
The Royal Academy of Arts is located within the extravagant surroundings of Burlington House on Piccadilly, with a section on Burlington Gardens next to the exclusive Burlington Arcade shopping area.
The Royal Academy of Arts is one of Europes finest collections of art, conveniently located in the heart of London's West End, within easy reach of Marylebone, Mayfair and Soho.
Formed in 1768, the Royal Academy of Arts relocated to the Palladian style Burlington House in 1868. The Royal Academy of Arts houses an extensive collection of paintings, photographs, prints and sculptures, from a number of artists including Gainsborough, Reynolds, Rodin and Turner, with a focus on 18th century British painters.
The Royal Academy of Arts, a registered charity, is free to enter and is funded through hosting a number of themed events and exhibitions annually, with is summer exhibition attracting large numbers of visitors each year.
Free guided tours and talks are often held at the Royal Academy of Arts, which houses a research library and a post graduate art school.
The Royal Academy of Arts is open between 10.00am-18.00pm Monday to Thursday, and between 10.00am-22.00pm Friday to Sunday for the late night viewing of galleries.
The renowned Academy Restaurant and the Gallery Cafe both provide a wide variety of dishes within the Royal Academy of Arts.
The shop at the Royal Academy of Arts is a great place to find unique greeting cards, stationary and souvenirs.
The Royal Academy of Arts stands in close proximity to a number of places of interest within west and south-west London, including St James's Palace, which is located 700m south-west between St James's Park and Green Park, which surrounds Buckingham Palace.
The National Gallery, one of London's top attractions, can be found 800m east of the Royal Academy of Arts towards Trafalgar Square.
The Royal Academy of Arts can be reached via bus, taxi and London Underground services. Green Park Underground Station, which provides Jubilee, Piccadilly and Victoria line services to destinations including Oxford Street, Bond Street and Victoria, stands 400m south-west of the Royal Academy of Arts.
Other London Underground stations within reach of the Royal Academy of Arts include Piccadilly Circus (500m east) and Oxford Circus (650m north).
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| HOTEL / APARTMENT | POSTCODE | MILES | STAR | 23 May | 24 May | 25 May | 26 May | 27 May | 28 May | 29 May | 30 May |
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| Brown's - A Rocco Forte Hotel | W1S 4BP | 0.17 | 5 | £558.00 | £438.00 | £354.00 | £402.00 | £354.00 | £402.00 | £438.00 | £438.00 |
| The Westbury Hotel - Bond Street London | W1S 2YF | 0.24 | 5 | £442.80 | £370.80 | £202.80 | £310.80 | £238.80 | £238.80 | £442.80 | £442.80 |
| The Cavendish London - Piccadilly | SW1Y 6JF | 0.27 | 4 | £499.00 | £289.00 | Full | Full | £259.00 | £239.00 | Full | £249.00 |
| Le Meridien Piccadilly | W1J 0BH | 0.31 | 4 | £358.80 | £334.80 | £310.80 | £310.80 | £334.80 | £322.80 | £322.80 | £322.80 |
| The May Fair | W1J 8LT | 0.32 | 5 | £514.80 | £358.80 | £298.80 | £346.80 | £262.80 | £310.80 | £406.80 | £358.80 |
| 3, Ryder Street Chambers - St James's - Piccadilly Serviced Apartments | SW1Y 6PY | 0.33 | 4A | Full | £265.00 | £310.00 | £269.00 | £185.00 | Full | £235.00 | £205.00 |
| Washington Mayfair Hotel | W1J 5HE | 0.45 | 4 | Full | Full | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | Full |
| Flemings Hotel Mayfair | W1J 7BH | 0.45 | 4 | £338.41 | £290.41 | £170.41 | £199.21 | £170.41 | £199.21 | £290.41 | £290.41 |
| BEST WESTERN PREMIER Shaftesbury Piccadilly Hotel | W1D 6EX | 0.67 | 4 | Full | Full | £149.00 | £189.00 | £109.00 | £159.00 | £179.00 | £179.00 |
| Millennium Hotel London Mayfair | W1K 2HP | 0.73 | 4 | £480.00 | £480.00 | £528.00 | £528.00 | £330.00 | £528.00 | £528.00 | £528.00 |
| The Athenaeum | W1J 7BJ | 0.74 | 5 | £366.00 | £366.01 | £299.00 | £299.00 | £275.00 | £299.00 | £366.00 | £366.00 |
| Park Lane Mews Hotel | W1J 7BS | 0.76 | 4 | £294.00 | £184.00 | £144.00 | £154.00 | £114.00 | £234.00 | £170.00 | £170.00 |
| The Royal Trafalgar - A Thistle Hotel | WC2H 7HG | 0.77 | 4 | £358.80 | £214.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £286.80 | £286.80 | £286.80 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian Berkshire Hotel | W1C 1BY | 0.86 | 4 | £330.00 | £300.00 | £174.00 | £174.00 | £150.00 | £234.00 | £246.00 | £246.00 |
| Saint Georges Hotel | W1B 2QS | 0.90 | 4 | £227.00 | £227.00 | Full | Full | £117.00 | £187.00 | £197.00 | £197.00 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Hampshire | WC2H 7LH | 0.90 | 5 | £336.00 | £288.00 | £214.80 | £214.80 | £204.00 | £204.00 | £252.00 | £252.00 |
| Sanderson - A Morgans Hotel | W1T 3NG | 0.92 | 5 | Full | Full | £310.80 | £310.80 | £310.80 | £274.80 | Full | Full |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Leicester Square | WC2H 7HL | 0.95 | 4 | £366.00 | £366.00 | £214.80 | £238.80 | £214.80 | £246.00 | £306.00 | £306.00 |
| Chandos House | W1G 9LQ | 1.04 | 4 | Full | Full | Full | Full | £99.00 | Full | Full | Full |
| Grange Langham Court Hotel | W1W 6BU | 1.04 | 4 | Full | £191.00 | Full | Full | £126.00 | £191.00 | Full | £239.00 |
| The Rathbone Hotel | W1T 1LB | 1.06 | 4 | £390.00 | £210.00 | £126.00 | Full | £102.00 | £174.00 | £210.00 | £210.00 |
| The Bloomsbury Hotel - A member of The Doyle Collection | WC1B 3NN | 1.08 | 4 | £366.00 | £234.00 | £162.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £198.00 | £378.00 |
| St Giles Hotel and Leisure Club | WC1B 3AS | 1.10 | 3 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £92.00 | £90.00 | Full | £129.00 |
| The Marylebone Hotel - A member of The Doyle Collection | W1G 8DN | 1.11 | 4 | £282.00 | £270.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £318.00 | £306.00 |
| The Hallam | W1W 6JF | 1.11 | 3G | Full | Full | £79.00 | £79.00 | £65.00 | £100.00 | £79.00 | £79.00 |
| Astor Court Hotel | W1W 6JQ | 1.14 | 3 | Full | Full | Full | Full | £110.00 | £110.00 | £110.00 | £110.00 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Sussex | W1H 6PA | 1.15 | 4 | £342.00 | £270.00 | £126.00 | £162.00 | £106.80 | £198.00 | £198.00 | £186.00 |
| myhotel Bloomsbury | WC1B3HD | 1.17 | 4 | Full | Full | £226.80 | £226.80 | £118.80 | £130.80 | £178.80 | £238.80 |
| Chesterfield Mayfair - A Red Carnation Hotel | W1J 5EB | 1.20 | 4 | £336.00 | £312.00 | £192.00 | £216.00 | £192.00 | £264.00 | £786.00 | £288.00 |
| Royal Horseguards | SW1A 2EJ | 1.21 | 5 | £396.00 | £276.00 | £252.00 | £252.00 | £240.00 | £312.00 | Full | Full |
| Halkin | SW1X 7DJ | 1.22 | 5 | Full | £624.00 | £456.00 | £456.00 | £456.00 | £456.00 | £456.00 | £336.00 |
| Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill | W1H 7BH | 1.24 | 5 | Full | Full | Full | Full | £504.00 | £504.00 | £552.00 | £552.00 |
| The Sanctuary House Hotel | SW1H 9LA | 1.24 | 3 | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | £160.00 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Kenilworth | WC1B 3LB | 1.25 | 4 | £264.00 | £222.00 | Full | Full | £118.80 | £162.00 | £198.00 | £198.00 |
| Rubens at the Palace - A Red Carnation Hotel | SW1W 0PS | 1.25 | 4 | Full | Full | Full | Full | £202.80 | Full | Full | Full |
| 41 Hotel - A Red Carnation Hotel | SW1W 0PS | 1.25 | 5 | Full | Full | £466.80 | £370.80 | £346.80 | £346.80 | Full | £322.80 |
| Thistle Marble Arch | W1H 7EH | 1.27 | 4 | £310.80 | £334.80 | £222.00 | £238.80 | £162.00 | £202.80 | £262.80 | £202.80 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Bloomsbury Street | WC1B 3QD | 1.27 | 4 | £282.00 | £186.00 | £270.00 | £178.80 | £162.00 | £174.00 | £214.80 | £214.80 |
| Durrants Hotel | W1H 5BJ | 1.27 | 4 | Full | Full | £165.00 | £165.00 | £165.00 | £165.00 | £165.00 | £165.00 |
| The Leonard Hotel | W1H 7JW | 1.31 | 4 | £258.00 | £270.00 | £210.00 | £243.00 | Full | £184.00 | £162.00 | £162.00 |
| Thistle Westminster | SW1W 0QT | 1.31 | 4 | £274.80 | £226.80 | £238.80 | Full | £136.80 | £250.80 | £274.80 | £178.80 |
| The Goring | SW1W 0JW | 1.31 | 5 | £504.00 | Full | £406.80 | £406.80 | £322.80 | £358.80 | £406.80 | £358.80 |
| The Grosvenor - Formerly Thistle Victoria | SW1W 0SJ | 1.34 | 4 | £286.80 | £294.78 | £172.38 | £192.78 | £162.18 | £162.18 | £213.18 | £213.18 |
| The Cumberland - A Guoman hotel | W1H 7DL | 1.35 | 4 | £286.80 | £286.80 | £154.80 | £190.80 | £142.80 | £202.80 | £238.80 | £238.80 |
| Staunton Hotel | WC1E 6HE | 1.37 | 4G | Full | £189.00 | £189.00 | £189.00 | £159.00 | £159.00 | £189.00 | Full |
| BEST WESTERN PREMIER Mostyn Hotel | W1H 7BY | 1.39 | 4 | £570.00 | £250.00 | £190.00 | £210.00 | £170.00 | £210.00 | £210.00 | £230.00 |
| Strand Palace Hotel | WC2R 0JJ | 1.40 | 3 | Full | £217.63 | £112.00 | £112.00 | £112.00 | £162.00 | £184.00 | £162.00 |
| Kingsway Hall | WC2B 5BX | 1.41 | 4 | £274.80 | £190.80 | £118.80 | £154.80 | £130.80 | £166.80 | Full | £214.80 |
| The Academy, The Bloomsbury Town House | WC1E 6HG | 1.41 | 4 | Full | Full | Full | Full | £102.00 | £162.00 | £186.00 | £246.00 |
| Grange Fitzrovia Hotel | W1W 5 N B | 1.45 | 4 | Full | £203.00 | £167.00 | Full | £126.00 | £251.00 | Full | £191.00 |
| Station | Zone | Line(s) | Distance |
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| Green Park Station | 1 | Piccadilly - Victoria - Jubilee | 0.34 miles |
| Piccadilly Circus Station | 1 | Bakerloo - Piccadilly | 0.46 miles |
| Oxford Circus Station | 1 | Central - Bakerloo - Victoria | 0.63 miles |
| Bond Street Station | 1 | Central - Jubilee | 0.81 miles |
| Leicester Square Station | 1 | Piccadilly - Northern | 0.87 miles |
| Station | Distance |
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| Charing Cross London Station | 1.12 miles |
| London Victoria Station | 1.63 miles |
| London Waterloo International Station | 1.93 miles |
| London Waterloo Station | 2.05 miles |
| London Marylebone Station | 2.09 miles |