The Best Western Shaftesbury Paddington Court is located in central London, just a few blocks north of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens.

The Paddington Court Hotel has been established as one of London's most popular hotels for international travelers.

Guests are an equal mixture of up market leisure travelers and business travelers. Families are made very welcome.

Fresh flowers and a glass vase of apples greet guests upon entering the lobby.

Amenity highlights include a drawing room with high ceilings, William Morris wallpaper, gilded mirrors and mahogany furniture.

There is complimentary high speed Internet access and a ground floor restaurant/bar where breakfast and dinner are served daily.

Shopping on Oxford Street is nearby, as is trendy Notting Hill.

Victorian novelist Charles Dickens lived at No.1 Devonshire Terrace between 1839 and 1851. He wrote Nicholas Nickleby, A Christmas Carol and David Copperfield while living in this house. Track down more about the author at the Dickens House Museum, 48 Doughty Street, near Holborn tube station.

The hotel is just 200 meters from two different Underground train stations, and only 300 meters from Paddington Station.

The hotel is less than five kilometers from the Heathrow Express Terminal, offering direct connections with Heathrow International Airport.