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Let Secret Stockholm guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Stockholm guide book. Let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this beautiful city. Featuring over 140 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret Stockholm guide is ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.Take a break in a parish libraryDiscover the funtioning dragon fountain in the foyer of an opulent 1930s cinemaVisit the bizarre 1921 archeologist's grave built in the style of Stone-Age megalithsDiscover the gigantic metal eye on the back of the brutalist Swedish Film InstituteFind the mysterious medieval plague hidden in an Old Town stairwayGrab a bite at the French bakery in a socialist utopian-functionalist communcal housing projectGet off the metro at a station with grotesque sculpturesThere's all this and more in an essential travel guide for those who think they know the Swedish capital well, or for those who want to discover its concealed gems.

Let Secret Rome guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Rome guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of an amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants and curious travellers alike. The places included in our guides are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track.Now in it's 8th edition, Secret Rome features 140+ secret and unusual locations.Inside Secret Rome:Visit places closed to the publicAdmire exceptional works of art away from the tourist circuitListen to a concert in a magnificent hidden oratoryHave your dog or car blessedPuzzle over a rare catoptric meridian or a wonderful anamorphic frescoDiscover the remarkable motorized RubensEnter into the secrets of the VaticanRediscover a lost Bernini masterpieceSay a prayer before an image of the Holy Face of Jesus Organize a dinner for two in a private palaceFar from the crowds and the usual cliches, Rome is still a reserve of well-concealed treasures only revealed to those who know how to wander off the beaten track, whether residents or visitors. An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Rome well, or who would like to discover the hidden face of the city.

** “The best alternative guide to London ever. An essential purchase.” ** TheLondonist.com** “A fascinating London guidebook. Simply brilliant.” ** Thetraveleditor.comLet Secret London guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating London guide book, now in its 4th edition. Let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this amazing city. Featuring over 230 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret London guide is ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.Where can you peer inside Richard Burton’s tent? Whatever happened to Bedlam? Where can you praise God, buy meatballs and have a sauna? What's in the House of Dreams? What’s growing quietly under your feet? What’s the trick to instant weight loss?Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, London offers countless off-beat experiences and is home to any number of well-hidden treasures that are revealed only to residents and travellers who find their way off the beaten track. An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew London well or would like to discover the other face of the city. Secret London - An unusual guide is the original and still the best of all the many alternative London guides: accept no imitation. Authors Rachel Howard and Bill Nash have prowled the city streets, seeking out the hidden, eccentric and overlooked. The definitive insider’s guide to London.

Explore the places where the wine is original with this beautiful coffee-table book, Atlas of Unusual Wines. This Atlas takes you on a journey to destinations across the planet where the wines are far enough off the radar to delight anyone who loves to uncover an unusual wine. Volcanic vineyards listed as UNESCO World Heritage, a “peace wine” blending over 600 varieties from around the world, vines standing 15 metres tall in Intaly and Portugal, ice wines from Quebec, a wine from the Gobi desert, Taiwan’s huge yields, harvesting on 31 December, classical music among the vines, a Bordeaux made with dry ice, a sparkling wine for disgorgement at home …This book features the viticultural techniques of many countries;they are far enough off the radar to delight anyone who loves originality andhates standardisation.Discover a world of unusual wines from the comfort of your own home with this fascinating Atlas of Unusual Wines.

Let Secret Provence guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Provence guide book, now in its 3rd edition, and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing region. Ideal for local inhabitants and curious travellers alike.The places included in our guides are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track. Secret Provence features 230 secret and unusual locations. Discover a statue of a pregnant Virgin Mary, an astronomical observatory in a former nuclear missile silo, a hotel room in a tree or a gypsy caravan, primitive Provencal artists, the mark of Christ's knee, a fountain that flows with wine, a caiman dedicated to the Virgin Mary, a church in a theatre, an erotic medieval bas relief, a countess who returned to life, a Provencal Villa Medicis, a false volcano at La Roquebrussane, a 'sheep bridge' at Arles, a rain-making saint, an alchemist's garden, a magic palindrome at Oppede.Far from the crowds and the usual clichés, Provence offers countless off-beat experiences and is home to any number of well-hidden treasures that are revealed only to residents and travellers who find their way off the beaten track. An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Provence well or would like to discover the other face of the region.

Let Secret French Riviera guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.Step off the beaten track with this fascinating French Riviera guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of an amazing region. Ideal for local inhabitants and curious travellers alike. The places included in our guides are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track. Now in its third edition, Secret French Riviera features 200 secret and unusual locations. Inside Secret French Riviera:Play a game of petanque with square boulesVist an astonishing aerial wellView stained-plastic windowsSit on a marble bench built in memory of the Queen of England's haemophiliac sonDiscover the instruments of the Passion of ChristWitness a cannon that fires cherry stonesSee an entire village that 'moved house'Marvel at a chapel showing the dead rising from their tombsVisit a trapdoor in the nave of a church that opens onto a rushing torrentEat in a restaurant in an Orient Express railway carEnjoy Babar's beach, Tintin's Black Island, and Sleeping Beauty's chateauAdmire the Riviera's first pair of naked breastsSpend the night sleeping in a treeThe French Riviera is not limited to the clichés of its beaches, private yachts and luxury hotels. Discover more and get off the beaten track with the indispensible Secret French Riviera guide.

Let Secret Normandy guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Normandy guide book. Featuring over 150 unusual and unfamiliar locations, our local experts will show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this amazing region in France. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.Visit an artist’s studio set up in a castle, discover chapels built inside a millennial oak, pour calvados on a grave in the village of Camembert, pay your respects at a site where the Virgin Mary has made a score of apparitions, decipher the alchemical decorations at Hôtel d’Escoville in Caen, examine a historic pool for washing down horses, seek out the work of a Freemason architect in Rouen cathedral. Far from the crowds and the usual clichés, Normandy is a reserve of well-concealed treasures that only reveal themselves to those residents or visitors who wander off the beaten track.An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Normandy well, or those who would like to discover the hidden face of the region.

Let Secret Berlin guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Berlin guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this fascinating city. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. Wander around the hotel lobby where a glass floor reveals excavations of the old medieval townTake a seat in an amphitheatre where animal dissections once took placeLet yourself be moved by the sounds of the largest pipe organ, still used today to bring silent films to lifeTake a break in one of the few well-preserved Baroque vaults housing coffins fitted with windowsClimb onto a bunker that contained anti-aircraft guns during the Second World War and accept a Russian soldier's invitation to admire it from withinTake a dip in one of the most beautiful bathing spots built during Europe's Art Nouveau movementEnjoy a stroll under the Spree riverGo see the very first computer (designed by a Berliner) or the first synthesizer of East GermanyScale the mountain of rubble where a Skiing World Cup race was heldStation yourself at the peak of the artificial hill where aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal made his first attempts at flightGrab a bite on the island in the Havel river where Werner von Braun launched his first rocketAbsent from the usual "must-see" lists despite residing in the heart of the bustling capital, fascinating historical treasures can be found all over Berlin's city centre and its large surrounding neighbourhoods. Take another look and discover the hidden gems eluding those who think they know Berlin inside out.

New York City – a secret atlas is a glorious celebration of all that is unusual and undiscovered in this magnificent city.Welcome to this richly detailed and beautifully illustrated compendium of interesting, unexpected and downright bizarre places to be discovered in New York; a treasure trove for those who love to dig beneath the surface and explore the secret and unusual locations.Guaranteed to delight and inspire, here you can:Admire an apocalyptic pillar at the entrance to a churchRelax in secret gardens gardensFind the bullet holes outside the J.P. Morgan bankObserve the stars through a university telescopeFind a statue of Lenin LeninFly your skirt in the same place as Marilyn MonroeExplore an earth-filled roomDiscover a gigantic Venetian palace above an ancient stableVisit an island whose independence was proclaimed from a canoe in 2004Locate the “pig” in St. Patrick's CathedralDiscover where Washington's last tooth is keptNew York City is full of iconic sites. But if you’re more interested in the unusual and unfamiliar, turn to the Secret Atlas of New York to uncover your new favourite location through this sumptuously illustrated guide. An ideal gift for the New York afficionado in your life.

A guide to Amsterdam - exceptional experiences, passionate authors, a new approach to the art of travelling. Sneak into the Westerpark community gardens, taste the best appeltaart in the Jordaan district, sleep amid the canals, eat herring at the water’s edge, go bargain hunting at Europe’s largest flea market, enjoy craft beer in the shadow of a windmill, take a dip in the Amstel, or put down your bags in a green oasis …Soul of Amsterdam was written by journalist and trendspotter Benoit Zante, who explored his adopted city at length to discover the multiple facets of this capital at the heart of Europe that is capable of reinventing itself and surprising us.You’ve seen the Rijksmuseum and explored the canals, what next? If we really want to experience the true essence of Amsterdam today, where do we go? Soul of Amsterdam is your guide to the best of what this city really is right now – and how it’s evolving. Celebrating both the old and the new, we’ll meet the guardians of the city’s authentic heritage and talk with the bright young things who are building its future, we’ll eat at hidden restaurants and explore the city’s long-forgotten corners.Join us as we experience the soul of Amsterdam together.Each guide in the “Soul of” collection includes: -             the 30 best experiences a city has to offer -             interviews with those who give the city its spirit-             original illustrations that capture the city’s soulDon’t miss - Hidden inside these guides, you will always find a very secret location, carefully selected, waiting to be discovered. Are you up for a challenge?

A guide to Berlin - exceptional experiences, passionate authors, a new approach to the art of travelling. We tried 1,000 places. And included only the 30 best. 30 unforgettable experiences that capture the soul of Berlin.Go dancing at the world's smallest nightclubSee an exquisite Asian art collection in a bunkerDiscover a cinema from the 1930s with a live orchestraEnjoy the best pizza in Berlin (and it's not the one you think)Visit an ice-cream shop where they make the cones right in front of youExperience kayaking in Berlin while feeling like you're in VeniceWe share the loveliest cycling routes, most beautiful beaches and the city's best clubsHidden hotels, outstanding restaurants, secret bars, off-the-radar strolls, in this guide you’ll find a carefully curated, eclectic selection for every budget. Designed for both travellers and locals, it reveals handpicked addresses chosen by local writers – each place a gateway to discovery, far from the crowds and off the beaten path. A fresh take on the art of travel.The ‘Soul of' collection is a new approach to the art of travelling that's all about chance encounters and unforgettable experiences. Guides for those who want to unlock the hidden doors of a city, feel out its heartbeat, plumb every last nook and cranny to uncover its soul.Every guide in the ‘Soul of' collection includes:the 30 best experiences a city has to offer (with over 1,000 visited to curate this list)interviews with those who give the city its spiritoriginal illustrations that capture the heart of the cityDon’t miss - Hidden inside these guides, you will always find a very secret location, carefully selected, waiting to be discovered. Are you up for a challenge?

Let Secret Prague guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Prague guide book and let local expert Martin Stejskal, share these well-hidden treasures of an amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. The places included in this guide are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track.Inside Secret Prague:A totally overlooked Art Nouveau masterpiece, secrets of the castle alchemists, the message in the hidden palindrome on Charles Bridge, the Kabbalistic mysteries of the Jewish ghetto, a thief ’s shrivelled forearm hanging in a church, a statue revealing its intestines, the largest wind tunnel in the Czech Republic, a fragment of the Great Pyramid of Cheops in a pet cemetery, a clock that runs backwards, a house/museum painted blue to meet the needs of the partially blind musician owner …Unmissable for lovers of architecture, from Baroque to Art Nouveau via Cubism, and the European capital of alchemy and esotericism in the 17th century, Prague offers a myriad of little-known marvels. An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Prague well, or who would like to discover the hidden face of the city

Let Secret Strasbourg guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Strasbourg guide book. Let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this amazing city. Featuring over 300 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret Strasbourg guide is ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.Inside Secret Strasbourg, you can discover:The profile of the German Emperor Wilhelm II on the gates of the Palais du RhinGoethe’s graffiti at the base of the Cathedral spirethe memory of the lean-tos and the prostitutes who sold their charms in the Cathedral’s sanctuarythe remains of a Roman tower hidden under a supermarketa nature reserve concealed in the heart of an industrial areaa reminder of the dog bathsan exceptional Humanist libraryone of the oldest pharmacies in EuropeFor those who thought they knew Strasbourg well, the city is teeming with unusual and secret places that are easily accessible. Authors Guillaume Bouvier, Veronique Herbreteau and Isabelle Kapp have prowled the city streets, seeking out the hidden, eccentric and overlooked.

Let Secret Dublin guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Dublin travel guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of an amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. The places included in our guides are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track. Now in it's fourth edition, Secret Dublin features 140 secret and unusual locations. Discover the inner sanctum of Freemason's Hall, see Napoleon's toothbrush, marvel at a hoax plaque hidden in plain sight on O'Connell Bridge, try George IV's footprints for size, venture into a Georgian time capsule on Henrietta Street, cross the bridge beneath which William Rowan Hamilton had his 'Eureka' moment, explore a `museum' flat preserved exactly as it was almost 100 years ago, tune into the world of vintage radio in a Martello Tower, spot Dublin's subterranean river, or post your thoughts in a mystery letterbox ... Don't miss - Each chapter of this Secret Dublin - An unusual guide corresponds to a different part of the city so that one can always find a hidden or secret place to discover. Perfectly planned walks - Make sure that you do not miss any secret location, by discovering each one featured in this guide by planning a walking tour of each neighbourhood.

Let Secret Belfast guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Belfast guide book, now in its 2nd edition. Featuring over 20 new locations, our local experts will show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this amazing city. Featuring over 160 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret Belfast guide is ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.Discover how the city stood up against the evils of the slave trade, admire its stunning art deco facades, unearth beautiful stained-glass windows by an accomplished yet little-known female artist, take to the windy coastal paths just out of town and peak into caves where smugglers once hid their loot, visit the humble cottage of an American president, uncover the mysteries of Bronze Age burial grounds and Stone Age forts, squeeze down a secret underground tunnel or take a boat ride to see the city's seal colony, visit the place where Marconi sent his first wireless signal across the waves, go to a cinema shaped like a ship...Small, yet bursting with history and mystery, Belfast, far from the crowds and the usual cliches, is a reserve of well-concealed treasures that only reveal themselves to those who know how to wander off the beaten track, whether residents or visitors. An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Belfast well, or who would like to discover the hidden face of the city."I really love these guides, beautifully set out, good visuals and out of the way things to see" - Tripfiction

Explore the places where the wine is original with this beautiful coffee-table book, Atlas of Unusual Wines.This Atlas takes you on a journey to destinations across the planet where the wines are far enough off the radar to delight anyone who loves to uncover an unusual wine.Night harvests, a “wine of peace” blending more than six hundred grape varieties from around the world, ice wines from Quebec, double harvests in Taiwan, grapes picked on December 31, or classical music played among the vines… This atlas explores some of the most unusual wines and winemaking practices on the planet. It highlights winemakers who deliberately step off the beaten path, cultivating vines in unexpected climates and unusual terroirs. Some revive forgotten grape varieties, others experiment with innovative winemaking techniques, all contributing to a constantly evolving global wine landscape. For more than thirty years, journalist Pierrick Bourgault, winner of the Grand Prize for Agricultural Journalism, has travelled the world to meet them. In this atlas, he invites readers to discover the most unusual wines on Earth.Discover a world of unusual wines from the comfort of your own home with this fascinating Atlas of Unusual Wines.

Let Secret Vienna guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Vienna guide book. Let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this amazing city. Featuring over 220 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret Vienna guide is ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.Inside Secret Vienna you can discover:A chocolate houseAn alchemical ceiling in SchönbrunnOne of the most beautiful pharmacies in the worldAn exceptional Art Nouveau churchThe tomb of a fish that would have converted to JudaismA jazz museum in public toiletsThe oldest organ in Vienna hidden behind a paintingAn empress dressed as a nunA surprising private museum of billiardsThe extraordinary underground annex of the Mauthausen camp where the world’s first jet was builtAn indispensable guide for those who thought of knowing Vienna or for those who wish to discover the other face of the city.The definitive insider’s guide to Vienna.

Let Secret Buenos Aires guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.Step beyond the beaten track. Wander past the postcard sights. Discover the Buenos Aires that hides in plain sight.Let Secret Buenos Aires: An Unusual Guide lead you far from the familiar crowds of La Boca and Plaza de Mayo. This captivating, alternative guidebook uncovers the city’s most intriguing corners - the quirky architecture, eccentric museums, mysterious underground spaces, and enchanting hideaways. With over 150 unusual and unfamiliar places, this is the perfect companion for curious travellers, city explorers, and locals who think they’ve seen it all.Whether you love mysterious monuments, peaceful places, secret statues or wonderfully strange museums, you’ll find something unforgettable:Discover a statue denouncing corruptionVisit a monument dedicated to a police dogStep into Garcia Lorca’s preserved roomSeek out a dome worth of GaudiSing in the bar toilets with remarkable acousticsWhy You’ll Love Secret Buenos Aires:Over 150 quirky, surprising, and little-known placesPerfect for curious travellers, locals, and armchair explorersRich in forgotten stories, unexpected symbols and offbeat artistic treasuresPacked with insider tips from local experts Valeria Sampedro and Hernan Firpo who live and work in Buenos AiresHere is a celebration of Buenos Aires' hidden stories, oddities, and forgotten corners. No tourist cliches, no predictable routes, no generic suggestions, only meaningful and unexpected discoveries. Ready to see Buenos Aires differently? Step this way and unlock the city’s most curious secrets with Secret Buenos Aires: An Unusual Guide.

Soul of Tokyo guide is a refreshing approach to the art of travelling that consists of vagabonding around, chance encounters, and unforgettable experiences.Here are are 30 unforgettable experiences that capture the soul of Tokyo.a teahouse secreted away behind a flower shopa Michelin-starred chef who does things like no one elsea Tokyo street-food marketa hidden restaurant in the heart of Shibuyaspending a night on a library bookshelfdrinking the ultimate cocktailfinding a restaurant whose address we won't tell youcelebrating an 'un-birthday' at an izakayagoing for 'standing sushi'getting a massage in a hammock Soul of Tokyo is written by Fany and Amandine Pechiodat, the founders of My Little Paris, the influential newsletter-cum-lifestyle brand. Having scoured the depths of Paris for 10 years to share the city's best-kept secret spots, they now take on another city they love: Tokyo.Guides for those who want to unlock the hidden doors of a city, feel out its heartbeat, plumb every last nook and cranny to uncover its soul.As well as 30 unique and unforgettable experiences, we also include interviews with those who give the city its spirit and illustrations by a local artist to truly bring Tokyo to life. Don’t miss - Hidden inside these guides, you will always find a very secret location, carefully selected, waiting to be discovered. Are you up for a challenge?

Let Secret Campania guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Campania guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants and curious visitors alike.A marble plaque that weeps twice a year, exceptional scuba diving among the mosaics and temples of an ancient Roman city, a magnificent amphitheatre full of stone spectators, forgotten pagan traditions, the world's largest censer, a sublime secret library hidden in a monastery, traces of the beating wings of the Archangel Michael, flagellation in a remarkable penitential rite, pitchers from the Wedding at Cana in an obscure sanctuary, stunning little-known frescoes.The Campania region, far from the crowds and cliches, has one of the richest cultural heritages in Italy. Whether on the Amalfi Coast, at Pompeii, in the Cilento, at Benevento, or Caserta, or just in the area around Naples, its hidden treasures are revealed only to locals and to travellers who know how to leave the beaten path far behind.An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Campania well or who would like to discover other facets of this fascinating region.

Let Secret Madrid guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Madrid guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants and curious visitors alike.What you'll discover:A tower floating on the waterA piece of the moon in MadridThe world’s first 3D, pedestrian bridgeA Brutalist churchA gas station that looks like it belongs in a science fiction movieThe unknown tunnel of BonaparteOne of the most original water cisterns in EuropeThe highest chapel in the worldMadrid is overflowing with extraordinary and little-known places and curiosities. You just have to know where to look. Fully revised and updated, Secret Madrid is an essential guide for those who thought they knew Madrid well, or for those looking to discover the hidden side of the city.

From Yves Saint Laurent’s private library to the best orange juice on the legendary Djemaa el-Fna, from the most beautiful riads and outstanding restaurants away from the tourist crowds to the search for the perfect carpet, this guide reveals a different Marrakesh. Spend a night beneath the desert sky in an open-air tent, discover a secret museum where every object is for sale, and explore the city’s most refined and discreet addresses. A curated immersion into the soul of Marrakesh, beyond the familiar postcards.

Beautiful, haunting photographs of abandoned places in Italy.An exceptional photographic guide to once grand and now abandoned buildings in Italy. Robin Brinaert has been travelling around Italy for over eight years in search of these abandoned, forbidden places. He highlights the sometimes dramatic fate of our heritage - a serious reflection on safeguarding.Inside Abandoned Italy you can discover the former hunting lodge of the Duchess of Parma, a spectacular abandoned Moorish castle, the remains of film studios with the scenery from a Pinocchio film, a disused psychiatric asylum, a famous but now-forgotten discotheque in a mock medieval castle, the ruins of a renowned spa hotel ravaged by fire...This photographic book, allows one to discover our abandoned, endangered and very often forgotten heritage. Each photograph is accompanied by the history of each place, so that the reader can travel through time and learn the story behind each forgotten place.

Discover the soul of Brussels with this guide to 30 exceptional experiences that will unlock the hidden doors of the city. Inside Soul of Brussels:You've seen the Atomium and the Manneken Pis. But if we really want to experience the true essence of Brussels, where do we go? Soul of Brussels is your guide to the best of what this city really is right now – and how it’s evolving. Celebrating both the old and the new, we’ll meet the guardians of the city’s authentic heritage and talk with the bright young things who are building its future. We’ll eat at hidden restaurants, explore the city’s long-forgotten corners, fall asleep in an old meeting house and gorge on transcendent pralines and divine chips. Each guide in the “Soul of” collection includes: -         the 30 best experiences a city has to offer-         interviews with those who give the city its spirit-         original illustrations that capture the city’s soulDon’t miss - Hidden inside these guides, you will always find a very secret location, carefully selected, waiting to be discovered. Are you up for a challenge?The ‘Soul of’ guides are a new approach to the art of travel, full of secret places and unforgettable experiences. Each place holds the promise of an exceptional moment, with something for every taste and budget.

Let Secret Corsica guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Corsica guide book. Let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this amazing island. Featuring over 190 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret Corsica guide is ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.Discover a forgotten fresco by Marc Chagall in a mountain village, a magnificent American villa where you can spend the night, the superb Corsican beach used as a setting for the D-Day Normandy landings in The Longest Day movie, remarkable paintings by a civilian First World War PoW, a miniature village built with pebbles, golden hands embedded in the rock a two-hour walk into the mountains, a papier-mache statue of the Virgin Mary, an unusual pool-table pocket bearing the image of Napoleon, a brick from the Holy Door of a church in Rome, a confessional cleverly hidden behind woodwork, the world's largest citrus fruit collection, the painting of an eagle under a balcony, a Bonaparte family tree made from locks of hair, a sleepover in a lighthouse far from civilisation...Corisca is far from the holiday cliches of beaches, mountains and gastronomy. Its little-known treasures are only revealed to locals and travellers who are prepared to venture off the beaten track. An essential guide for those who thought they knew the island well or would like to discover its other aspects.

A guide to Berlin - exceptional experiences, passionate authors, a new approach to the art of travelling. We tried 1,000 places. And included only the 30 best. 30 unforgettable experiences that capture the soul of Berlin.Going dancing at the world's smallest nightclub, an exquisite Asian art collection in a bunker, a cinema from the 1930s with a live orchestra, the best pizza in Berlin (and it's not the one you think), an ice-cream shop where they make the cones right in front of you, an exceptional culinary experience, going kayaking in Berlin while feeling like you're in Venice, the loveliest cycling routes and most beautiful beaches, the city's best clubs if you get turned away from Berghain ...The ‘Soul of' collection is a new approach to the art of travelling that's all about vagabonding around town, chance encounters, and unforgettable experiences. Guides for those who want to unlock the hidden doors of a city, feel out its heartbeat, plumb every last nook and cranny to uncover its soul.Created by Fany Péchiodat in collaboration with the publisher Thomas Jonglez, the series will continue to expand with new cities in 2021: Athens, Rome, New York …Every guide in the ‘Soul of' collection includes:the 30 best experiences a city has to offerinterviews with those who give the city its spiritoriginal illustrations that capture the city's soulDon’t miss - Hidden inside these guides, you will always find a very secret location, carefully selected, waiting to be discovered. Are you up for a challenge?

Beautiful yet haunting photographs of abandoned places in America – once thriving buildings now ravaged by nature and time are the subject of this fascinating, coffee table photo book.Throughout the ages, mankind has been fascinated with the ruins of previous societies. The desire to gain a greater understanding of our past has driven archaeologists, artists and scholars across the world to study the vestiges of lifestyles that have vanished in an attempt to capture their mystique and beauty.Originally intended as an examination of the rise and fall of the state hospital system, Matthew Christopher's Abandoned America rapidly grew to encompass derelict factories and industrial sites, schools, churches, power plants, hospitals, prisons, military installations, hotels, resorts, homes, and more. Through his collection of writing and photography, Matthew has spent the last decade documenting the ruins of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever known: our own. Exploring sites like the charred remains of the Hotel Do De, the rusted cells of the Essex County Jail Annex, the sublime majesty of the Church of the Transfiguration, or the eerie and dilapidated remnants of the New Castle Elks Lodge, Christopher's work spans architectural treasures left to the elements and then all too often lost forever.

Volcanic vineyards listed as UNESCO World Heritage, a peace wine blending over 600 varieties from around the world, vines standing 15 metres tall in Italy and Portugal, ice wines from Quebec, a wine from the Gobi desert, Taiwan's huge yields, harvesting on 31 December, classical music among the vines, a Bordeaux made with dry ice, a sparkling wine for disgorging at home. This book features the viticultural techniques of many countries; they are far enough off the radar to delight anyone who loves originality and hates standardization. The book covers eight topics: Climates, Terroirs, Grape varieties, Work in the vineyard, Winemaking, Colour, Ageing, Packaging.

Beautiful yet haunting photographs of abandoned asylums in America – once glorious historical buildings now ravaged by nature and time are the subject of this fascinating, coffee table photo book.Abandoned Asylums takes readers on an unrestricted visual journey inside America's abandoned state hospitals, asylums, and psychiatric facilities, the institutions where countless stories and personal dramas played out behind locked doors and out of public sight.The images captured by photographer Matt Van der Velde are powerful, haunting and emotive. A sad and tragic reality that these once glorious historical institutions now sit vacant and forgotten as their futures are uncertain and threatened with the wrecking ball.Explore a private mental hospital that treated Marilyn Monroe and other celebrities seeking safe haven. Or look inside the seclusion cells at an asylum that once incarcerated the now-infamous Charles Manson. Or see the autopsy theatre at a Government Hospital for the Insane that was the scene for some of America's very first lobotomy procedures.With a foreward by renowned expert Carla Yanni examining their evolution and subsequent fall from grace, accompanying writings by Matt Van der Velde detailing their respective histories, Abandoned Asylums will shine some light on the glorious, and sometimes infamous institutions that have for so long been shrouded in darkness.