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The fact that the Apex London Wall Hotel is tucked away on a backstreet between St. Pancras and Bank means that weekends in the immediate vicinity are quiet, but you’re only 10 minutes’ walk from Spitalfields Market, and a bit further to Brick Lane. What you get as the tradeoff for a few minutes’ walk …
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Credit where due, we were tipped off to the Rockwell by Tablet Hotels, whose budget recommendations can be some of the best deals going. At under £100 in London territory, the price/quality ratio can be pretty poor, so the Rockwell was a great surprise. It offers comfortable rooms best described as ‘warm minimalist’ – creme …
After a day of hiking in Snowdonia National Park, it was an absolute delight to come back to town and find the Peak Restaurant waiting for us. There is nothing pretentious about the restaurant, but it serves food of a quality and creativity that you would have to work to find, even in a much larger city. Some locals thought the place was ‘expensive’ but ignore any such comments because: 1. It’s very affordable; 2. You’d pay three times as much in any major city for this kind of quality; and 3. It would still be worth it at three times the price.
They take a great deal of care in sourcing products locally, from the best producers who specialize, for example, in different cuts of meat. Sausages and pates are glorious, and you can find some great local beers to wash them down.
Plenty of hikes end with a freeze-dried dinner out of a packet, or worse. While in Llanberis, take advantage of the opportunity to go visit a very talented chef, and have a top-quality dinner instead.
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