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WORD OF MOUTH
GOSSIP FROM THE NETWORK
€25
MADRID
Cost of hiring an
iPad for a day’s
sightseeing,
thanks to
PadInTheCity, a
scheme unique to
the Iberian capital.
The tablets come
stocked with apps,
like Metro Madrid
and iTranslate,
but don’t lose it:
there’s a hefty
€390 deposit.
padinthecity.com
166KG
JERSEY
Weight of an
unexploded
German Roll
Mine, left over
fromWorldWar
II, that was found
recently by staff
at Gorey Castle
in Jersey. The
bomb was safely
detonated with
no loss of life or
injury, leaving
a 15ft-wide hole
in the sand.
€11
PARIS
Fine that will be
levied on those
who fail to carry
a breathalyser
kit when driving
through France
after new
legislation is
introduced in
July this year. The
tests, which cost
€2-€5, will be sold
at ferry and tunnel
terminals, and at
French airports.
£2.2M
LIVERPOOL
Cost of turning
a Liverpudlian
landfill site into
a new public
park. The former
Bromborough tip
on theWirral will
be reclaimed and,
over three years,
turned into a public
space named Port
Sunlight River Park,
complete with
nature walks and
interactive art.
NETWORK IN NUMBERS
EDINBURGH
Ever heard of Gilmerton Cove?We
thought not. This mysterious network
of tunnels in the Scottish capital –
rumoured to once have played host to
crusading knights – is only open to small
groups of visitors with advance booking.
Word is getting out though: it’s been
voted the city’s best attraction on the
TripAdvisor website. Visit now, before it’s
overrun.
gilmertoncove.org.uk
PISA
Scientists believe they may have found a lost Leonardo da Vinci
painting. Tipped off by a cryptic message reading
cerca trova
(seek and you shall find) on a Giorgio Vasari mural in Florence’s
Palazzo Vecchio, art diagnostics expert Maurizio Seracini has
been trying to find out if
The Battle of Anghiari
(which da Vinci
painted in 1502) is on a hidden wall behind the mural. “The
evidence suggests we are searching in the right place,”he says.
A Lost
Leonardo?
Tunnels Come
Out On Top