Secret Belfast Guide (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Jonglez, Paris, 2024
- Softcover
- New
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Paperback. 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 Belfast guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Belfast guide book. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Secret Belfast Guide (Paperback)
- Author
- Kathy Curran
- Publisher
- Jonglez, Paris
- Publication year
- 2024
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 2361957132
- ISBN 13
- 9782361957131
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Discover ‘Pogue’s Entry’ Historical Cottage that stands just off the road in the centre of town and has a peaceful garden, surrounded by period buildings.
- Visit the Tropical Ravine house where you can walk round the botanical gardens which has an extremely rare one-celled fern known as the ‘Killarney fern’.
- Uncover ‘Crash on the Hill’ artefacts where you will find the remains of a plane that crashed on Cave Hill in 1944.
- Enjoy Belvoir Forest Park where you will uncover Ireland’s oldest oak tree which was planted in 1642 and at its largest, its girth would have measured around 9 metres.
- Stroll around the Linen Hall Library to view the ‘Troubled Images’ exhibition, a collection of 70 thought-provoking and iconic posters. Why You’ll Love Secret Belfast:
- Over 100 quirky, surprising, and little-known places
- Perfect for curious travellers, locals, and armchair explorers
- Packed with insider tips from local experts Kathy Curran and Lorenza Bacino who have lived and worked Belfast their whole life
- A celebration of Belfast’s hidden stories, oddities, and forgotten corners
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About the Author
Lorenza Bacino is a freelance j o u r n a l i s t a n d t r a v e l writer. She is a former radio broadcaster and has also worked as a language teacher, translator and editor. She is usually busy thinking about where to travel to next. Interests and hobbies include books, film and art. Her family would say she needs to improve her cooking skills - Lorenza tends to agree.
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