There, an endless sequence of empty rooms and small hidden gardens leads into a vast tiled courtyard, the whole built for a black slave who became a powerful vizier.

In any case, sparks were riding the breeze and touching down far across the river in hidden gardens and remote rickyards.

I pause at hidden gardens behind heavy wooden doors with the traditional iron knocker of a woman's hand.

Turkish domestic architecture, with its high outer walls and inner hidden gardens, wide overhanging balconies and latticed windows (for the women's lookout) stands in a time warp.

We walked the narrow streets in midday solitude, ferreting out hidden gardens, interesting alleys and stairs; we studied palazzos and piazzas.

In Amsterdam, you can access a number of amazing hidden gardens just by pushing a door.

Beacon Hill opens hidden gardens to public for day.

Mansions furnished with antiques overlooking old squares and brick rowhouses with hidden gardens will showcase the city's architecture.

The hidden gardens become spectacles to delight me.

Birds sang in hidden gardens and the perfume of trellised vines came wistful from arbours his grandfather had reared.