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Article: something for the weekend Orocco Pier, South Queensferry
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- The Sunday Herald
- Article date:
- April 18, 2004
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Why? Should you decide to tick off numbers 58 (climb the Forth
Road Bridge) and 71 (read Kidnapped in South Queensferry) on our own
Sunday Herald's list of 100 things to do in Scotland before you die,
the Orocco Pier hotel would make the perfect base.
Postcard potential With such a great location (overlooking the two
Forth bridges) you might wish to sit at the full-height dining room
windows gazing at the marvels of modern engineering. You might also
want to read an Iain Banks novel, The Bridge perhaps? And contemplate
the sheer joy of your surroundings. Ask for a room with a Forth view,
sleep with the window open and listen to the water lapping below; you
won't be disappointed.
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