This small hotel is just a short walk from the ferry terminal on a quiet cobbled street and is only a few minutes from the town centre. There are bars and good eating places nearby, such as Joda bar. The rooms are not huge but are light and modern with showers. There is a lounge area for guests to sit in. Breakfasts are ample with an array of fruit juices, cereals, breads, cheeses, meats etc.

The owner and her young staff are very friendly and helpful and the atmosphere is relaxed. It can be booked through the Destination Gotland website as can the ferry to Visby which is a great place for a relaxed time.

4-6 Korsgatan
tel: 46 498-210 211
www.stenugnen.nu/
email: info@stenugnen.nu

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Vivaro is a new bar on the main Amalfi coast road as it passes through Praiano.

It opened at the beginning of June 2007 and specialises in Italian wines.

It is contemporary rather than traditional in design, more like a bar in Milan or Florence in looks but much friendlier.

The English-speaking owner Gennaro is very welcoming and enthusiastic in sharing his knowledge of regional wines, of which he has many examples.

The food is simple (panini, torte etc) but tasty. We popped in for one drink and ended up staying the whole evening and going back the next evening as well. We got talking to one of the regular customers, Sylvia, who, it turned out, had once worked in Ipswich. It is indeed a small world.

Highly recommended.

Via Capriglione, Praiano.
Telephone: 3355624805.
No train station.
Sita buses pass through Praiano.

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The best independent record shop in Manchester specialising in world music, country, folk, jazz etc. Nick and Simon are very enthusiastic and knowledgeable and happy to order if it's not in the shop. Stop being lazy and ordering on the net and come here instead!

61 Thomas Street
0161 833 0003
Email: nickswift@freenet.co.uk

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The best no frills curry cafe in the city centre. Rice, 3 vegetable curies and naan for under £4. The food is always freshly cooked and delicious. Follow it with a drink at the Odd Bar or Bay Horse further along the street.

Thomas Street, city centre

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The library is a hidden gem, being one of the most important and remarkable collections in the country on the history of the radical, trade union and labour movement. As well as books, it has banners, prints, photos, posters, badges and many other artifacts.

The collection begins with Thomas Paine in the 1790s and goes right up to the present day, taking in chartists, socialists, suffragettes and suffragists, the Spanish civil war, the miners strike of 84/85 etc.

It was started by Ruth and Edmund Frow in their own home in the 1950s and now fills 40 rooms in a former Edwardian nurses home. Visitors are welcome by prior arrangement (phone or email first).

Sadly, Ruth Frow died on January 11 2008, aged 84.

51 Crescent, Salford M5 4WX
Tel: 0161 736 3601
email:enquiries@wcml.org.uk
www.wcml.org.uk
Nearest rail station is Salford Crescent (3 mins). Many buses pass the library.

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