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Apex Waterloo Place Hotel

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SWLondon_Boy
London
Nov 7, 2009

A great contemporary hotel with excellent service and friendly, professional staff. Highly recommended. more

“Utter Tripe. Let's hope the other tours are a lot better.”

City of the Dead Ghost Tour

1 of 5 stars
ytshome
Cheshire
Nov 7, 2009

We went for the underground tour and had a young lady took us to a set of vaults built in and around the building of the old town. The main thing here seemed to be for the guide to try and get people...more

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Hewat's Restaurant

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Superwing27
Livingston, Scotland
Nov 7, 2009

Spotted a review for Hewats online, checked the menu and decided to bite the bullet... so to speak and booked for my wife and I. The draw for me was the black pudding, bacon and haggis risotto,...more

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