Quirky Guide

Chocolates on your pillow? Pah! How about a giant molten-chocolate fountain, chocolate cocktails, and bowlfuls of handmade goodies at every turn?

Is it art? Theatre? Or a model village gone berserk? This is a live do-it-yourself show where the audience create a miniature town with a life of its own.

If you think massage is good for the body and soul, just wait until you’ve been massaged by a nun.

Tables that go up and down, salt pots that set off mysterious noises, singing waitresses and Yorkshire-Belgian fusion cuisine.

Monte Carlo can be a depressing place if you’re not a millionaire, but Villa Sauber has an exhibit that is guaranteed to make you smile.

Well okay, you can wear your swimming costume here if you really want to, but you’re going to be the odd one out.

Exactly what the name suggests, a museum all about sex - and the often bizarre machinery invented to enhance it.

Secret Cinema have made not knowing what film is showing – or where or when! – really exciting.

Falling asleep in a Calvados barrel is no longer just for alcoholics. In Normandy, it’s also a quirky way for anyone to enjoy a good night’s rest.

Flowers for Mother’s Day and tool-kits for Christmas are so lame. Why not splash out on a shrunken head or the skeleton of a conjoined twin?