JUST two hours away on the train, our capital city is worth a visit any time of the year.

Whether you are sightseeing, fancy some retail therapy or seeing a top show, London has plenty to offer – just ask one of the many Japanese tourists!

Perfectly placed as a base for exploring London, the four-star Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel in Bloomsbury Street is just moments away from Covent Garden, bustling Oxford Street, Regent Street or Theatreland – where the long-running We Will Rock You Queen tribute show is still drawing the crowds.

From the hotel, it is roughly a 10-minute walk to the key sites or the nearest tube station.

The 174-bedroom hotel offers spacious rooms and a choice of luxury suites where you can enjoy a dip in a freestanding bathtub while watching the TV.

From the top floor there are superb views over London’s eclectic architecture.

Depending on your budget, you can have everything from iPod docking stations, Bose sound system, Nespresso coffee machines, plush dressing gowns and complimentary toiletry gift sets.

But a standard room will give you plenty of comfort with big double beds, a separate dressing room – complete with iron and ironing board, plenty of wardrobe space and hangers Paying homage to the hotel’s location – home to literary legend Virginia Woolf – the Raddisson has dedicated an entire wall to Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway.

The striking art installation, made up of pages from the celebrated novel, dominates the hotel’s spacious reception area.

The hotel’s Street Bar & Restaurant offers a good selection of food with dishes including smoked haddock and sweetcorn fishcake with Caesar dressing and pea shoots, roast pheasant with black pudding, served with fondant potato, Savoy cabbage, onion and rosemary jus and white chocolate and raspberry dome with strawberry coulis and mocha cream.

Radisson Blu Edwardian, Bloomsbury Street Hotel, 9-13 Bloomsbury Street, London, WC1B 3QD For reservations call: 020 7636 5601, or go to www.radissonblu-edwardian.com/bloomsburystreet

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Nearest tube is Tottenham Court Road – northern/ central line Travel to Euston station from Warrington Bank Quay with Virgin Trains