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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 Brighton guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Brighton guide book. Let our local expert Ellie Seymour show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this amazing city. Featuring over 190 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret Brighton guide is ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.Discover the city's smallest art gallery in a phone boxVisit a hidden city orchardEnjoy Brighton's only waterfallExplore the city's most beautiful hidden streetExperience a seafront sauna spaFind a forgotten railway line in the seaVisit a hidden pet cemeteryMarvel at a long-forgotten muralDiscover a Thai restaurant at the back of a supermarketTap the nose of a gargoyle and make a wishEnter an EarthshipPlay glow-in-the-dark miniature golf with dinosaursAway from the cliched seaside sights, Brighton is a city full of alternative things to discover for those who like to dig beneath the surface. Secret Brighton - An Unusual Guide is the perfect compact gift-worthy companion for locals, curious visitors and armchair travellers, alike.

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.

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

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.Have your favourite pet blessed, visit an underground mine in the centre of Madrid, see the astounding liquefaction of the blood of Saint Pantaleon once a year, meet Spain's only Catholic exorcist, find out how the king had his medicine made using alchemy, smell the apple odour that wafts once a year from the still-intact body of Mariana de Jesus who died in the 17th century, visit an underground art gallery, dine in a car park... Madrid 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.

Let Secret Washington DC guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Washington 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 Darth Vader gargoyle on a church, a giant chair, the longest escalator in the western hemisphere, a faithful replica of the Holy Land for those who cannot make the pilgrimage to Jerusalem, a fence forged from War of 1812 muskets, a yet uncracked cryptographic sculpture ...Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, Washington DC is a reserve of well-concealed treasures only revealed to those who know how to wander off the beaten track, whether resident or visitor.* Winner of the Bronze Award in the travel guide category of the 2018 NATJA Travel Media Awards Competition *

Let Secret Johannesburg guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Johannesburg 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.The magnetic pull of a rock which is so strong that a coin sticks, a Miniature Railway track, a lighthouse in the sky, get Married in a Boeing 747, the very first example of "Victoria's Secret", a fantastic private garden open one day per year and whose address is given by request only, a very surprising fine dining home restaurant in Alex, fly over the city in a plane that served for WWII in Egypt, South Africa's oldest monument, a waterfall in the concrete jungle, a fantastic private art collection that can be visited by appointment, the private home of one of South Africa's most prolific and famous artists of the 20th Century....Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, Johannesburg is still 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 Johannesburg well, or who would like to discover the hidden face of the city.

Let Secret Tuscany guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Tuscany guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this beautiful region. Ideal for local inhabitants and curious visitors alike.The oak at which Pinocchio, Mussolini was hanged on the glass of a 15th century church, a forgotten sculpture by Leonardo da Vinci, a luxurious hotel converted into a public bath, a "milk distributor" 17th century, a frog that drinks wine, a unique astronomical phenomenon in the world, the imprints of Santa Caterina's teeth on a stairway in Siena, a shield with the blood of Christ, the place where the amphora of the Cana Wedding is preserved, one extraordinary anatomical theatre in Pistoia, the fountain of the youth of fairy Morgana, an unusual walk along the marble monorail... Far away from people and cliches, Tuscany still has hidden treasures which it is ready to unveil to its inhabitants and travellers willing to abandon the beaten paths.An indispensable guide for those who think they know Tuscany well or for those who wish to discover the secret face of the region.

Let Secret New York guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.Winner of the 2019 NYC Big Book Award in the Travel Category!Admire an apocalyptic pillar in a church, relax in secret gardens, discover the New York version of the Sagrada Familia, visit a secret metro tunnel, contemplate an elephant electrocuted, find bullet impacts outside the Bank JP Morgan, observe the stars with a university telescope, find a statue of Lenin, fly your skirt in the same place as Marilyn Monroe, explore a room filled with earth, discover a gigantic Venetian palace above an old stable, visit an island whose independence was proclaimed from a canoe in 2004, discover the "pig" of St. Patrick's Cathedral, play scrabble with the signs of Queens, find out where is the last tooth of Washington, find the house who hides a metro mouth, locate a plaque in memory of an event of another dimension, have your bike or elephant blessed, go get inspected any natural quirk at an annual professional identification session …New York offers endless opportunities to step off the program and peer into the city's fascinating past and present. Secret New York - An Unusual Guide is an indispensable resource for those who thought they already knew everything about America's metropolis, or want to begin exploring it hidden places.

Let Secret Bangkok guide you around the unusual and unfamiliarStep off the beaten track with this fascinating Bangkok guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. Only in a city with as much to offer as Thailand's City of Angels could a temple boasting a million Buddhas have remained overlooked by visitors.Bangkok is regularly listed as the number one city destination in the world yet take time to scratch just a little below the surface and you'll find stunning and intriguing (and sometimes downright bizarre) spots that remain virtually unknown to outsiders ... and often to the citizens themselves.Frequent residents Narina Exelby and Mark Eveleigh spent over a year hunting down some of the city's most captivating secret spots - many of which even experienced local guides had never heard of. This book will lead you to the place where people offer bacon and eggs to tiger temple guardians, and a temple with elaborate effigies of David Beckham, Donald Duck and Popeye. It will take you into the lair of giant monitor lizards, show you how to gain merit by sponsoring a coffin, or how to decipher, from a tree trunk, the winning lottery numbers offered by a beautiful female ghost. You'llll also meet a unique community of outlaw flute-players, eat a communal vegetarian breakfast with Bangkok's Sikh community, learn about the traditional Thai pastime of 'baldy-butting' and meet a celebrated healer who goes by the name of Madame Breast-slapper.Secret Bangkok is more than just an indispensable guide to the hidden face of the city: it is written also to offer fascinating background information for those who love to connect with the soul of a place.

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 Barcelona guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Barcelona 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. Discover:The secrets of Gaud and the Sagrada FamiliaA terrific tour of small trains hidden under the main stationA mysterious handA fascinating amphitheater of dissectionAn unsuspected air-raid shelterA museum tucked away in the back of a shopSecret Mason symbolsThe emblem of FC Barcelona in Santa Mar a del MarDuring the day and night, Barcelona reveals its secrets only to locals and travellers seeking to get off the beaten path. To that end, it is key to know where to go. Let Secret Barcelona guide you through the cities hidden treasures. Ideal for locals and curious travellers.

Let Secret Montreal guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Montreal 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 fourth edition, Secret Montreal features 120 secret and unusual locations.Inside Secret Montreal - An unusual guide: A giant crane in a supermarket, a portrait of Mussolini in LittleeIealy, Canada's only Coadaist temple, a monument to the world's strongest man, wrestling in a church, surfing on the Saint Lawrence River, a giant milk bottle, a gas station built by famous architect Mies van der Rohe ... and much more.Don't miss - Each chapter of this Secret Montreal - An unusual guide, corresponds to a different part of the city so that you can always find a hidden or secret place to discover. Perfectly planned walks - Make sure that you don't miss any Secret location, by discovering each one featured in this guide by planning a walking tour of each neighbourhood.

Let Secret Bangkok guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Bangkok guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. Only in a city with as much to offer as Thailand's City of Angels could a temple boasting a million Buddhas have remained overlooked by visitors.Bangkok is regularly listed as the number one city destination in the world yet take time to scratch just a little below the surface and you'll find stunning and intriguing (and sometimes downright bizarre) spots that remain virtually unknown to outsiders ... and often to the citizens themselves.Frequent residents Narina Exelby and Mark Eveleigh spent over a year hunting down some of the city's most captivating secret spots - many of which even experienced local guides had never heard of. Discover where people offer bacon and eggs to tiger temple guardiansExperience a temple with elaborate effigies of David Beckham, Donald Duck and PopeyeExplore a lair of giant monitor lizardsGain merit by sponsoring a coffinDecipher, from a tree trunk, the winning lottery numbers offered by a beautiful female ghostMeet a unique community of outlaw flute-playersEat a communal vegetarian breakfast with Bangkok's Sikh communityLearn about the traditional Thai pastime of 'baldy-butting' Meet a celebrated healer who goes by the name of Madame Breast-slapperSecret Bangkok is more than just an indispensable guide to the hidden face of the city: it is written also to offer fascinating background information for those who love to connect with the soul of a place.

Let Secret Amsterdam guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Amsterdam 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. Discover the historic location of Rembrandt's famous "Night Watch"Explore the origin of the invention of cognacSee an homage to prostitutesDecipher gable stonesMake love quite legally in the open airVisit magnificent interior courtyardsSki in the heart of the townBecome adept at the "boat-in" - the Amsterdam version of the "drive-in" - and eat pizza in your own boatAway from the crowds and the stereotypes, Amsterdam still keeps her treasures so well hidden that they only reveal themselves to the inhabitants and to travellers who know how to wonder off the beaten track. Let Secret Barcelona guide you through the cities hidden treasures. Ideal for locals and curious travellers.

Let Secret Tokyo guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. A building that acts as a giant firewall,a secret city centre canyon,a statue that cures warts, ultra-modern designer toilets, an extraordinary tree that helps you quit smoking, an electronic sunflower, a spectacular modern temple hidden in the heart of Shinjuku, a street that gives Tokyo taxi driversnightmares, a massive building that looks like a warship, forgotten rivers …Far from the crowds and the usual clichés, Tokyo swings between modernity and tradition, preservation of its heritage, sophisticated aestheticism and eccentricity, offering countless off beat experiences. The Japanese capital is home to any number of well-hidden treasures that are revealed only toresidents and travellers who find their way off the beaten track.An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Tokyo well or would like to discover the other face of the city.The definitive insider’s guide to Tokyo.

Let Secret Copenhagen guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Copenhagen 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.Step this way to discover:A riding school in a former airship hangarGiant whale bones in a parking lotA bunker under a schoolAn elevator that never stopsA vast network of tunnels in the bowels of a hospitalSuperb secret museumsLittle-known architectural wondersHidden gardensWhether you are living in Copenhagen or just visiting, the city offers a surprising wealth of sights away from the popular tourist tracks and all the cliches. This guide book is a must for those who think they know Copenhagen and for those who just wanted to explore the city from a different perspective.

Let Secret Budapest guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Budapest guide book. Let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this amazing city. Featuring over 200 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret Budapest guide is ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.Discover a church that looks like a spaceship from a retro sci-fiRead Portuguese poems on the wall of a metro stationExplore a cellar full of pinball machinesSee a church that was elevated by one metreWitness one of the world's largest wine barrels, a horse's shiny balls and an enormous hour glassFind a cemetery for railway relicsExperience wall art that hides a criticism of communist HungaryFar from the crowds and the usual cliches, Budapest 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 Budapest well or would like to discover the other face of the city.

Let Secret Cape Town guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Cape Town 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 its 2nd edition, Secret Cape Town features 150+ new secret and unusual locations.Inside Secret Cape Town: A captain who continued to live on the wreck of the Kakapo for three years, Table Mountain's most exclusive hiking, a restaurant in a maximum security prison, the arboreal evidence of apartheid's earliest manifestation, a woman disguised as a man for 56 years in order to be a doctor, a beach on top of Table Mountain, a fascinating secret collections of vintage and classic cars, a magical tree renowned for its spiritual healing properties, a heated pool on a military base that's open to the public ... Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, Cape Town is still 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 Cape Town well, or who would like to discover the hidden face of the city. Don't miss - Each chapter of this Secret Cape Town travel guide book 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 part of the city.The definitive insider’s guide to Cape Town.

Let Secret Naples guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Naples guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this 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 its fourth edition, Secret Naples features more than 250 secret and unusual locations.Inside Secret Naples: A calcified lizard in a church, vestiges of a former brothel, a "hole" that cures headaches, a bunker turned art gallery, a customised Vespa from the Second World War, remarkable secret private collections, extraordinary old libraries unknown to Neapolitans, a Greek watchtower in a theatre, a rare clock that measures the equation of time, the bars of a chapel door that resonate like a xylophone, a mysterious phallic symbol in San Gennaro catacombs, a little-known museum with a section dedicated to Punch, a unique anatomical model dating from the 18th century, a raft ride 20 metres below Piazza del Plebiscito ...Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, Naples holds many well-hidden treasures that are revealed only to local residents and travellers who know where to step off the beaten track. An indispensable guide for those who think they are familiar with Naples or who want to discover another side of the city.

Let Secret York guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating York guide book. Featuring over 125 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret York guide is ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.Where can you find a fully functioning windmill in the middle of a residential road?How do you reach the very end of the solar system? Where can you walk in the middle of a 15,000-year-old bog, or swim in a pool once powered by fruit pastilles? Discover Europe's largest plastic-bottomed lakeExplore Betty's underground Dive BarMarvel at the fastest rocket to ever have flown in Earth's atmosphereExplore the secret ceremony room of the FreemasonsPhotograph York's most prestigious postboxAll this and more can be enjoyed with Secret York. Far from the crowds and the usual clichés, York has a plenty of undiscovered hidden treasures for people who know how to wander off the beaten track. Let Secret York be your guide.

Let Secret Mexico guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Mexico 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. Secret Mexico features 185+ secret and unusual locations.Inside Secret Mexico City: The forgotten cafe where Fidel Castro and Che Guevara used to meet, a tribute to the city's ghosts, a mammoth in the metro, a cave transformed into a shrine, an underground parking lot with mosaics dating from 1930, a Baroque altarpiece made from papier mache, a village based on the principles of Thomas More's Utopia, secret masterpieces of colonial art in rooms only open around two hours a week, the largest roof garden in Latin America, the photo on which the Oscar statuette is modelled, the first building in the world faced with a material that can trap urban smog, a road surface designed for praying as you walk...Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, Mexico City is filled with hidden treasures revealed only to the residents and visitors who leave the beaten path.An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Mexico City well or for those wishing to discover another facet of the city.

Let Secret Brooklyn guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Brooklyn 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 its third edition, Secret Brooklyn features 120 secret and unusual locations. Inside Secret Brooklyn : One of the weirdest and most glorious museums this weird and glorious city has ever seen, one of only two trees that have been designated as New York City landmarks, the oldest building in New York City, the hobbit doors of Dennet Place, a park with only one tree, learn how to breathe fire, swallow swords, hammer a nail into your skull and charm a snake, the oldest subway tunnel in the world, world's smallest Torah, a secret museum built into the hallway of a Williamsburg apartment, a farm inside Domino Sugar factory site, world's first commercial rooftop vineyard...Don't miss - Each chapter of this Secret Brooklyn travel guide book corresponds to a different part of the borough 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 part of the borough.

Let Secret Potsdam guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Potsdam guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this 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.A piece of the summit of Kilimanjaro at the New Palace, a swasticak in Sanssouci Park, a remnant of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, the starry ceiling of a villa alluding to the Masonic setting of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute, a spectacular Expressionist tomb, a stone that sings in the heart of the city, a copy of the music pavilion of one of King Louis XV's mistresses, a luminous art installation under a bridge, a carved monkey from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, chimneys replicating those at Hampton Court in London, the esoteric passions of Emperor Frederick William II, a column to commemorate the deat of a parrot, a tower to calculated the displacement of the Earth's rotational axis, the last witness to the extraordinary epic of silk production in the Babelsberg district, a woman who disguised herself as a man to fight Napoleon, the spectacular hidden remains of Katharinenholz firing range, the forgotten mock-ups in Zeppelin Park...Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, Potsdam holds many well-hidden treasures that are revealed only to local residents and travellers who know where to step off the beaten track.

** “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.