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122 | DESTINATION GUIDES<br />
Bournemouth<br />
UK<br />
DIALLING CODE +44<br />
CURRENCY £<br />
FLY FROM<br />
Geneva<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com.<br />
A local taxi costs £16.<br />
The A1 shuttle bus<br />
runs to the main<br />
square, hourly from<br />
7am–7pm. Tickets: £4.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30 Vesuvio<br />
(Seafront, Alum Chine,<br />
tel: 01202 759 100)<br />
Right on the beach, big<br />
and bustling Vesuvio<br />
packs in the punters for<br />
its traditional and fi lling<br />
Italian cuisine. The pizzas<br />
and Italian ice creams<br />
are a big hit with children.<br />
EXCLUSIVE Pebble<br />
Beach (Marine Drive,<br />
Barton-on-Sea, tel:<br />
01425 627 777) A few<br />
miles east of town,<br />
Pebble Beach is one of<br />
the most highly rated<br />
restaurants in the area,<br />
with dazzling sea views<br />
and sumptuous dishes<br />
such as seabass with<br />
tiger prawns in saff ron<br />
sauce and smoked duck<br />
breast. Don’t forget to<br />
leave time for a cocktail.<br />
Serravalle<br />
Golf Hotel<br />
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AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY Sixty<br />
Million Postcards<br />
(19–21 Exeter Road, tel:<br />
01202 292 697) This<br />
cool and casual bar has<br />
big comfy sofas, cosy<br />
booths, board games,<br />
decent bar food and<br />
occasional live music.<br />
LATE & LIVELY<br />
The Old Firestation (36<br />
Holdenhurst Road, tel:<br />
01202 963 889) Set in<br />
a Grade II-listed former<br />
fi re station, this is a top<br />
student club, which also<br />
hosts a diverse array<br />
of DJ nights and live<br />
music. Past guests have<br />
included Scouting for<br />
Girls and Dizzee Rascal.<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
SHOP Check out the<br />
amazing, largely locally<br />
produced chocolates<br />
and confectionary<br />
at Priorys, a tiny<br />
traditional chocolate<br />
shop (1A Castle<br />
Street, Christchurch).<br />
SEE Chris Wood<br />
performs as part of<br />
the Bournemouth<br />
Folk Festival at the<br />
International Centre on<br />
12 March. Other diverse<br />
BIC highlights in March<br />
include The Circus<br />
of Horrors (6th), The<br />
Bootleg Beatles (10th),<br />
McFly (23rd) and the<br />
Moscow Ballet (28th)<br />
(tel: 01202 456 400).<br />
NO WAY!<br />
One of Scotland’s fi nest<br />
writers, Robert Louis<br />
Stevenson, actually<br />
wrote most of his best<br />
works when he lived<br />
in Bournemouth from<br />
1884 to 1887.<br />
Matthew Hancock<br />
Brest<br />
France<br />
DIALLING CODE +33<br />
CURRENCY €<br />
FLY FROM<br />
Lyon, Paris (CDG)<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com.<br />
A local taxi costs €20.<br />
Buses stop at<br />
Saint Luc and the<br />
city centre. Tickets: €5.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30 Gout<br />
d’Soleil (20 Rue Louis<br />
Blanc, tel: 02 9805<br />
3692) This is a great little<br />
Portuguese place serving<br />
dishes from around the<br />
Mediterranean as well<br />
as all your Portuguese<br />
favourites. Try the<br />
Brazilian-style cassoulet<br />
or the selection of tapas.<br />
EXCLUSIVE<br />
La Fleur du Sel (15<br />
bis Rue de Lyon, tel: 02<br />
9844 3865) The menu<br />
changes often at this<br />
sophisticated venue with<br />
classic décor and thick<br />
white tablecloths. Try<br />
the partridge in pastry,<br />
the veal with wild<br />
asparagus or the fi sh.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY La Maison<br />
Blanche (2840 Route<br />
Sainte-Anne-du-Portzic,<br />
tel: 02 9845 8210)<br />
This is a great place<br />
for a drink after a<br />
bracing walk along the<br />
promenade and, if you<br />
fancy it, a snack and a<br />
relaxed game of darts or<br />
petanque (bowls).<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
SHOP Vinomania<br />
is a wine shop with a<br />
diff erence – open until<br />
11pm, it off ers free<br />
tasting and has boxes<br />
of the local vineyards’<br />
fi nest (34 Quai Malbert).<br />
SEE Anticodes is a<br />
mixed performance<br />
arts festival that takes<br />
place simultaneously in<br />
Lyon, Paris and Brest.<br />
Performances range<br />
from cult to culture. From<br />
3 March (anticodes.fr).<br />
NO WAY!<br />
Brest was fought over<br />
for many years by the<br />
British and the French,<br />
but has now been under<br />
French rule for more<br />
than four centuries.<br />
Samantha David<br />
LATE &<br />
LIVELY<br />
Le Tour du Monde<br />
(Port de Plaisance du<br />
Moulin-Blanc) Friday<br />
and Saturday nights<br />
see the crowd singing<br />
and dancing on the<br />
bar, and if there’s<br />
a big match on, this<br />
lot will be cheering.<br />
Brindisi<br />
Italy<br />
DIALLING CODE +39<br />
CURRENCY €<br />
FLY FROM<br />
Geneva, Milan<br />
(MXP), Paris (ORY)<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com.<br />
A local taxi costs €20.<br />
Local STP buses<br />
leave every 30<br />
minutes. Tickets: €0.80.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30 Notti<br />
Bianche (47 Via Arc<br />
Zaccaria, tel: 0831 339<br />
469) Extremely good<br />
value can be found at<br />
this simple yet elegant<br />
little restaurant. It prides<br />
itself on using totally<br />
Neapolitan ingredients<br />
and claims to serve the<br />
best pizzas in town.<br />
EXCLUSIVE<br />
La Poeta Contadino<br />
(21 Via Indipendenza,<br />
Alberobello, tel: 080 432<br />
1917) Tucked between<br />
stone arches and old<br />
farm walls, this ancientlooking<br />
restaurant oozes<br />
character. The cavatelli<br />
(pasta) and gnocchi are<br />
excellent, as are any of<br />
the seafood dishes. It’s<br />
simple, wholesome<br />
and full of locals.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY Bar<br />
Garden (5 Via Martiri<br />
di Cefalonia) The chefs<br />
here make exceptional<br />
stuzzichini (appetisers)<br />
and the barman really<br />
knows how to mix his<br />
cocktails. A pleasant<br />
afternoon bar that<br />
picks up later on.<br />
LATE & LIVELY<br />
Stone’s Café (Via<br />
Tevere, Torre Santa<br />
Sabina) This is a good<br />
bar to head to with its<br />
leather sofas, roaring<br />
fi res, good food and<br />
healthy selection of ontap<br />
beverages. DJs play<br />
at the weekends.<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
SHOP Shop on<br />
l’Appia dei Vini on a<br />
drive through several<br />
vineyard communes<br />
fi nishing in Brindisi.<br />
Visit Masseria Asciano,<br />
Coopir De Laurentis<br />
along with many more.<br />
Buy a bottle at each<br />
stop and you’ll be set for<br />
the rest of the holiday.<br />
SEE Head to Murgia<br />
Materana for a peek<br />
into the ancient Puglian<br />
past. Set in stunning<br />
countryside, here you’ll<br />
fi nd Neolithic history<br />
the likes of which you<br />
don’t get to see so close<br />
anywhere else.<br />
NO WAY!<br />
The Madonna di<br />
Pozzo Faceto is the<br />
protectress of Fasano.<br />
In June 1678, the people<br />
of Fasano defeated<br />
the Turks in battle.<br />
According to legend, the<br />
Madonna appeared and<br />
inspired victory.<br />
Max Keep
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