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When you are walking through the parks in Stockholm, keep an eye out for allotments: they are nothing like the UK equivalents. More like small cottages with beautiful cottage gardens. Take a walk around, enjoy the atmosphere and the people taking a break from the city.
Tantolunden and Vitabergsparken, Sodermalm.
www.visitstockholm.com/en/To-Do/Attractions/tantolunden/1169
Google map: bit.ly/rmsE5i
This is the museum of the Nobel Prize Organisation. Not large or overly technical; very interactive, including videos and interviews describing why the work of particular winners was so significant. Particularly enjoyed the displays of items that had been donated. Check out the way the 2010 Physics Prize winners managed to achieve something no one thought was possible- there is hope for us all!
www.nobelmuseum.se/en
Nobelmuseet Stortorget 2, Gamla Stan, Box 2245, 103 16 Stockholm
+46 8 534 818 18
Google map: bit.ly/rnryFV
A great place to break your trip down the West Coast. A beach with surreal driftwood "sculptures", local museum, lots of craft shops, award-winning Cafe de Paris, and very-own glow-worm cave. We only stopped to buy groceries and stayed for the day.
West coast of NZ; 1 hour south of Greymouth.
www.hokitika.org/default.aspx
www.hokitikacraftgallery.co.nz/
Small village on the West Coast 25 mins from Franz Josef. A great place to spend a few days relaxing- local walks along beautiful beaches; to viewpoints over the lagoon and the mountains inland; home to the brown kiwi and the white heron. Kayaking, boat tours, fishing also available. The Franz Josef glacier is an easy 25 minutes drive away.
It was beautifully sunny when we were there, while 15 mins inland there was torrential rain.
On the coast 25 mins from Franz Josef.
www.okarito.net/
Range of accommodation available, recommend this one with its outdoor fire bath.
www.holidayhomes.co.nz/new-zealand/south-island/west-coast/okarito/listing/6889.html
No public transport, and need to bring your own provisions.
Rotorua's historic Maori village, including the Tamatekapua Meeting House (Marae) and St Faith's Church. Highly recommend the excellent tours- personal, informal and full of local details; the guides are clearly proud of what they are showing you.
On the lakefront in Rotorua.
www.ohinemutuvillage.com/
Very welcoming B&B located right on the lakeside. Private, quiet with great views across Lake Rotorua from the deck, and a breakfast to match.
At Ngongotaha, 15 mins north of Rotorua.
www.shulaslakehouse.com/
There are a number of megalithic sites just outside Evora that make a great day out. At 7000 years the Almendres Cromlech is one of the oldest stone circles in the world (2000 years older than Stonehenge), made up of 95 stones of varying heights arranged in a horseshoe on the side of a hill covered in cork oak forests. Nearby there is a large menhir, the Almendres Menhir, and the largest dolmen (burial site) in the Iberian peninsula with a central chamber over six metres high, the Anta Grande do Zambujeiro. A nearby cave with sketches of bison and horses at Escoural is currently closed.
All sites can be reached by car down dirt tracks, and would make a great day's mountain biking. The Evora Tourist Information have a good booklet in English and Spanish (and presumably Portugese).
It's hard not to feel a connection when you see these sites that our ancestors built thousands of years ago.
10 kms west of Evora near Guadalope & Valverde.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almendres_Cromlech
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anta_Grande_do_Zambujeiro
A beautiful cottage retreat to relax in near the Alentejo coast two hours south of Lisbon. You could spend the whole week reading books in the garden, enjoy the views and the wildlife on nearby walks or horse rides or go to the local beaches- popular with the Portugese over the summer, but otherwise you'll probably have them to yourself.
The Taylors are great hosts and will help introduce you to this beautiful part of Portugal having lived in Cortinhas for over 20 years.
A stylish medieval town with Roman, Moor and Christian heritage. Great place to spend a few days enjoying the historic sites, local food (recommend Time Out for friendly atmosphere) and cafes (recommened Cafe 35- great patron; and Cafe Arcada- great pastries and 1950s atmosphere). Try the gelados at Gelateria Zoka.
Have fun discovering your own favourites: the old town is a rabbit warren of narrow streets that can easily be walked around, but make for some pretty extreme driving that's not for the faint hearted.
The whole place is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
About 1.5 hours east of Lisbon on the way to the Spanish border.
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