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Hotel Alcatraz – London’s Toughest Hotel

March 12, 2012 by Alan Greenhalgh 2 Comments
Alcatraz on Watch

You won’t find many good reviews of this hotel. It’s down an alley in a dodgy part of town. You have to be mad or bad to get in and you won’t find any ‘modern comforts’ like an iPod docking station. No, you’ve just checked into a hotel where the average stay is eight to […]

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