october-2011

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Pisa
Italy
DIALLING CODE +39
CURRENCY €
FLY FROM
Berlin, Bristol,
London (LGW, LTN),
Paris (ORY)
FROM THE
AIRPORT
TAXI
Pre-book your taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs €7.
CPT buses go
to the centre.
Route 3 stops at
Pisa Central. Tickets:
€0.80 (at the airport).
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30 Il
Portico dei Facchini
(13 Piazza dei Facchini,
tel: 050 28461) An
excellent, centrally
located restaurant
specialising in goodvalue
classics. Risottos,
fresh-pasta entrées,
pork steaks and
Florentine steaks are
some of the highlights.
EXCLUSIVE
Cyrano di Bergerac
(Via di Gagn) Owner
Massimiliano Zubboli
dreamt of opening
a restaurant on the
street where he lived as
a child. The result is an
original menu off ering
daring nouvelle, healthy
vegetarian and
hearty traditional
Pisan cuisine.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY Almatea
Café (Lungarno
Mediceo) Catch the
aperitif hour starting
at 6.30pm for a drink
with a selection of
hors d’oeuvres, then
linger for dinner and
listen to the jukebox
playing hits from the
1950s and 1960s.
LATE & LIVELY
Bazeel (1 Lungarno
Pacinotti) At this
music pub on the
riverside next to Ponte
di Mezzo, you can
enjoy tunes selected
by DJ Raskal and live
performances. Open
from 5pm–2am.
THIS MONTH
GO Monterrigioni,
founded by the
Sienese in the 12th
century, is a medieval
walled town located
on a hillock. Dante
referred to its turrets
in his Inferno. Having
the best preserved
buildings in all of Italy,
it attracts not only
tourists but architects,
medieval historians
and archaelogists.
NO WAY!
Although Pisa and
Livorno have been
historical enemies
and present-day
football matches
between the two
cities are fi ercely
competitive, their
word for ‘yes’ is the
same: deh.
Silvia Falsaperla
Porto
Portugal
DIALLING CODE +351
CURRENCY €
FLY FROM
Basel-Mulhouse,
Geneva, London
(LGW), Lyon, Paris
(CDG), Milan (MXP)
FROM THE
AIRPORT
TAXI
Pre-book your taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs €20.
Metro trains take
you to the centre.
Tickets: €1.50 single.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30
Restaurante Solar
Moinho de Vento
(81 Rua Sá Noronha,
tel: 222 051 158)
Upstairs is a
traditional-looking
restaurant off ering
traditional tasting
food. The fi llets of
octopus (polvo)
are especially
worth trying.
EXCLUSIVE Mário
Luso (308 Largo
França Borges,
Carvalhos-Gaia,
tel: 22 784 2111)
Prestigious, familyowned
and rustic,
this place off ers
wonderful local
meat and fi sh cooked
the traditional way.
Try the tender veal
or black-pork dishes.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY Il Caff è
di Roma (71 Rua
Sá da Bandeira)
An Italian-style coff ee
shop in a beautifully
restored building. A
great spot to refresh.
LATE & LIVELY
Breyner 85 (85
Rua do Breiner, tel:
22 201 3172) Art
gallery, dancing
school and concert
hall all in one with a
beautiful garden and
bar in a wonderfully
restored villa in the
centre of town.
Come for live music
at the weekends.
THIS MONTH
GO The Palácio de
Cristal park off ers
some of the best
views of the river.
Inside the grounds
is an unusual chapel
dedicated to an
Italian king, Carlos
Alberto, who died
in Porto while in
exile in 1849.
Joseph Guerra
NO WAY!
Perhaps the most
famous dish in Porto
is named francesinha,
meaning “little
French one”, though
it’s not French. It
contains fi ve diff erent
kinds of smoked or
grilled meats.
WE PROMISE THE PRICE YOU SEE IS THE PRICE YOU PAY,
SO NO UNEXPECTED EXTRA CHARGES. GREAT!
Prague
Czech Republic
DIALLING CODE +420
CURRENCY CZK
FLY FROM
Amsterdam,
Bristol, London (LGW,
STN), Lyon, Milan
(MXP), Paris (CDG)
FROM THE
AIRPORT
TAXI
Pre-book your taxi
at easyJet.com.
A Cedaz van costs
CZK90 per person.
Catch bus 119
to Dejvicka then
take the metro to the
city. Tickets: CZK26.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30
Na Blbym Miste
(9 V Jame, tel: 224
247 299) This modern
cellar restaurant and
pub is a great choice
to experience Czech
cuisine with Prague
locals, who stop by the
place for beer
and sausages.
EXCLUSIVE
La Degustation
(18 Hastalska, tel:
222 311 234) For
serious foodies, La
Degustation excels at
taking 19th-century
Czech classics and
transforming them into
contemporary works
of art using techniques
such as molecular
gastronomy. Try the
marathon tasting
menu to experience
Prague’s most creative
culinary minds at work.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY Kavarna
v Sedmem Nebi (68
Zborovska, tel: 257 318
110) An artsy café in
the Prague 5 district,
Seventh Heaven Café is
popular with students
and creative folks. The
free Wi-Fi is a welcome
bonus, and the drinks
are budget-friendly.
LATE & LIVELY
Club Roxy (33
Dlouha, tel: 224
826 296) One of
Prague’s most reliable
choices, Roxy caters
to serious clubbers
and live-music lovers.
Past performers have
included Royksopp
and Nick Warren.
THIS MONTH
SEE The National
Theatre’s State Opera
returns for its 11/12
season with muchloved
classics such
as Verdi’s Rigoletto
and Rossini’s The
Barber of Seville. Or
check out the Czech
interpretation of
Phantom of the Opera
through Malasek’s
ballet (opera.cz).
NO WAY!
The Czech Republic
has one of the largest
concentrations of
castles in the world.
Prague itself has
four – Prague Castle,
Vysehrad, Skvorec,
and Troja.
Dana Dramowicz /
prague-life.com
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