The Gem Stansted
Airport access
How you get from this hotel to the gate.
About this hotel
The airport shuttle stop keeps this boutique property connected to Stansted despite a look and feel closer to a design hotel than a chain, a short ride to the terminal rather than the walk a countryside stay would require. Individually designed rooms with iPod docks give each stay a character absent from standard chain layouts, and the hip bar and upscale dining cover an evening worth lingering over rather than a quick bite before boarding. Free breakfast starts the day without an added cost, useful before an early flight, and kid-friendly rooms widen who the stay works for. Without air conditioning tagged, warm nights rely on the building's own character rather than mechanical cooling. It reads as the rare combination of boutique style and shuttle-range proximity to Stansted.