HIDDEN GEMS by Silvia Díaz de Alda Sans https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems Off the beaten path or just beautiful spots which nobody knows about. en-us 2017-11-29 14:40:21 UTC 2023-02-08 17:57:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Manbag.png THE CLOISTERS (New York) by Silvia sdiazde https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/211456602 One of my favourite museums is the Metropolitan in NY. Very few people visit the Cloisters, a branch of the museum dedicated to art of Medieval Europe.
Its name comes from the medieval cloisters that form the core of the building The galleries ressemble chapels, so  exhibits are shown as they were inteded to be shown back in time.
It really shocked me to find images and tombs from the Seu Vella so far from its original location.

]]> 2017-11-29 15:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/211456602 https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/212221218 Ellen's Stardust Diner, New York.
By Montse
Following the track of New York, you can take a break and eat tasty American food surrounded by really good Broadway singers. They belong to the staff of several musical shows as substitutes or they are beginners who want to have a chance in the castings.
The amazing point is that they are singing beautiful songs in lovely voices while they are taking your order, serving a plate or taking on the check.  
It was a cheaper approach to the Broadway ambience if you can't afford those expensive fares.

]]> 2017-12-01 12:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/212221218 Kasbah Dar Ahlam in Tinerhir By Teresa Tost https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/212366072 If you visit Morocco and you want to know the real Morocco not only the cities where all tourists went in the coast you had to visit the Sahara Desert. For me it’s the most amazing place where I had ever been and for instance if you want to taste delicious typical Berber food you have to go to Kasbah Dar Ahlam in Tinerhir. A very stunning restaurant near the Toldra gorgeous.

]]> 2017-12-01 17:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/212366072 Experiencing a hidden square in Boí Valley https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/212488541 Hello classmates! I'd like to offer you the really easy possibility of experiencing (www.pirineusexperience.com) a special hidden square where silent and peace becomes something real. If you come tot visit Boí Valley, as you live in Lleida, you can't miss a small square in the old town of Boí village, which is inclosed by XII century walls as strong and large granit made that keep you isolated of any noyse all around! Here you can relax and imagine how life was in the Middle Ages and travel back to history.]]> 2017-12-02 09:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/212488541 Basilica of Sacré Coeur, Paris https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/212495909 It was a trip to Paris few years ago. One of the places that surprised me was this huge Basilica, placed alt the narrow quarter of Montmatre, but not for its restrained architecture, just for its special and lively atmosphere.
You could seat in its stairs for hours, watching all kind of performances : folk, pop, rock singers, out of fashion clowns, jugglers with soccer balls, hip-hop dancers, fire-eaters, and so on.
I remember there were a crowd of people spending time, until the night fell down . But the show never ended.]]> 2017-12-02 10:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/212495909 Ria d' Arousa by Cristina Vicandi https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/212501267 If you are already planning your summer holidays I have a suggestion visit Ria d' Arousa in Pontevedra. We spent a wonderful time in June running away from Lleida heat. We booked a boat trip and they explained about the seafood raising, oysters, scallops and mussels. Then we could enjoy mussels and Albariño wine as much as we wanted. We got out of the boat happier than ever!]]> 2017-12-02 12:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/212501267 Monte dei Cappuccini, Torino by Eva Garcia Vilimelis garciavilimelis https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/212522550 If you ever visit Torino (wich I suggest you to do) you must go to Monte dei Cappuccini. It's a little church at the top of a hill very near to the city center. You can reach it on food easily, it's a nice walk. But the great thing is not the church but the astonishing view of Torino with the Alps at the back. It left me breathless every time I've been there!]]> 2017-12-02 16:34:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/212522550 Monte Igueldo by Oscar https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/212569926 One place I have visited several times (I just visited it last week) is Monte Igueldo in San Sebastian (Basque Country). It is a very nice place where you can glimpse all the city. Yo can go up to the mountain by using a cableway built over 100 years ago. On the top, and if you go with children, you can enjoy a little theme park. And once in the city, it is recommendable to eat the typical "pintxos" with "Txakoli".]]> 2017-12-03 08:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/212569926 Sachsenhausen concentration camp by Alex https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/212617801 By far, it is the most shocking place I’ve ever been. If you visit Berlin, Sachsenhausen is placed only one hour by train from the city center, in Oranienburg. It wasn’t the hugest Nazi concentration camp but had its significance in the proceedings that the rest of the camps were ruled. It was in  Sachsenhausen where Nazis proved new ways of torture, medical experimentation and methods of mass killing such as gas chambers, if they were successful they used them in the rest of death camps. Sachsenhausen is nowadays a horror museum where Germans rebuilt the whole camp as in 1940,the buildings,  the characterization, the picture’s collection and the frightening silence in the camp make it really worth to visit. 

]]> 2017-12-03 16:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/212617801 Omaha Beach by Chelo plaaragonescons https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/212964713 Normandia has a lot of beautiful landscapes, magnificent beaches and charming villages. Its history, so related to the building of the UK, is also a surprising tale of conquerors, kings and queens, alliances, revenges and different people all along the centuries, leaving their footprint. But none of those glorious facts came to my head when I visited Omaha Beach. When I first visited that beautiful beach I could help myself thinking on the terrible drama lived there in the World War II.  How many young men died there? Among them was, maybe,  the inventor of the AIDS vaccine, or the greatest musician of all the times, or just a loving son that couldn’t hold his mum’s hand when she breathe her last breath … Holidays are also a perfect time to think about us as human beings and as human race, enjoy the moment and, why not?, try to be a better person.

]]> 2017-12-04 17:16:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/212964713 As Catedrais beach by Gonzalo Roig https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/213262311 If you have the opportunity of visiting Galicia once in your life make sure that you don't miss the opportunity! Likely don't forget to visit "As Catedrais beach" which is considered one of the most impressive beaches in the world and where films have been recorded. None of this surprises me because when I went there I wonder if I was on another planet.  Huge, natural sculpted rocks rise from the ground, like if they where giants standing immobile watching how the waves go and come. Moreover, if you go during a month with "Marea viva" in a few minutes the level of the sea can grow a meter! This phenomenon would be the icing on the cake!]]> 2017-12-05 13:19:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/213262311 Aran Islands by Mercè Espuñes https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/213361565 Aran Islands are located in south of Galway (Ireland) and they are a little archipelago of three larger islands: Inis Mór, Inis Meáin, and Inis Oírr. "The soile is almost paved over with stones" wrote Roderic O'Flaherty. The stone built- forts are splendid examples of barbaric monuments in Europe, a common type of circular stone-built cashel. Dún Eochla is the name of the fort (below): oval stone fort with an outer rampart. Aran Islands are plain, full of natural terraces separated by stones and rocks. There are big cliffs where the atlantic ocean crushes...a lot of wind and rain..and also loneliness. ]]> 2017-12-05 16:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/213361565 Castle of Carcassonne by Ariadna Arànega https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/213399161 If you ever visit Carcassonne (France) you must go to the Castle of Carcassonne is attached to the outer walls of the medieval Citadel. It surprised me a lot since it really seemed fresh out of a fantastic story. I also liked that in summer there are knight tournaments set in medieval times.
 If you like to travel and discover historical places, you really have to visit it. The Citadel is charming and inside it there is a great variety of shops and restaurants.

]]> 2017-12-05 17:10:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/213399161 Cala del Plomo & Cala de Enmedio by Ana Morales https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/213399397 In the southern coast of Spain, in the Natural Park of Cabo de Gata, there is a wide virgin beach with calm crystallin water and soft sand called Cala del Plomo. In its limestone rocks the sea has sculpted curious forms that simulate small pools where people seat and have a bath. Its clear water and its biodiversity make this beach a perfect place to practice snorkel or any kind of aquatic activity. You can only reach it after several kilometers of dirt track through the desert of Almeria, which ensures that you are going to visit a place off the beaten path. 

Even more lonely, quiet and relaxing is Cala de Enmedio, where you can only arrive by foot from Cala del Plomo, through a very narrow path that runs between the hills. With soft dark sand and few people even in August, it’s the perfect place to enjoy the nature, the sea and the beach avoiding overcrowded destinations. 

]]> 2017-12-05 17:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/213399397 Kohtuosta viewing platform, Toompea Hill in Tallin by Joana Castillo castillonegrojo https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/218241930 If you have the opportunity to visit Estonia and it's main city, Tallin, don't forget to spend at least some minutes in this quaint space. Just walk around the streets of the Old Town  and climb up to this viewing platform to have an awesome sight of the Old Town with entouring towers, the red roofs of the houses, the tower of the Saint Mary's Church or the Gulf of Finland. Whenever you go there will be plenty of people and it's a small space, but wait just a bit for your turn and you will have a great experience. Surely, you will also be lucky and there will be a musician nearby playing some music.]]> 2018-01-01 10:52:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/218241930 Merzouga dessert; Morocco by Pilar Pallas pilarpal13 https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/349126551 No matter which dessert you choose, when you are isolated in the top of a Dune you feel as time doesn’t, count.
If you remain enough time you can realize that the landscape is changing constantly due to the wind
You feel attraction to put your foot racks, but in few minutes or sometime hours, the sand recuperates their shape , telling you that you don,t belong there
And what about a sun rising reflecting in thousand of small sand grain as littles mirrors?]]> 2019-04-06 07:04:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/349126551 https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/349156171 Jerash, ruins of the walled Greco-Roman settlement of Gerasa. (Jordan), by Anna Canela Xandri.

I completely felt in love with that country and all of its hidden gems. I have really beautiful memories about my jaunt there. I travelled to Jordan with the idea to visit Petra and the Dead sea, but I discovered many other places and a very rich culture that made that country and my trip there one of the ones I more like from all my experiences. I didn't expect to found there places like Jerash, I really recommend it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerash]]> 2019-04-06 14:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/sdiazde/hiddengems/wish/349156171