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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.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19360 Vivaro bar, Praiano http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13237
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.

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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.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/8927