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Crete<br />
(Heraklion)<br />
Greece<br />
DIALLING CODE +30<br />
CURRENCY €<br />
FLY FROM<br />
Berlin, Bristol,<br />
Geneva, London (LGW),<br />
Manchester, Milan<br />
(MXP), Rome (FCO)<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com.<br />
A local taxi costs €14.<br />
Buses run every<br />
10 minutes to the<br />
centre. Tickets: €1.10.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30<br />
Ippokambos Ouzerie<br />
(3 Sofokli Venizelou, tel:<br />
2810 280 240) Locals<br />
fl ock to this city-centre<br />
favourite, a family-run<br />
ouzerie taverna serving<br />
mezze, fresh fi sh and<br />
great seafood.<br />
EXCLUSIVE Brilliant<br />
Gourmet Restaurant<br />
(15 Epimenidou<br />
Street, tel: 2810 334<br />
959) Part of the Lato<br />
Boutique Hotel, this<br />
elegant restaurant with<br />
chic, modern décor<br />
off ers fi ne gourmet<br />
cuisine using local and<br />
Mediterranean fl avours.<br />
Think risotto with<br />
Cretan apaki smoked<br />
pork and chicken fi llet<br />
with mizithra creamy<br />
Cretan cheese.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY Fashion<br />
Café (3 Korai and<br />
Perdikare Street) This<br />
café-bar has outdoor<br />
seating in the narrow<br />
streets in the heart of<br />
the city’s nightlife area,<br />
and is hugely popular<br />
with the young crowd.<br />
LATE & LIVELY<br />
Privilege (7 Doukos<br />
Beaufort) Privilege is<br />
back with a fresh new<br />
style. Dance the night<br />
away at this popular<br />
mainstream club playing<br />
dance, trance, hip<br />
hop, Greek music and<br />
everything in between.<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
SHOP Shop for<br />
fantastic Greek designer<br />
jewellery, watches and<br />
bags at Folli Follie in<br />
the city centre<br />
(23 Dedalou Street).<br />
GO For a lovely walk,<br />
head from Venizelou<br />
Square, strolling down<br />
25th August Street past<br />
the Venetian Loggia and<br />
St Titos church, admiring<br />
the Venetian mansions<br />
on the way. Continue<br />
down to the old port<br />
and the impressive<br />
Koules fortress.<br />
NO WAY!<br />
Greece has the highest<br />
per capita consumption<br />
of olive oil in the world,<br />
and Cretans consume<br />
the most olive oil in<br />
Greece. The average<br />
Greek consumes more<br />
than 15kg a year, while in<br />
Crete that exceeds 20kg.<br />
Carol Palioudakis<br />
Cyprus<br />
(Larnaca)<br />
Cyprus<br />
DIALLING CODE +357<br />
CURRENCY €<br />
FLY FROM<br />
London (LGW)<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com.<br />
A local taxi costs €15.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30 Village<br />
Tavern (Pyla Road,<br />
Pyla Village, tel: 24<br />
645 900) Theo and<br />
Denise serve homecooked<br />
bar snacks<br />
and restaurant meals.<br />
There’s a good choice of<br />
Cypriot or international<br />
dishes, and a special<br />
menu for children.<br />
EXCLUSIVE<br />
Charmers Restaurant<br />
(75 Pigiale Pasa<br />
Avenue, tel: 24 624<br />
127) A pleasant and<br />
ever-popular seafront<br />
restaurant that serves<br />
excellent steaks –<br />
fresh fi sh is also on<br />
the menu. You have to<br />
try the ice-cream cake<br />
for dessert.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY The Only<br />
Café-Bar (7 Georgiou<br />
Photiou, Oroklini, tel:<br />
24 647 740) A wellpriced<br />
all-day breakfast<br />
is served here and<br />
happy hour keeps the<br />
locals, well, happy every<br />
day from 12–9pm.<br />
Free Wi-Fi and live<br />
international football<br />
are also available.<br />
LATE & LIVELY<br />
Club Memphis<br />
(15–17 Corner of Lordou<br />
Vironos and Grigori<br />
Axfentiou Avenue)<br />
Dance until 4am at<br />
Club Memphis, where<br />
exclusive nights and<br />
events lure in local<br />
and international DJs,<br />
playing a mix of soul,<br />
R’n’B, house and Greek<br />
hits. The dress code is<br />
super stylish.<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
SHOP Choose an<br />
unusual gift from the<br />
Oro Fino jewellery<br />
shop, whose aim is<br />
to present previously<br />
unseen jewellery in<br />
an atmosphere of<br />
poetry and surreal décor<br />
(26 Pavlou Valsamaki<br />
Street, tel: 24 654 666,<br />
orofi nojewellery.com).<br />
SEE Larnaca’s<br />
Saturday-morning<br />
fruit and vegetable<br />
market is a real hive of<br />
activity and colour as<br />
Cypriot villagers sell<br />
their fresh, homegrown<br />
produce<br />
(Leontos Sofou Street).<br />
NO WAY!<br />
Larnaca town is home<br />
to seven diff erent<br />
museums, ranging<br />
from ecclesiastical and<br />
medieval to fascinating<br />
archeological collections<br />
on show to the public.<br />
Bev Orton Jennings<br />
DESTINATION GUIDES | 129<br />
Cyprus<br />
(Paphos)<br />
Cyprus<br />
DIALLING CODE +357<br />
CURRENCY €<br />
FLY FROM<br />
Bristol, Edinburgh,<br />
London (LGW, LTN),<br />
Manchester<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com.<br />
A local taxi costs €30.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30 Tea For<br />
Two (Tombs of The<br />
Kings Road) This is one<br />
of the best cafés for<br />
international food in<br />
town, off ering friendly<br />
GREEN<br />
MONDAY<br />
SEE The 7 March<br />
marks the fi rst day<br />
of Lent in the Eastern<br />
Orthodox calendar.<br />
To celebrate, Cypriots<br />
hold picnics and have<br />
kite-fl ying events. At<br />
noon, head to Faros<br />
Beach in Paphos.<br />
service with indoor and<br />
outdoor seating. It does<br />
a good English breakfast.<br />
EXCLUSIVE Koi Thai<br />
& Japanese Restaurant<br />
(58 Poseidonos Avenue,<br />
tel: 26 813 456) Ultrachic<br />
and worth dressing<br />
up for, Koi serves a full<br />
range of delicious Asian<br />
cuisine with an emphasis<br />
on sushi, noodles,<br />
tempura, seafood and<br />
Thai curry dishes.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY Balia<br />
Elektriki Cafe (8<br />
Vladimerou Herakleous,<br />
Ktima, tel: 26 222 157)<br />
Centrally located in the<br />
courtyard of the stylish<br />
Balia Elektriki Gallery,<br />
this chic venue serves a<br />
selection of coff ees, soft<br />
and alcoholic drinks.<br />
LATE & LIVELY<br />
Linekers (Bar Street)<br />
Dance until late every<br />
night at this lively bar,<br />
which attracts the<br />
young crowd. Resident<br />
DJs play the latest hits.<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
SHOP At Avgoustinos<br />
Pottery you can take<br />
your pick from creative,<br />
original tableware and<br />
ornaments from one of<br />
the oldest potteries in<br />
Paphos (105 Makarios<br />
III Avenue, Yeroskipou,<br />
tel: 99 568 726).<br />
NO WAY!<br />
Cyprus has a<br />
multicultural history,<br />
and hidden away<br />
inland is a collection of<br />
beautifully preserved<br />
Venetian bridges built<br />
for the camel caravans<br />
in the 16th century.<br />
Lucie Robson/lintv.eu
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