uk/find...kingdom/london
https://www.myaerotel.com/en-uk/find...kingdom/london
Aug 8, 2019, 9:37 am
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Then perhaps I had an outlier experience. No one at LHR could tell me which bus stop would take me to the Bath Rd hotels. Once I finally sorted that out, I waited 25 mins for a bus to show up before I gave up and took a taxi.
