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5 Secret Restaurants in Paris. Promise you won’t tell anyone…!

5 Secret Restaurants in Paris

1. L’Etage de Pastavino – Saint Germain’s best-kept secret It just looks like an ordinary Italian deli (épicerie in French) on a bustling market street in Saint Germain … but it’s hiding a secret in a dark corner at the back. Indicated only by two blackboards nearly tucked out of sight, something well-worth discovering is at the top of this winding staircase … Disappear past the shelves of Italian produce and find yourself in a charming, chic and cosy dining room upstairs… Jazz music plays softly in the background.

We didn’t order this little plate, but it came anyway. Venice-scenery-935-2.jpg (1280×720) LofotenNorway.jpg (1500×853) Lofoten. 14 places to fall in love with France. By Madeleine Wilson Secluded beaches, UNESCO buildings, fairytale castles… coming right up.

14 places to fall in love with France

France has a rich and diverse heritage with both architectural and natural treasures to ogle. From the stunning aquamarine gorges of Verdon to the proud medieval city of Carcassonne, we have put together a list of 14 beautiful spots in France, each with their own je ne sais quoi, that promise to spark a lifelong romance! 1. Villa Vals. If you're in Switzerland and looking for a nice place to stay, Villa Vals might just be your thing.

Villa Vals

The holiday house is created by Bjarne Mastenbroek and Christian Müller, respectively of architectural offices SeARCH and CMA. To avoid disturbing nature the villa is totally integrated into the landscape and only the entrance is visible. For the interior the duo decided upon traditional contemporary Dutch design, creating a natural, serene environment. Villa Vals is now available to rent via their website. All photos by Iwan Baan. www.villavals.ch. 4 Stars Luxury Suite Hotel Firefly, Zermatt, Switzerland. 10 of the Most Beautiful Castles in Italy. Scaligero Castle on Lake Garda Not all ruins and churches, Italy has some of the most beautiful castles in Europe!

10 of the Most Beautiful Castles in Italy

Here’s our list, in photos, of the 10 prettiest castles in Italy. Fortress of San Nicola, Tremiti Islands. Sleep in a bubble - unusual night for lovers with Attrap'Rêves. Magic Beauty Of Italian Coastal Cities. I think you would not refuse to live in any of these towns in Italy.

Magic Beauty Of Italian Coastal Cities

There’s a calm, picturesque, sunny and these cities are located near the azure sea. The official travel webpage for Lofoten. Neuschwanstein.jpg (1600×1200) Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany.

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The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as an homage to Richard Wagner. Contrary to common belief, Ludwig paid for the palace out of his personal fortune and extensive borrowing, not with Bavarian public funds. The palace was intended as a personal refuge for the reclusive king, but it was opened to the paying public immediately after his death in 1886. Since then over 60 million people have visited Neuschwanstein Castle. More than 1.3 million people visit annually, with up to 6,000 per day in the summer.The palace has appeared prominently in several movies and was the inspiration for Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle and later, similar structures. Amalfi Coast Italy Photography.

Positano - a charming stop for lunch along the Amalfi Coast There’s more to Italy than Rome and Tuscany.

Amalfi Coast Italy Photography

Melissani Undercover Cave and Lake. One of the Ionian islands in Greece, Kefalonia is definitely the greenest and greatest.

Melissani Undercover Cave and Lake

There’s great quantity of gorgeous nature and breathtaking landscape there. The world's highest chained carousel, located in Vienna, at a height of 117 meters. - Mingle Roo Social Network. Hotel & Igloo Village Kakslauttanen. Oia Santorini: Oia village in the island of Santorini, Greece, Cyclades. Colosseum. The Italian Hotel built inside Abandoned Medieval Grottos. Okay come with me, we’re going to explore every inch of this hotel built inside the deserted grottos of an Italian mountain village from the Middle Ages.

The Italian Hotel built inside Abandoned Medieval Grottos

The cliffs of the Gravina River Valley in Matera Italy are believed to be the site of the first human settlements in the country. So let’s begin our tour of this extremely off-beat, no doubt unique and very chic hotel, La Grotta della Civita… The Town With No Roads. Aurora Borealis : Iceland Photo tours: Iceland Aurora Photo tours. The Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights is a light phenomenon that occurs as a result of solar winds reaching earth’s outer atmosphere and burning different gases to give a range of different colours.

Aurora Borealis : Iceland Photo tours: Iceland Aurora Photo tours

The best place to see them would surely be from a very high viewpoint just outside earth’s atmosphere. Here on earth however, we need to travel to cold countries near the point where you would see the midnight sun in the summer and very short days in the winter. Iceland is one of those places. It is just touched by the Arctic circle on its very north isle of Grimsey, but most of Iceland is good for northern lights. Extra Info... 66 Beautiful Small Cities & Towns In Europe. There is a cafe that sits right on the borderline between Belgium and Netherlands. Email.