Let Secret Belfast guide you around the unusual & unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Belfast guide book & let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants & curious visitors 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 & 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 & 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 & mystery, Belfast, far from the crowds & 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. ...

Let Secret Brighton guide you around the unusual & unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Brighton guide book & let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants & curious visitors alike. Wander through a hidden city orchard, hang out with a 19th-century circus troupe, find a forgotten railway line in the sea, discover Brighton`s only waterfall, visit a hidden pet cemetery, borrow books from the secret library in a fridge, unearth a long-forgotten mural, browse a museum in a back-street chip shop, tap the nose of a gargoyle & make a wish, enter an Earthship, step inside a secret walled garden & play glow-in-the-dark miniature golf with dinosaurs. Away from the cliched seaside sights, Brighton is a city full of hidden treasures revealed to residents & travellers who like to wander off the beaten path. Secret Brighton An Unusual Travel Guide is the perfect companion for those ready to discover the unusual & underground & see the city through new eyes. ...

” Secret Britain” is an exploration of the fascinating & beautiful, yet more obscure & less-visited, corners of the country. Landscapes & heritage sites that receive little coverage in more conventional guides are revealed here in all their glory, & there is a diverse range of locations to suit every mood. Travel from the rugged beaches of Cornwall to the ancient burial sites of the Orkney Islands, & in between encounter a colourful mix of museums, stately homes, pubs, abbeys, monuments, nature reserves, & the many other gems that add to the rich tapestry of this unique & exciting country. Tom Quinn brings the fascinating architecture, eccentricities of local culture, breathtaking landscapes & mystical heritage of Britain to life with his lively commentary. Each chapter is accompanied by a full-colour map & Chris Coe`s beautiful photography, which captures the unique character of each site. ...

Some of our most intriguing history is missing. Perhaps there has been a conspiracy, a cover-up? Or maybe some stories have been lost, forgotten or were just too embarrassing to talk about at the time? But now they are back, revealed in all their glory: secret passages, events, societies, loves, identities & even dark secrets of the grave. After much sleuthing, Justin Pollard takes us into undisclosed historical waters to discover why the city of Burlington isn`t on the map; how ` Agent Pickle` saved the lost treasure of Bonnie Prince Charlie; what Sir Thomas Overbury knew in 1613 that got him murdered with a poisoned enema & how Virginia Woolf sweet-talked her way aboard HMS Dreadnought dressed as Abyssinian Prince. Secret Britain will also reveal the tragic love story behind the Rolls Royce mascot; how agent Garbo managed to get an MBE & an Iron Cross; the sinister properties of the Hand of Glory; the lost smuggling ship Peggy; the Mystery Runner of Nos Galan; the extraordinary history of the Fairy Flag of Dunvegan; London`s only Nazi war memorial & the secrets of the WWII Monopoly board. ...

Far from the crowds & the usual cliches, Jonglez Secrets Guides reveal a number of hidden treasures for those who know how to wander off the beaten track. An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew a destination well, or who would like to discover the hidden face of a city. ...

A statue denouncing corruption, a palatial allegory of Dante`s Divine Comedy, an exceptional psychedelic private museum, a monument to a police dog, Garcia Lorca`s room at the Castelar Hotel, the toilets of a bar where the acoustics were exceptional, reminders of an attempted coup, a dome worthy of Gaudi. Far from the crowds & the usual cliches, Buenos Aires hides its treasures well, only revealing them to residents & travellers who wander off the beaten track. An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew the city well or would like to discover its alternative face. ...

A marble plaque that weeps twice a year, exceptional scuba diving among the mosaics & 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 & clich s, 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 & 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. ...

People have been disappearing in what the explorer Stanley called the black heart of Africa
- the impenetrable forests of northern
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The US military built a secret city under the ice sheet of Icel&, during the Cold War; in the Scotland of the 1800s Burke & Hare lurked in the Edinburgh Vaults; in Turkey the subterranean tunnels of Cappadocia housed up to 20, 000 people; the salt mine town of Wieliczka in Poland was built in the 13th century; & the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, was lost for centuries from the late 8th century. Packed with intriguing & haunting photographs this new book charts the many hidden sites of our world, from China, Russia & Poland to the mysterious underground dwellings in the cities of Canada & the USA. ...

Twelve-year-old Scarlett is the star & victim of her mum`s popular blog
- the butt of school jokes, she`s eager to stay firmly
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