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114 | DESTINATION GUIDES More free monthly guides available at traveller.easyJet.com<br />
Berlin<br />
Germany<br />
(the name means<br />
“The Poison”) is an<br />
easygoing pub with a<br />
good whisky selection.<br />
Find it in Neukölln, a<br />
part of Berlin getting<br />
hipper by the day.<br />
LIVE MUSIC<br />
Quasimodo<br />
(12 Kanstrasse,<br />
Charlottenburg, tel:<br />
030 312 8086) West<br />
Berlin’s most venerable<br />
live music club, located<br />
in the basement of the<br />
Delphi cinema, books<br />
great indie, rock and<br />
jazz acts.<br />
LATE & LIVELY<br />
Barbie Deinhoff (16<br />
Schlesische Strasse)<br />
This funky all-night<br />
watering hole off ers<br />
fun and frolics for gay<br />
and straight clientèle<br />
alike. Its famous threehour<br />
happy hour runs<br />
from 6pm Monday to<br />
Friday, and from 4pm<br />
at the weekend.<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
SHOP The sprawling<br />
Modulor is a sort of<br />
department store for<br />
creative types, which<br />
sells everything from<br />
pieces of foam to fabric<br />
to spray paint. The new<br />
building on Moritzplatz<br />
also houses book,<br />
cookware and design<br />
shops – plus a couple<br />
of trendy places for<br />
lunch and coff ee<br />
(85 Prinzenstrasse,<br />
modulor.de).<br />
SEE David Bowie has<br />
cult status in Berlin.<br />
Not long after arriving<br />
in West Berlin in 1977,<br />
Bowie recorded three<br />
THE MOST FAMOUS<br />
IRISH PUB IN BERLIN<br />
albums there. You can<br />
now visit the legendary<br />
Hansa Studios where<br />
he (as well as Iggy Pop<br />
and U2) worked. Fritz<br />
Musictours Berlin,<br />
by appointment<br />
(tel: 030 3087 5633).<br />
GO MärzMusik is<br />
one of Europe’s most<br />
innovative festivals<br />
for new music. The<br />
<strong>2012</strong> edition will be<br />
themed around the<br />
groundbreaking<br />
composer John Cage,<br />
in celebration of the<br />
100th anniversary<br />
of his birth. From<br />
17–25 March<br />
(berlinerfestspiele.de).<br />
ESCAPE As the Euro<br />
currency seems to be<br />
under threat, it could<br />
be good to visit the<br />
Museum of European<br />
Cultures in the suburb<br />
of Dahlem. The<br />
Museum was recently<br />
re-opened after<br />
extensive renovations<br />
and hosts an incredible<br />
collection of 275,000<br />
unusual objects from<br />
around the continent,<br />
from a 100 year-old<br />
Venetian gondola to a<br />
bizarre assortment of<br />
1990s souvenir joke<br />
towels (25 Arnimallee,<br />
smb.museum).<br />
NO WAY!<br />
An estimated 10,000<br />
containers dot the<br />
streets of Berlin waiting<br />
for people to donate<br />
their old clothes and<br />
shoes. Most bear<br />
stickers asking for<br />
donations, but in reality<br />
most of the proceeds<br />
go to large private<br />
clothing dealers.<br />
exberliner.com<br />
Biarritz<br />
France<br />
DIALLING CODE +33<br />
CURRENCY €<br />
FLY FROM<br />
London (LGW),<br />
Lyon, Paris (CDG)<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com.<br />
A local taxi costs €15.<br />
The STAB runs<br />
hourly from<br />
7.30am–7.30pm.<br />
Tickets: €1.50.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30 Chez<br />
Albert (Allée Port des<br />
Pêcheurs, tel: 05 5924<br />
4384) One of the<br />
city’s most popular<br />
seafood restaurants,<br />
overlooking the port.<br />
Expect freshly caught<br />
fi sh, shellfi sh and<br />
other seafood and<br />
a selection of fi ne<br />
wines. Open until<br />
11pm at weekends.<br />
EXCLUSIVE<br />
Sissinou (5 Avenue du<br />
Maréchal Foch, tel: 05<br />
5922 5150) Delicious,<br />
seasonal cuisine is on<br />
the menu at Sissinou.<br />
Try the wild mushroom<br />
ravioli, but make<br />
sure you leave<br />
room for one of the<br />
indulgent desserts.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY<br />
Pâtisserie Miremont<br />
(1 Place Clémenceau,<br />
tel: 05 5924 0138)<br />
Open for more than<br />
100 years, this is a<br />
wonderful place to<br />
drop in for an earlyevening<br />
tea or coff ee<br />
with cake. Exquisite<br />
sweets and pastries<br />
and spectacular views<br />
of the Atlantic are<br />
what’s on off er here.<br />
LATE & LIVELY<br />
Le Bar Jean (5 Rue<br />
des Halles, tel: 05<br />
5924 8038) A very<br />
busy bar frequented<br />
by a lively crowd of<br />
locals drinking sangria<br />
and cocktails until the<br />
early hours. Come<br />
along and join in the<br />
fun. Gets crowded at<br />
the weekend.<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
SEE See fi ne<br />
examples of oriental<br />
art and sculpture<br />
from China, Nepal<br />
and India at the<br />
Museum of Asian Art.<br />
Open every afternoon<br />
from 2pm to 7pm<br />
(1 Rue Guy Petit,<br />
tel: 05 5922 7879,<br />
museeasiatica.com).<br />
NO WAY!<br />
Rich English tourists<br />
have been visiting<br />
Biarritz since 1855,<br />
when Napoleon and<br />
his wife Eugenie<br />
started spending<br />
their summers there,<br />
attracting important<br />
VIPs like the King<br />
of Belgium, the<br />
Queen of Spain<br />
and Bismarck.<br />
Steve Bilsborough<br />
Bilbao<br />
Spain<br />
DIALLING CODE +34<br />
CURRENCY €<br />
FLY FROM<br />
Ibiza, Geneva,<br />
London (STN), Madrid,<br />
Manchester, Rome<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com.<br />
A local taxi costs €35.<br />
Buses leave every<br />
30 minutes.<br />
Tickets: €1.50.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30<br />
Restaurante Kasko<br />
Berri (47 Alameda<br />
San Mamés, tel: 94<br />
NO WAY!<br />
The Torre Iberdrola<br />
is Bilbao’s latest<br />
controversy.<br />
The 165m glass<br />
construction towers<br />
above the city. Some<br />
applaud it, others<br />
claim it shouldn’t<br />
have been built.<br />
410 6231) Kasko Berri<br />
serves a good set<br />
lunch. In the evening,<br />
the à-la-carte menu<br />
keeps the loyal clientèle<br />
coming back for more.<br />
EXCLUSIVE<br />
Restaurante Kirol<br />
(28 Calle Ercilla,<br />
tel: 94 443 7011) A<br />
classy restaurant<br />
in the centre of the<br />
city. Expect top-class<br />
Basque cuisine with<br />
quality Spanish and<br />
international wines to<br />
accompany your meal.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY Botxo<br />
Kafe (2 Plaza<br />
Santos Juanes, tel:<br />
94 415 6147) This<br />
popular café, bar and<br />
restaurant has been<br />
a favourite with locals<br />
for years. Pop in and<br />
enjoy a coff ee in the<br />
morning, good food at<br />
lunch, or a drink.<br />
LATE & LIVELY<br />
Brick (29 Calle Elcano,<br />
tel: 94 444 8970)<br />
Eighties music, a<br />
friendly atmosphere,<br />
an interesting cocktail<br />
menu and a good<br />
choice of food make<br />
this venue popular<br />
with a thirtysomething<br />
crowd. Open till 4am<br />
at weekends.<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
SEE Go to the Arriaga<br />
Theatre to watch<br />
one of Bilbao’s most<br />
emblematic cabaret<br />
rock bands, Doctor<br />
Deseo, present their<br />
13th album. For<br />
two nights only on<br />
21 and 22 March<br />
(teatroarriaga.com).<br />
Katherine Bilsborough
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