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126 | DESTINATION GUIDES<br />
Bucharest<br />
Romania<br />
DIALLING CODE +40<br />
CURRENCY Leu (RON)<br />
FLY FROM<br />
Madrid,<br />
Milan (MXP)<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com.<br />
The fare to the centre<br />
is about RON100.<br />
Bus 783 leaves<br />
every 30 minutes.<br />
Tickets: RON7 return.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30 Caru<br />
cu Bere (3–5 Strada<br />
Stavropoleos, tel: 021<br />
313 7560) Gorgeous<br />
interiors and a<br />
century-long history<br />
make this the most<br />
visited restaurant in<br />
the city. The food is<br />
classical Romanian<br />
– try the sarmale<br />
(stuff ed cabbage<br />
leaves) followed by<br />
a tasty baked apple.<br />
EXCLUSIVE<br />
Escargot Bistro<br />
(101 Strada Toamnei,<br />
tel: 021 201 7133)<br />
Easily the best<br />
French restaurant<br />
in Bucharest. The<br />
pot-roasted duck is<br />
wonderfully tender,<br />
the staff are friendly,<br />
<br />
<br />
and the whole<br />
experience is one big,<br />
happy, gastronomic<br />
adventure.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY Atelier<br />
Mecanic (12 Strada<br />
Covaci, tel: 0726<br />
767 611) On one of<br />
the quieter streets<br />
in the Old Town, this<br />
place gets livelier<br />
as the evening wears<br />
on, transforming<br />
from Parisian café<br />
to sophisticated<br />
cocktail bar. There’s<br />
a DJ at weekends<br />
spinning tunes for<br />
a crowd of casually<br />
dressed locals.<br />
LATE & LIVELY<br />
True Club (Splaiul<br />
Independentei) This<br />
popular venue has<br />
live music (of all<br />
kinds) every night,<br />
while also hosting<br />
one of the rowdiest,<br />
most fun karaoke<br />
sessions in the city.<br />
The crowd is young<br />
and a bit more<br />
style-conscious<br />
than in other<br />
places in the area.<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
SEE Don’t miss the<br />
new-look Natural<br />
History Museum at<br />
Piata Victoriei. It’s<br />
now one of the best<br />
of its kind in Europe.<br />
NO WAY!<br />
Bucharest is entirely<br />
surrounded by a<br />
ring of (sadly long<br />
abandoned) 19thcentury<br />
forts, built<br />
to defend the city in<br />
case of attack.<br />
Craig Turp<br />
Budapest<br />
Hungary<br />
DIALLING CODE +36<br />
CURRENCY Forint (HUF)<br />
FLY FROM<br />
Berlin,<br />
Dortmund, Geneva,<br />
London (LGW, LTN),<br />
Paris (ORY)<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com.<br />
A local taxi costs<br />
HUF3,500–HUF5,400.<br />
Trains leave<br />
Terminal 1 for<br />
Western station.<br />
Tickets: HUF455.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30 Centrál<br />
Kávéház (9 Károly<br />
Mihály Utca, V, tel: 266<br />
2110) This gorgeously<br />
restored coff eehouse<br />
has a strong literary<br />
pedigree. It not only<br />
serves great coff ee and<br />
sweets, but has a full<br />
menu with a bargainpriced<br />
lunch special.<br />
EXCLUSIVE Babel<br />
Delikát Étterem<br />
(1 Szarka Utca, tel:<br />
338 2143) Most<br />
restaurants on the Váci<br />
Utca shopping strip<br />
are tourist traps, but<br />
Babel is the exception.<br />
Only open for dinner,<br />
meals can be ordered<br />
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á la carte, but ordering<br />
a tasting menu (with<br />
wine pairings) is the<br />
way to go.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY Farger<br />
Cafe (18 Zoltán<br />
Utca) After exploring<br />
Szabadság tér, pay<br />
a visit to the lovely<br />
Café Farger and<br />
sample a coff ee, tasty<br />
snack or drink.<br />
LATE & LIVELY<br />
Csendes (5 Ferenczy<br />
Itsvn Utca) The décor<br />
at this funky, smokefi<br />
lled bar could occupy<br />
your eyes for hours.<br />
Walls are covered with<br />
random toys, salvaged<br />
junk, furniture, bicycles<br />
and more. Drinks<br />
are inexpensive.<br />
NO WAY!<br />
Budapest’s Great<br />
Synagogue, also<br />
known as Dohány<br />
Street Synagogue, is<br />
the largest in Europe<br />
and the secondlargest<br />
in the world.<br />
Carolyn Bánfalvi<br />
GOZSDU<br />
MARKET<br />
GO Every Sunday<br />
between 10am–7pm<br />
the seven courtyards<br />
inside the Gozsdu<br />
Udvar complex<br />
fi ll with jewellers,<br />
booksellers, and<br />
other traders<br />
(gouba.hu).<br />
Cagliari<br />
Italy<br />
DIALLING CODE +39<br />
CURRENCY €<br />
FLY FROM<br />
Basel-Mulhouse,<br />
Berlin, Geneva,<br />
London (STN), Milan<br />
(MXP), Paris (ORY)<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJetcom.<br />
A local taxi costs €20.<br />
ARST buses<br />
to the city<br />
centre leave every 30<br />
minutes. Tickets: €5.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30 Da<br />
Valerio (9 Via Eleonora<br />
D’Arborea, tel: 342<br />
162 3573) Young and<br />
committed owner<br />
Valerio has opened up<br />
this new pizzeria near<br />
the centre of Cagliari,<br />
off ering tasty pizzas<br />
and meat dishes at<br />
competitive prices.<br />
EXCLUSIVE<br />
Peccato di Gola in<br />
Mare (Molo S Elmo,<br />
Calata dei Trinitari, tel:<br />
340 565 6797) This<br />
is a restaurant inside<br />
a boat at the marina,<br />
which was once used<br />
to transport prisoners<br />
to the old prison island<br />
Isola dell’Asinara. But<br />
it’s not just about the<br />
location; the good<br />
cooking makes this<br />
restaurant worth a visit.<br />
There are plenty of<br />
tasty seafood options.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY Café<br />
Barcellona (84 Via<br />
Barcellona, tel: 070<br />
858 3850) Run by<br />
the Mascia family<br />
since 1949, the Café<br />
Barcellona is a relaxed<br />
meeting point for<br />
people in the marina<br />
quarter near the port<br />
of Cagliari.<br />
LATE & LIVELY<br />
Charlie Disco Club<br />
(Via dei Carroz) This<br />
large late-night venue<br />
has three dancefl oors<br />
playing diff erent kinds<br />
of popular music,<br />
so you’re bound to<br />
fi nd something you<br />
want to dance to. It<br />
gets very busy at the<br />
weekend and attracts<br />
a lively crowd of<br />
twentysomethings.<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
GO Cagliari’s<br />
medieval defence<br />
towers are a<br />
spectacular sight<br />
by day or night,<br />
surrounded by little<br />
bars and cafés in<br />
which you can sit back<br />
and take in the view.<br />
NO WAY!<br />
Italy’s oldest tree<br />
stands on Sardinia,<br />
near the village of<br />
Luras. Estimated at<br />
3,000–4,000 years<br />
old, it might even<br />
be the oldest tree<br />
in Europe.<br />
Dario Henke
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