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City Guides
Start With the Place
Each city guide tells you which end of town to book, how to get around and which of the hotels we cover suits your trip.
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Edinburgh
Festival season, Old Town stairs and where to sleep between them.
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Bath
Georgian streets and small hotels you can walk everywhere from.
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Blackpool
The Tower, the Illuminations and the right end of the promenade.
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London
Neighbourhood by neighbourhood, from matchday stays to airport early starts.
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Whitstable
Oyster sheds, weatherboard lanes and rooms a short walk from the beach.
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Dublin
Temple Bar noise or Georgian quiet. We map which is which.
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Shout Hotels is written and fact-checked by Jamie Montgomery. We do not list every hotel. We write full guides to the ones worth it, and we say who each place suits and who should book elsewhere.
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