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Paris – 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 Paris; 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:Discover the sculpture of the goddess Isis on the façade of the LouvreDecipher the alchemical symbols on Notre-Dame de ParisScrutinize the tortoise-lyres at the Opéra ComiqueClimb the majestic grand staircase of the Ecole de MédecineDecipher Masonic symbols in unsuspected placesVisit a sublime hidden librarySearch for the enigmatic star octahedron on André Breton''s tombAdmire forgotten ceramicsParis is full of iconic sites. But if you’re more interested in the unusual and unfamiliar, turn to the Secret Atlas of Paris to uncover your new favourite location through this sumptuously illustrated guide. An ideal gift for the Paris afficionado in your life. 

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. 

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.

Enjoy unforgettable experiences with the Soul of Detroit guide. Here are unforgettable experiences that capture the soul of Detroit. Discover the best experiences, interviews with those who give the city its spirit and illustrations that capture the city''s soul.Inside Soul of Detroit you can:Get a massage with oak leavesLearn feather bowlingEat 100% made-in-Detroit chocolatesHave breakfast in a Gothic churchEnjoy a free meal in a Buddhist templeSavour the city''s hippest beerSleep in an airplane hangarVisit the largest Masonic temple in the USHave a spell cast on you while sipping a magic cocktailSee a movie and an organ concert in a 1930s theatreWalk Detroit''s only islandGet lost in a huge used-book storeEat farm-fresh food by the canalsDo yoga and drink bone brothSoul of Detroit is written by Margot Guicheteau who explored the city at length to discover the multiple facets of this legendary city that is capable of reinventing itself and surprising us.If we really want to experience the true essence of Detroit today, where do we go? Soul of Detroit 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 Detroit together.

Let Secret Singapore guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Singapore guide book. Let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this amazing city. Featuring 160 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret Singapore guide is ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.Spot a lighthouse on the top of a 25-storey apartment blockSee unique rocky area that looks like Guilin in ChinaDiscover the remains of a Shinto shrine built in the jungle by prisoners of warFind the houses from the Ming and Qing periods donated by Jackie ChanWitness the bottoms of soya-sauce bottles used to decorate the Sultan MosqueSee the ''leaning tower'' of SingaporeExplore the last remaining stretch of natural beachSpot the beautiful modernist door of a former biscuit factoryUncover a hidden kampong (rural village) dwarfed by residential towersMarvel at the splendidly preserved old Changi prison gatesFar from the crowds and the usual cliches, Singapore offers many off-beat experiences and is home to plenty 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 Singapore well or would like to discover another side of the city-state. From the publishers of the best-selling Secret London:an unusual guide comes this 2nd edition of Secret Singapore guide. Authors Heidi Sarna and Jerome Lim have thoroughly explored the city streets, seeking out the hidden, eccentric and overlooked to create this definitive insider''s guide to Singapore.

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.

Take a tour of the city''s best pizzas, sleep in an old palace, discover the secrets of the MuCEM, explore Marseille''s café-bar culture, follow in Pagnol''s footsteps, visit a villa-art gallery, order a legendary fruit juice, breakfast at the top of the Calanques... This collection is a new approach to the art of traveling 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.

Let Secret Florence guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Florence guide book. Let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures and secret places of this amazing city. Featuring over 150 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret Florence guide is ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.Inside Secret Florence guide:Visit a church in a prisonLearn how Florence became the centre of hermetism during the Renaissance and where you can still find traces of it todayEscape from the crowds of tourists to visit little-known artistic masterpiecesHead off to hunt for the 34 plaques displaying quotes from the “Divine Comedy”Fill up your tank at a vintage service stationHave your children count the number of bees sculpted on the monument to the glory of Ferdinand ILook for the last wine distributors of the RenaissanceNotice the minuscule windows designed to let children look out quietly onto the streetVisit superb private gardens that even the Florentines don’t know aboutLearn how the purple colour of the Fiorentina football team is connected to the pee of a Florentine crusader in Palestine …Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, Florence 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 Florence well or would like to discover the other face of the city. The definitive insider’s guide to Florence.

Let Secret Bali guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Bali 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.Inside you can discover: Black sand that has healing powerBali''s most beautiful and least-visited rice terracesA very special gift to take home from BaliA workshop where Batiks are created with unique natural dyesThe flute-playing pigeons of UbudAn enchanting village of traditionally styled bamboo roofsA haunting reunion of some of Bali''s most outrageous demonsOne of the world''s best unofficial street art exhibitionsAn ancient fertility statue with more than the usual quota of penisesA mysterious breed of cattle?Bali offers countless opportunities to step off the beaten path and is home to any number of well-hidden treasures that are revealed only to residents and travellers who are ready to explore.?Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, Bali 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 Bali well.

Let Secret Venice guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.Allow the award-winning Secret Venice guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Venice 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 7th edition, Secret Venice features over 270 secret and unusual locations:Discover the secrets of St. Mark''s Basilica without any touristDecipher the capitals of the palace of the DogesTake the only underground canal in VeniceLook out for of the alchemical sculpture of the winged horseOpen your eyes to traces of the Teriaca, this miracle drink that was long made in VeniceTear up the paintings of the Scuola di San Rocco according to the principles of the Hebrew Kabbalah Visit an underground graveyardPush the doors of palaces and monasteries to walk in unsuspected gardensAdmire the extraordinary forgotten library of the Venice seminarySleep in a sublime room hidden in a palaceGo shopping at the women''s prison market of the GiudeccaPlay petanque in the heart of the cityMake a retreat in a wonderful monastery of the lagoon ...Each chapter of this Secret Venice travel guide book corresponds to a different part of the city so that one can always find a hidden or secret place to discover. Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, Venice 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 Venice well or would like to discover the other face of the city.The definitive insider’s guide to Venice.

Why is there a stone relief of Grace Kelly on the wall of Seville Town Hall and how can you track down the railway from the Ibero-American Expo of 1929? Where might you find the legacy of Christopher Columbus'' son, a medieval Jewish cemetery in a car park, the oddest of barbershops, forgotten souvenirs from the Guadalquivir steamboats, Masonic symbols in a church, the last remaining vestiges of the Andalusian pavilions from the ''29 Expo, a little known Modernist electric power station, an example of the Nazi Enigma machine, a collection of Chinese and Japanese art in a Renaissance mansion or the pillars of a medieval synagogue?

A game of pétanque played with square boules, an astonishing aerial well, stained-plastic windows, a marble bench built in memory of the Queen of England’s haemophiliac son, the instruments oft he Passion of Christ, a cannon that fires cherry stones, a good-luck pig, a mysterious pyramid, a monument to secret agents, an entire village that ‘moved house’, a gas mask for horses, a statue sculpted by Saint Luke, a chapel showing the dead rising from their tombs, a trapdoor in the nave of a church that opens onto a rushing torrent, a restaurant in an Orient Express railway car, Babar’s beach, Tintin’s Black Island, and Sleeping Beauty’s chateau, a chance to admire the Riviera’s first pair of naked breasts, or spend the night sleeping in a tree …

Grotesque statues of (Thai hermits) have become deities for gamblers praying for lucky lottery numbers, the graves of the outcast Ahmadiyya followers are far from the mainstream Muslim cemetery, a Russian Orthodox Church with Malaysian converts, the graves of a married couple of Muslim missionaries from Baghdad have become a shrine, the little-known colonial crest of Kuala Lumpur found on the portico of an old building, a priceless and secret relic from the German bombing of London...these are things unknown to most residents of the city. Away from the towering skyscrapers, modern shopping malls filled with designer brands, and the usual touristy sites with stalls selling kitschy souvenirs, there are still some interesting secrets to be discovered in Kuala Lumpur, hidden in the back lanes and byways of the concrete jungle.

Falling asleep in an old meeting house, hallucinating in front of the Art Nouveau, gorging yourself on transcendent pralines and divine chips, approaching God, entering a cathedral forest, rubbing shoulders with the Justice, greeting Erasmus, revealing the future, finding peace, ending up in a hospice... This collection is a new approach to the art of traveling 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.

The Venetian trattoria of your dreams, a restaurant at the end of the world, rent a floor of a sublime Renaissance palazzo on the Grand Canal, marvel at the interior of Saint Mark's Basilica after hours, sleep beneath a Tiepolo fresco, learn where to find the best gelato in Venice, pick up a pair of those famous gondolier slippers, and eat the best panini, get the Clock Tower on Saint Mark's Square all to yourself for an ultra-chic aperitivo hour, and rent a traditional boat without a license so you can cruise along the canals like a native…30 exceptional experiences in Venice that, among other things, will let you to escape the hoards of tourists ravaging La Serenissima …The “Soul of” collection is a new approach to the art of traveling 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 collection will continue to expand with new cities in 2020: Rome, Bali, New York, Berlin ...Every 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- illustrations that capture the city's soul

Why is the Portuguese coat of arms set at an angle of 17° on the façade of Rossio station? Where in Portugal was The Magic Flute played for the first time and why did Mozart dedicate it to his master Cagliostro? What is the theory concerning the fifth dynasty of Portugal, traces of which are found in the street layout? Where can you find the most beautiful azulejos secreted around the city? Why and how did Lusitania become Portugal (Porto Graal), the place harboring the legendary Holy Grail? Where can you find the Lisboan serial killer''s head preserved in formalin? Why was the south doorway of the Jerónimos Monastery designed according to Hebrew Kabbalistic principles? What symbols are concealed within the Saint Vincent polytych at the Museum of Antique Arts? Who in fact are the Sebastianists, messianic in the style of Shiite Muslims, awaiting the return of the lost King Sebastian?Since the Middle Ages, Lisbon has been a favorite site for the development and application of the theories of alchemist kings, masonic ministers, occult poets, followers of hermeticism and the secret knowledge of the Knights Templar, who found refuge in Portugal after they were banned from the rest of Europe in the 14th century.Far from usual crowds and clichés, Lisbon still keeps well-hidden treasures that it reveals only to the inhabitants and the travelers who know how to think outside the box.