http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37463 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37463 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37366 Inside you'll find the odd tourist that's found their way there but you'll mostly see chefs buying wholesale and locals buying their ingredients for that night's dinner.
The smell of truffles as you walk in will wash over you and, if you're anything like me, pull you in like the tractor beam in Star Wars. It's got some amazing wines (nearly all varieties of Super Tuscans), cheeses, olive oils, bread, huge bags of fresh porcini mushrooms (depending on the time of year) but, for me anyway, the main reason to go is for the cafes at the rear of the market. There's always a queue and it's packed with locals. A good sign. It's very cheap (about €3.50 for a main and €2 for a medium caraffe of wine. The porchetta sandwiches at Nerbone at €3.5 are an absolute must. They're incredible.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37366 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37251 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37251 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37243 www.growingwell.co.uk/), where volunteers grow vegetables and support is offered to help them return to employment. You can buy their veg in the farm shop, which sells a wide range of other yummy local food, including cheese made from the farm’s dairy herd. Foodie heaven. You can also buy crafts and some lovely quirky gifts from the shop. Or there’s a two mile farm trail to work up an appetite and admire the free range hens whose eggs you have just bought. A lovely afternoon, or morning. And for southerners visiting the Lake District, it’s perfectly situated on the A591 between Kendal and the M6 for a stop off to stock up on Cumbrian delicacies for your way home.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37243 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37170 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37170 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37167 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37167 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36983 Waltons was founded in the early 1920's and is a music school as well as a musical instrument shop. Although you may not be able to drag a piano all the way home, a tin whistle from Waltons makes for a quirky little musical souvenir.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36983 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36974 Prices are fixed and the pendants, ear-rings and other items I bought seem well made and are just that little bit different and quirky. Besides, you are left free to browse without pressure to buy!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36974 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36744 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36744 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36730 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36730 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36715 Then follow the old city wall encircling the Old Town, now a 4km park segmented with tree lined avenues and Art Nouveau and Romantic architecture. Explore the cobbled streets and relax with the locals on the grass by the river at the base of Wawel Castle.
Look out for the dragon sculpture at the entrance to the cave beside the western slope and wait patiently for a few minutes to witness it breathing fire.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36715 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36701 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36701 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36672 Budapest, like any capital city, has many wonderful places and lots of wonderful dining, too. Food quality in Hungary is top notch with many mouth watering dishes to tempt the pallet. Catfish from Balaton is a firm favourite of mine followed by a slice of Retes which is a type of fruit pie with sour cherries. Regardless of what you eat or do in Budapest you will leave feeling richer for exploring this unique place. To see a city as vibrant and impressive is a wonder you will want to re-live again and again.
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With the winter chill setting in and the outdoors becoming more and more a mission impossible, this is a place you can keep warm and toasty whilst relaxing in the cool breeze and early setting sun.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36376 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36075 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36075 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36072 cottonginlodging.com).]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36072 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36003 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36003 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36001 There are lots of ways to enjoy this beautiful part of the west coast of Scotland, whatever the weather.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36001 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/35991 Would definitely recommend a visit here in the evening. Great buzz about the place especially on the weekend.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/35991