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178 | DESTINATION GUIDES More free monthly guides available at traveller.easyjet.com<br />
Vienna<br />
Austria<br />
DIALLING CODE +43<br />
CURRENCY €<br />
FLY FROM<br />
London (LGW)<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com.<br />
A local taxi costs €30.<br />
Catch the CAT<br />
to the centre.<br />
Trains leave every 30<br />
minutes. Tickets: €9.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30 Gigerl<br />
(3 Rauhensteingasse,<br />
tel: 01 513 4431) This<br />
is a solid bet for a<br />
square meal, Viennese<br />
style. A homely, rustic<br />
vibe sets the tone,<br />
complemented by<br />
whopping schnitzels.<br />
EXCLUSIVE<br />
Silvio Nickol at<br />
Palais Coburg (4<br />
Coburgbastei, tel: 01<br />
5181 8800) Renowned<br />
chef Silvio Nickol has<br />
taken over the reins<br />
at the Palais Coburg<br />
boutique hotel, adding<br />
a new spring in the<br />
step of a distinctive<br />
Vienna venue.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY<br />
Palmenhaus Bar<br />
(1 Burggarten) With<br />
November upon us,<br />
you won’t fi nd a more<br />
light and airy spot<br />
than the Palmenhaus,<br />
once a private<br />
Habsburg hothouse<br />
and now a chic cafécome-brasserie.<br />
LATE & LIVELY<br />
Loos American<br />
Bar (10 Karntner<br />
Durchgang, tel: 01<br />
512 3283) For a<br />
late-night session in a<br />
speakeasy, Humphrey<br />
Bogart-style, try the<br />
world-renowned<br />
American Bar, rustled<br />
up by modernist<br />
guru Adolf Loos in<br />
1908. Expect expertly<br />
mixed cocktails,<br />
of which “Bogey”<br />
would approve.<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
SEE Head over<br />
to the imperial<br />
Kunsthistorisches<br />
Museum, one of the<br />
grandest national<br />
galleries in Europe.<br />
The current exhibition<br />
couldn’t be more<br />
seasonal: Winter<br />
Tales – Depictions of<br />
Winter in European<br />
Art, from Bruegel to<br />
Beuys (1010 Maria-<br />
Theresien-Platz).<br />
NO WAY!<br />
Archaeologists are<br />
currently at work<br />
excavating the fi rst<br />
Roman Gladiators’<br />
school ever to be<br />
discovered outside<br />
Italy. The site, just a few<br />
miles east of Vienna<br />
was found by a team of<br />
experts this summer.<br />
Nick Hodge/<br />
vienna-life.com<br />
Zagreb<br />
Croatia<br />
DIALLING CODE +385<br />
CURRENCY Kuna (HRK)<br />
FLY FROM<br />
Dortmund,<br />
London (LGW),<br />
Paris (CDG)<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com.<br />
A local taxi costs<br />
about HRK250.<br />
The airport bus<br />
is run by Pleso<br />
Prijevoz to the city<br />
centre. Tickets: HRK30.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30<br />
Gostionica Purger<br />
(23 Petrinjska, tel:<br />
01 481 0713) This is<br />
the sort of cheap and<br />
cheerful bolthole that<br />
can make a budget<br />
traveller’s day. The<br />
food is not bad at all, a<br />
sort of mix of Croatian<br />
comfort food.<br />
EXCLUSIVE Mano<br />
(2 Medvedgradska, tel:<br />
01 466 9432) To call<br />
Mano a steakhouse<br />
is doing it a massive<br />
disservice. This smooth<br />
operator uses the<br />
fi nest cuts, beautifully<br />
marinated and cooked<br />
over charcoal.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY Eli’s<br />
Caff e (63 Ilica, tel:<br />
091 527 9990) The<br />
fact they roast their<br />
own coff ee tells you<br />
all you need to know<br />
about this popular<br />
hangout. Arguably the<br />
best place in town for<br />
a caff eine fi x.<br />
LATE & LIVELY<br />
Jazz Bar Bacchus (16<br />
Trg Kralja Tomislava,<br />
tel: 01 492 2218)<br />
This fun venue in<br />
the lower town does<br />
shared platters of<br />
Dalmatian food and<br />
decent cocktails,<br />
alongside smooth jazz<br />
sounds on the stereo.<br />
Weekends see regular<br />
live music events.<br />
NO WAY!<br />
Furore erupted in<br />
1993 when the city’s<br />
beloved Dinamo<br />
Zagreb changed<br />
their name to Croatia<br />
Zagreb. To much<br />
relief the city’s<br />
most successful<br />
football team are now<br />
once again called<br />
Dinamo Zagreb.<br />
robinmckelvie.com<br />
CENTRAL<br />
SQUARE<br />
GO Make your way<br />
to Trg Ban Jelacica,<br />
a lavish square that<br />
is very much the<br />
beating heart of<br />
Zagreb. Take a seat in<br />
one of the numerous<br />
cafés and watch the<br />
trams whizz by.<br />
KITESWISS The School, The Shop, The Safari-Adventure<br />
<br />
<br />
Zürich<br />
Switzerland<br />
DIALLING CODE +41<br />
CURRENCY CHF<br />
FLY FROM<br />
London (LGW,<br />
LTN), Manchester<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
You will probably have the greatest time of your life!!<br />
TAXI<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com.<br />
A local taxi costs<br />
about CHF60.<br />
Trains go to the<br />
city centre every<br />
10 minutes. Tickets:<br />
CHF6.40 single.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30 eCHo<br />
(42 Neumühlequai,<br />
tel: 044 360 7000)<br />
Located in the<br />
Marriott hotel,<br />
this place serves<br />
authentic Swiss<br />
dishes beyond<br />
raclette and fondue,<br />
such as bündner<br />
gerstensuppe<br />
(barley soup from the<br />
Grison Alps)<br />
and chalbsbäggli<br />
(braised veal cheeks).<br />
EXCLUSIVE<br />
Lindenhofkeller (4<br />
Pfalzgasse, tel: 044<br />
211 7071) Slightly<br />
hidden on the way up<br />
to Lindenhofplatz in<br />
the Old Town is the<br />
Lindenhofkeller. Their<br />
speciality is roast<br />
Swiss “prime” rack<br />
of veal cooked at<br />
a low temperature.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY<br />
James Joyce (8<br />
Pelikanstrasse, tel:<br />
044 221 1828) The<br />
James Joyce is a<br />
classy pub with an<br />
Art Nouveau bar built<br />
in the 19th century.<br />
The beer list features<br />
10 beers including<br />
Murphy’s Irish Stout.<br />
LATE & LIVELY<br />
Icon (Augustinerhof,<br />
tel: 044 448 1133)<br />
The small Icon club<br />
aims to attract<br />
an exclusive clientèle.<br />
To fi t in, you should<br />
dress up and be at<br />
least 24 years of<br />
age. The music is<br />
usually somewhere<br />
between house<br />
and R’n’B.<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
GO If the city is<br />
covered with a thick<br />
layer of fog, take the<br />
SZU train and escape<br />
to the Uetliberg,<br />
Zürich’s own little<br />
mountain. The peak<br />
is often in the sun<br />
even when the city<br />
isn’t (uetliberg.ch).<br />
NO WAY!<br />
The Polyterrasse<br />
cable railway has<br />
been carrying<br />
students up to the<br />
Federal Institute<br />
of Technology<br />
since 1889, and the<br />
terrace also off ers<br />
some great views<br />
of the city.<br />
Lukas Füglister<br />
marc@ kiteswiss.ch • www.kiteswiss.ch
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