Glasgow is full of hidden treasures that many residents go past without realising their significance. They include a beautiful garden inside a hospital; a staircase once celebrated by Einstein; the remains of a workhouse and a Roman wall; a lost burn and a reminder of the Spanish Civil War; a stranded column in the Clyde and a Celtic gravestone; a derelict railway platform; a stone that flew over the Irish Sea and the burial place of a Scot who became an American hero.
Secret Los Angeles
Los Angeles is surprisingly more than just celebrities, beaches, and theme parks. From bison in the wild, to the actual end of Route 66; an old Cold War army base; a monument to a Japanese man recognized as Righteous Among the Nations; the original Batcave; a unique statue of a shirtless Abraham Lincoln and an abandoned Nazi camp.
Secret Paris
For those who know Paris well, the city is still teeming with unusual and secret places that are easily accessible. Winemaking firefighters; a tree in a church; an inverted phallus at a well-known entrance; an atomic bomb shelter under Gare de l’Est; unsuspected traces of former brothels; the patron saint of motorists; royal monograms hidden in the Louvre courtyard; a prehistoric merry-go-round; a sundial designed by Dalí; war-wounded palm trees and bullet holes at the ministry and a blockhouse in the Bois de Boulogne.
Soul of Marrakesh Yves
St Laurent’s private library; the best orange juice in the Jamaa el-Fna square; the most beautiful riads and the best restaurants far from the tourist crowds; a night in a tent in the desert and a secret museum where everything is for sale. Alliance members are welcome to request these and any Jonglez publication as a review copy.
Eleni at eleni@jonglezpublishing.com
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