Hampton Court Palace Hotel

The Hampton Court Palace is either a great budget hotel or a seedy dump, depending on your standards and what you’re looking for I suppose. Personally, if you’re looking for a cheap place to stay in downtown London and all of the more modern hostels are full (as was my case), it’s actually a pretty good option. It’s located less than a five minute walk from the Elephant & Castle Shopping Center and tube stop which, let’s be fair, is not an pretty or even interesting neighborhood. It is, however, quiet and only a 5-minute tube ride from all the major tourist attractions in downtown.