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116 | DESTINATION GUIDES Belfast UK DIALLING CODE +44 CURRENCY £ FLY FROM Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bristol, Edinburgh, Faro, Geneva, Glasgow, Ibiza, Krakow, Liverpool, London (LGW, LTN), Málaga, Malta, Newcastle, Majorca, Nice, Paris (CDG), Prague FROM THE AIRPORT BELFAST INT. TAXI Pre-book your taxi at easyJet.com. A local taxi costs £25. Translink run an Airbus service to the centre. Tickets: £7 single; £10 return. Visit the Europcar desk for special easyJet rates. CITY AIRPORT TAXI Pre-book your taxi at easyJet.com. A local taxi costs £8. Translink runs a service to the city centre, which leaves every 20 minutes. Visit the Europcar desk for special easyJet rates. BON APPETIT UP TO €15 Boojum (73 Botanic Avenue, tel: 028 9031 5334) This informal Mexican restaurant is the perfect spot if you fancy a quiet bite at lunch or dinner. The food is extremely fresh and the service is super-fast. A branch has also just opened in the city centre. UP TO €30 McCracken’s (4 Joy’s Entry, tel: 028 9032 6711) Tucked away just off the High Street, this stylish bar is a great place for a hearty lunch. The menu is pretty varied and the staff also serve a mean pint of Guinness. UP TO €50 La Boca (6 Fountain Street, tel: 028 9032 3087) If you’re in the mood for a good steak, why not check out this Argentine-inspired restaurant. The food is reasonably priced and the restaurant has a terrifi c atmosphere. EXCLUSIVE CoCo (7–11 Linenhall Street, tel: 028 9031 1150) Since it opened just over a year or so ago, this trendy eatery has quickly established itself as one of the places to be seen. The décor is pretty funky and the restaurant is located close to many of the city’s nightlife hotspots. AFTER DARK LOW KEY Ryan’s Bar & Grill (116–118 Lisburn Road, tel: 028 9050 9850) This small but perfectly formed bar is an ideal spot for a quiet drink. It has a cosy atmosphere and never seems to get too crowded. There is also an excellent restaurant upstairs. LIVE MUSIC The Black Box (18–22 Hill Street, tel: 028 9024 4400) Located in the heart of the arty part of town known as the Cathedral Quarter, this über-cool live music venue has played host to some of the best up-and-coming bands throughout the land. LATE & LIVELY The Northern Whig (2–10 Bridge Street, tel: 028 9050 9888) If you’re just getting your bearings in the city, the Northern Whig is a great place to base yourself. It’s busy most nights of the week and attracts a pretty diverse crowd. THIS MONTH SHOP These days, no visit to Belfast is complete without a trip to the mega shopping centre Victoria Square. As well as being home JURYS INN BELFAST ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Even more stylish after its recent refurbishment, this hotel is ideal for a trendy Belfast break. Breakfast included. From €82, book at hotels.easyJet.com. to a host of designer stores, there’s also a free viewing dome which gives you a great view of the city (1 Victoria Square, tel: 028 9032 2277). SEE Although St Patrick’s Day has traditionally been a low-key aff air in Belfast, recently the celebrations have become more high profi le. On 17 March this year there will be a parade from the City Hall to Custom House Square leaving at noon, followed by a free concert. GO Often described as Belfast’s Notting Hill, Ormeau Road is a great place to eat and drink. It’s dotted with fantastic inexpensive restaurants and great traditional bars. The Errigle Inn comes highly recommend for a pint and Soul Food is great for a spot of lunch. ESCAPE Less than an hour’s drive from Belfast, the beautiful seaside town of Portaferry is well worth a visit. Enjoy a pint in one of the many bars, then take the short ferry ride across to the equally charming town of Strangford. NO WAY! Belfast’s Sirocco Works invented air conditioning, and the city’s Royal Victoria Hospital was the world’s fi rst air conditioned building. Chris Sherry/ Ulster Tatler Berlin Germany DIALLING CODE +49 CURRENCY € FLY FROM Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Basel-Mulhouse, Bristol, Brussels, Budapest, Cagliari, Copenhagen, Corfu, Crete (Heraklion), Dubrovnik, Geneva, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Ibiza, Lisbon, Liverpool, London (LGW, LTN), Lyon, Madrid, Majorca, Málaga, Milan (MXP), Naples, Nice, Olbia, Paris (ORY), Pisa, Rome (CIA), Split, Thessaloniki, Venice FROM THE AIRPORT TAXI Pre-book your taxi at easyJet.com. A local taxi costs €35. Express route SXF1 runs from outside Terminal A to the Südkreuz. Tickets: €6. The S-Bahn train leaves from the airport. Tickets: €2.80. Visit the Europcar desk for special easyJet rates. BON APPETIT UP TO €15 Ohlàlà Tartes-shop (18 Mainzer Strasse) On a street where squatters once battled police sits a pretty little shop run by a young French lady who bakes beautiful fresh quiches and sweet tarts every morning. Perfect for lunch after the nearby weekend Boxhagener Platz market. UP TO €30 Bar- Celona (2 Hannoversche Strasse, Mitte, tel: 030 282 9153) This was the fi rst tapas bar to open in the eastern half of the city following the fall of the Berlin Wall, and it still pleases a wellheeled clientèle with its off erings of tempting Spanish delicacies and wines. UP TO €50 Gat Kitchen (81–82 Mauerstrasse, tel: 030 2067 1747) In a new Spanish designer hotel tucked away down a side street not far from Checkpoint Charlie, this retro yet futuristic little eatery actually serves some delicious Catalonian-style dinners conceived by trendy Spanish chefs Paula and Flip. The menu is a mix of seafood, which is normally hard to fi nd in Berlin, and quality meats such as entrecôte, served with good Spanish and German wines. Reservations are recommended. EXCLUSIVE Paris Moskau (141 Alt-Moabit, Tiergarten, tel: 030 394 2081) Hidden in a small, half-timbered house in Tiergarten Park, near the massive new central station, this elegant yet unpretentious treasure boasts a winning combination of central European cooking and haute cuisine.
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