march-2012

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Lille
France
DIALLING CODE +33
CURRENCY €
FLY FROM
Nice, Toulouse
FROM THE
AIRPORT
TAXI
Prebook your taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs €20.
The Navette
bus to the city
centre. Tickets: €7.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30
L’Auberge du Temps
Jadis (286 Bis Rue
Solférino, tel: 03
2052 5209) With an
outdoor terrace, this
typical estaminet has
good old-fashioned
hearty local and
regional specialities
on the menu at very
reasonable prices.
EXCLUSIVE Le
Sébastopol (1 Place
Sébastopol, tel: 03
205 7050) In this
top Michelin-starred
restaurant, maitre chef
Jean-Luc Germond
provides gastronomic
dishes in the lovely artdeco
dining room. The
menus, from seafood
to innovative fusion
cuisine, are as wide
ranging as the wine
list, which has more
than 500 choices
from top international
vineyards available
from its large cellar.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY Au Point
Central (1 Bis Place
des Patiniers, tel:
03 2051 2978) This
friendly bar with a wide
terrace in the heart
of the city is perfect
for that early-evening
drink before heading
out on the town.
LATE & LIVELY
Le Detour (61 Rue
de Fontenoy, tel: 03
2053 4806) A vibrant
bar with diff erent live
bands playing rock,
jazz, and much more
most weekends. Open
until late, it’s popular
with the many students
living in the city.
THIS MONTH
SEE The Palais
des Beaux-Arts of
Lille, one of France’s
fi rst museums, has
excellent collections
of paintings, ceramics,
and tapestries from
the Middle Ages to the
20th century (Place
de la République,
tel: 03 2006 7800).
NO WAY!
The Immelmann
turn was perfected
in the skies above
Lille by World War I
German Flying ace
Max Immelmann,
who brought down
so many Allied
planes that he was
nicknamed “the
Eagle of Lille”.
Nick Haslam
Lisbon
Portugal
DIALLING CODE +351
CURRENCY €
FLY FROM
Amsterdam,
Asturias, Barcelona,
Basel-Mulhouse,
Berlin, Bordeaux,
Bristol, Copenhagen,
Edinburgh, Geneva,
Liverpool, London (LGW,
LTN), Lyon, Madeira,
Madrid, Milan (MXP),
Paris (CDG), Rome,
Toulouse, Venice
FROM THE
AIRPORT
TAXI
Pre-book your taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs €25.
The Aerobus
leaves every 20
minutes. Tickets: €3.50.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €15
Restaurante Outeiral
(53 Rua Saraiva de
Carvalho, Campo de
Ourique, tel: 21 397
1916) Friendly waiter
Pedro speaks English
and will guide you
through the incredibly
cheap and delicious
specials at this lively
neighbourhood eatery.
UP TO €30 Pano
de Boca (Rua Ramalho
do Ortigão, tel: 21 3384
0030) Something of
a rarity in Lisbon, this
German restaurant
attached to a theatre
serves a mix of German
staples as well as more
adventurous fare.
Spacious and modern
with a hint of drama.
UP TO €50 Bistro
100 Maneiras
(9 Largo da Trindade)
This latest venture by
Yugoslav chef Llubomir
Stanisic is on the
fringes of the Bairro
Alto and is open till
2am. Its adventurous
menu off ers both
Ottoman specialities
and lots of Portuguese
and Mediterranean
fare. A lively place to
eat and drink either
before or after plunging
into the delights of the
surrounding district.
EXCLUSIVE
Restaurante Cipriani
(Olissippo Lapa Palace,
4 Rua do Pau de
Bandeira, tel: 21 394
9494) This elegant
dining room, housed in
a 19th-century palace
set amid romantic
ATLIS AVENIDA
HOTEL
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Five-star luxury in the
Portuguese capital,
facing the iconic São
Jorge Castle. This
boutique hotel has
70 luxurious rooms.
From €160, book at
hotels.easyJet.com.
gardens, serves a
luxurious menu that’s
predominantly Italian
but usually includes a
Portuguese dish or two.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
A Brasileira (120 Rua
Garrett, Chiado, tel: 21
346 9541) Once the
haunt of artists and
intellectuals, this is
the place to have your
photo taken with the
statue of modernist
poet Fernando Pessoa
as you sip your drink,
listen to the buskers
and watch life pass by.
LIVE MUSIC
Hennessy’s (32–38
Rua Cais do Sodré)
Recently taken over
and revamped by its
new Irish owner, this
bar often has live music
in the evenings from
Tuesdays to Saturdays.
There’s also bar food
and, of course,
draught Guinness.
LATE & LIVELY
Discoteca Trumps
(104B Rua da
Imprensa Nacional,
tel: 21 397 1059) This
hetero-friendly gay
club has long been
one of Lisbon’s most
popular. The club
attracts a mix of age
groups and sexual
orientations.
THIS MONTH
SHOP If your doll’s
poorly or teddy’s arm is
hanging off , or indeed
if you require some tiny
furniture or a miniature
tea set, this is the place
for you. The Doll’s
Hospital was founded
in 1830 and continues
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to minister to the
needs of our inanimate
friends. A gem
(7 Praça da Figueira).
SEE Canadian band
Simple Plan will be
doing their fi rst Lisbon
gig at the Coliseum on
11 March (tel: 21 324
0580) and Puccini’s
Madama Butterfl y will
be at the São Carlos
Opera House from
13–25 March
(tel: 21 325 3045).
GO The Bairro Alto is
a must. An aristocratic
neighbourhood dating
mostly from the 17th
century, its warren of
streets is now home to
one of Europe’s liveliest
centres of nightlife.
Countless bars,
restaurants, galleries
and designer shops
rub shoulders with
old-style grocers.
ESCAPE The former
royal Palace of Queluz
is a baroque gem
surprisingly situated
in a rather unlovely
suburb. Protected by
its formal gardens
it’s a place to catch
the 18th-century
aristocratic feeling
of Lisbon. The old
kitchen has been
converted into
a classy restaurant.
NO WAY!
Henry Fielding, author
of Tom Jones, came to
Lisbon in 1754 for his
health but the city had
the opposite eff ect
and he died within
a few months. He set
down his impressions
in his Journal of a
Voyage to Lisbon.
Jonathan Weightman