Secret places

[kkersey_austin]

No: HPFGUIDX 148588

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, siddharth mishra
<sidd_m2003 at ...> wrote:
>
> Deborah <hubbada at ...> wrote:  
> >> Is it possible to Apparate to a place you know only by name? 
> Could Harry Apparate to Godric's Hollow just by saying/thinking 
> the name? <snip> <<
> 
> 
> Sid:
> Good question but I think to apparate somewhere you need to think 
> about that place with lot of concentration. To do that one must at
> least know the physical appearance of that place.
>

Elisabet:

Well, Bella was able to apparate to the riverbank near Spinners End
without ever having been there before - of course she is following her
sister who has apparated just ahead.  That seems to be evidence that
apparition leaves some sort of trail that another wizard or witch can
follow.

But in the case of a single wizard apparating on his own... it does
seem unlikely that one could just name off an address like using the
Floo network. I wonder if studying pictures or a model of a place
would work? What happens if something has changed since the last time
you were there - e.g. a vehicle being parked in a destination alleyway?