
Most of us have one. A special place we've stumbled across when we weren't really looking. That tiny trattoria in Rome with the best pasta you've ever tasted. The Berlin gallery that blew you away. The late-night bar with live music hidden down the backstreets of Barcelona.
So we thought it would be a good idea to share the love.
We'll go first.
"In a city full of stories, The Parr St Studios in Liverpool have more than most. Echo and the Bunnymen still use it to record; New Order, Pulp and The Charlatans are previous guests; and The Coral recently used it as a base. Places where rock folklore is made are usually out of bounds to mere mortals, but not this one. The Parr Street Studios is the unlikely home of one of the city's best boutique hotels in a converted wing above the recording rooms, and the in-house 3345 bar is a regular haunt for local musicians – with bands sometimes putting on impromptu acoustic shows. On top of this, the studios are in the heart of the Ropewalks, Liverpool's most dynamic district."
Now it's your turn. Simply tell us about one of your favourite quirky, hidden places in a city - maybe a cafe, or a park, a gallery, or a bar – preferably in your own city.
To make it a bit more interesting, we're tagging two city-based bloggers, and inviting them to share a secret city tip with readers of their sites. We're starting with two of our favourites: My Marrakech, and IVY Paris. After they've posted their "My City Secret", they will put a link in the comments section below, and pass the tag on to another city-based blogger, who will hopefully do the same. And down the rabbit warren we go...
But if you are a city-based blogger and can't wait to be tagged, feel free to post anyway, with the headline "My City Secret"... and then pass it on via your blog. Just be sure to let us know about it, by posting a link in the comments below.
Oh, and if you've got any pictures, put in a link to them on your comment below.
