TheDaz reviews
[24/06/2009] With more than 1700 slot machines, countless gaming card tables and betting wheels, the Casino Niagara has plenty to offer in the way of entertainment.
Sited above a hotel and entertainment complex, and attached to a huge waterpark, the Casino is part of the Niagara experience of all-hours fun. Open from very early until very late at night, it is often quite busy in season, and is popular with sports betters who cluster round the live-action screens to pick their in game options.
With 4 different bars and restaurants, also has a wide choice of dining available, including the spectacular
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[24/06/2009] Sited in a refurbished building on the original site, the St Lawrence Market lies just outside the Financial District, with a direct view towards the CN Tower via the Flatiron building.
A hub of fresh food, the market houses dozens of stalls run by local traders and producers to bring you the freshest and widest range of foods imaginable. Fruit and veg, meat , fish, cheeses and pulses all vie with deli counters, ethnic eatery stalls and the wares of local craftsmen selling jewellery, fabrics and much more.
There is an upper floor with a gallery overlooking the vaulted market floor, and h
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[24/06/2009] Built for the 1976 Olympics, and with a small amount of public debt still owing to this day, the Olympic Stadium is nicknamed ‘The Big Owe’ by locals and stands as a point of contention in all its concrete over exaggeration out in the Eastern suburbs of the City. Easily reached by Metro from all points, the Olympic site comprises the huge stadium, the Velodrome, now converted into a Biodome museum of Nature, and parkland.
The stadium itself houses an all purpose athletics track and a huge swimming centre, regularly used for championships and training by local teams. Atop the stadium, like a
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[23/06/2009] Situated on the Ile Notre Dame in the St Lawrence, the odd cruise ship of a building was built for the Expo 67 and is one of the ten largest in the world. Standing out like some forgotten concrete relic, it certainly looks to be past its design sell by date, but has a certain quirky appeal.
With five floors of varying size and layout, all clustered around a central Atrium full of lifts and elevators that also doubles as a performance stage, the Casino offers every gambling game generally available, including the popular Keno, Blackjack, Poker as well as more than 3200 slot machines, and is t
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[23/06/2009] Located on McGill College Avenue, in the courtyard outside the Laurentian Bank, this large sculpture by Raymond Mason depicts more than a dozen life sized figures in a cream toughened plastic atop a stone base.
The figures all look towards a point of light not shown in the sculpture, and the further from the front the figures stand, the darker their corresponding depiction becomes. Happy and hopeful figures at the front give way to lovers, fighters, pickpockets and then malformed figures behind an armed assailant right at the back as the base lowers in steps.
The sculpture is a an underr
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[23/06/2009] The Funicular links the Promenade by the Chateau Frontenac with the Lower Town nearly a hundred feet below. You can get there down the aptly named ‘Breakneck Stairs’, but you’d want to take a pleasant ride back up in this small but modern contrivance.
With a small ticket office at either end, and tickets costing less than 2 dollars, it’s a fun and convient way to access either part of the Old City. The views across the St Lawrence are spectacular, and the Lower Town roofs are displayed in all their well-preserved grandeur as you rush up or down to meet them.
Originally built in 1879, and
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[22/06/2009] Situated atop a mixed retail site, the new Travelodge is very convenient for both the city centre and the airport. Road noise from the busy A435 is minimal, and we seemed to have half the floor to ourselves.
The hotel is so new that the paint was still wet in patches in the corridors, and the rooms were missing sofas, but overall we had a good stay and found it well worth the saver £19 deal we paid for it.
My only real complaint is that there is only one lift available to access the Reception and accommodation floors from the ground level, and this would involve some queueing at busier t
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[27/05/2009] The Station at Sao Bento serves as one of the City's main railway stations - and it bustles with commuters on a daily basis.
It's main draw for tourists is its preserved facades - showcasing the architectural past of Portugal in its heyday of global empire.
The main portico leads to a large vaulted lobby, whose walls are adorned with friezes of historical depictions (of various exaggeration). The tiling used is blue and white, in small squares, and glazed to a polished finish. The details of knights on bended knee, and onlooking townsfolk is certainly eyecatching, and you will probably f
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[27/05/2009] Running like an arrow down from the central Placa Catalunya towards the statue of Columbus at the Port side - Las Ramblas has become synonymous with bars, restaurants and culture.
Countless thousands of tourists stroll along the wide street, mostly pedestrianised, watching the street hawkers, pausing to peruse cafe menus, wandering off the side streets to explore the older part of the city, and generally taking in the bustling ambience of this thoroughfare.
With 3 metro stations along its length, and joining the shopping district to the port - Las Ramblas is both accessible and a definit
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[24/03/2009] The Laines - sometimes The Lanes - is a long street that runs from the main high street in Brighton all the way up towards the area of the Royal Pavilion, the Train Station and the Preston area of town.
A number of small side streets and alleyways intertwine throughout, but the main focus is on the main street that is split into North and South Laines, for ease of reference. Pedestrianised, here you can shop freely and avoid the regular high street names and standard shopping fare of the High Street, which mirrors every other town in the country.
The are is the main focus of Brighton's t
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