march-2011

130 | DESTINATION GUIDES
Dalaman
Turkey
DIALLING CODE +90
CURRENCY TRY
FLY FROM
Bristol, London
(LGW, STN) Manchester
FROM THE
AIRPORT
TAXI
Pre-book your taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs TRY30.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30 Ayytacc
Café (14B Cumhuriyet
Caddesi, tel: 0252 692
4423) This snazzy café
attracts a youthful mix
of customers. Order
a frothy cappuccino,
as no alcohol is served,
and enjoy a spot of
people-watching. Open
until midnight, it makes
a great place to mingle
with the local young
and trendy crowd.
EXCLUSIVE Cafe
La Vie (Mara Mah,
5 Salik sok, Dalyan,
tel: 0252 284 4142)
Tingle your taste
buds at this fabulous
restaurant. Enjoy a
mouthwatering mixed
grill and sip wonderful
wines served with
panache, while
relaxing by the river
running through
the gardens.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY Tesadüf
(Ege Mah, 37 Kenan
Evren Bulvarı, tel: 0252
692 5914) Simply the
best place in town to
start your evening.
Unwind to live local
music while enjoying
a delicious steak or
freshly caught seabass
in Dalaman’s newest
hip location.
LATE & LIVELY Jazz
Bar (Cumhurriyet
Mah, Göcek, tel: 0252
645 1729) Finish the
evening a-rockin’-anda-rollin’
until dawn to
local and international
hits played with
style by a variety
of live musicians.
THIS MONTH
SHOP Remember,
sparkling diamonds
are a girl’s best friend.
Gürhan is the man to
see if you want your
rock set in 14-carat
gold made to your
own design (Gürhan
Kuyumculuk, 47
Atatürk Caddesi,
tel: 0252 692 2842).
GO Sea too cold?
Then visit the natural
thermal pool at Fevziye,
where the water is
a constant 27°C.
The water is said to
cure everything from
psoriasis to sciatica
(Gurukardı Mah,
Kukurtlu su, Fevziye,
tel: 0252 285 8219).
NO WAY!
The world’s oldest
known shipwreck was
found and excavated in
Uluburun, just along the
coast from Dalaman.
Rod Harrison
Dortmund
Germany
DIALLING CODE +49
CURRENCY €
FLY FROM
Barcelona,
Budapest, Krakow,
London (LTN), Majorca,
Thessaloniki, Zagreb
FROM THE
AIRPORT
TAXI
Pre-book your taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs €22.
The Airport
Express leaves
every hour. Tickets: €6.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30 Café
Lotte (31 Dresdener
Strasse, tel: 0231 5303
1131) This delightful
corner café with a
Jugendstil fl oor serves
tasty and healthy
breakfasts, lunches and
homemade cakes, and
an incredible variety
of hot chocolate drinks.
EXCLUSIVE
Palmgarten (200
Hohensyburgstrasse,
tel: 0231 774 0731) At
the classy restaurant
of the Hohensyburg
casino, enjoy great
seasonal food that
comes with fantastic
views over the valley
and pay the bill with
your winnings next door.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY Las Salinas
(9–11 Kleppingstrasse,
tel: 0231 150 4434) To
fi nd some Mediterranean
holiday atmosphere in
Dortmund, head to this
trendy Spanish bar in the
pedestrian area. Named
after a beach in Ibiza, it
doesn’t disappoint.
LATE & LIVELY
Freizeitzentrum West
(20 Ritterstrasse,
tel: 0231 177 820) A
functional building
behind the Dortmunder
U complex is home to
“Leisure Centre West”,
which hosts the best
rock, punk and indie
music concerts and
parties in the region. With
260 events a year, there’s
always something
interesting on.
THIS MONTH
SHOP If you’re in
the market for quality
second-hand CDs,
DVDs, games and more,
head to Andrä, which
is one of Germany’s
largest chain stores
(54 Westenhellweg).
SEE Dortmund’s streets
fi ll up with thousands of
cheerful revellers this
month, as the annual
carnival hits the city
streets. It lasts for several
days, with bars and cafés
full of people in fancy
dress – but the highlight
is the Rosenmontag
parade on 7 March.
NO WAY!
The world’s smallest
carnival parade takes
place annually in Unna,
just east of Dortmund.
Jeroen van Marle/
inyourpocket.com
Dresden
Germany
DIALLING CODE +49
CURRENCY €
FLY FROM
Basel-Mulhouse
FROM THE
AIRPORT
TAXI
Pre-book your taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs €20.
The S-Bahn runs
every 30 minutes.
Tickets: €2 single.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30 Watzke
Ball & Brauhaus
(1 Kötzschenbroder
Strasse, tel: 0351 852
920) In the summer,
seating along the Elbe
River off ers views of
the historic centre. In
the winter, live music
LATE &
LIVELY
Jazzclub Neue Tonne
(15 Königstrasse)
Subterranean vaulted
digs are Dresden’s
address for jazz.
Local acts keep the
connoisseurs and
the come-latelys
bopping their heads.
animates the ballroom.
Throughout the year,
there’s traditional
German food and beers
brewed on-site.
EXCLUSIVE Ontario
(2 An der Frauenkirche,
tel: 0351 4028 8660)
It might seem odd to
order braised caribou at
a Canadian restaurant
in the baroque heart
of a German city, but
delectability knows
no borders here.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
Wohnzimmer (27
Jordanstrasse, tel: 0351
563 5956) The name
of this café-bar-lounge
means “living room”.
With two fl oors of
armchairs and sofas,
you’re bound to fi nd
enough loose change to
cover the tab for all those
ambrosian cocktails.
THIS MONTH
SHOP Then Der
Senfl aden (The Mustard
Shop) created cranberry
cream horseradish,
black beer mustard,
fi g jam mustard and
hundreds more varieties
(79 Bautzner Strasse).
SEE Dresden’s State
Art Collection is divided
among 13 museums,
but the Green Vault
holds Europe’s richest
collection of treasures.
NO WAY!
What do beer coasters,
daily paper, toothpaste
and the bra – just to
name a few – all have
in common? They were
all invented in the Free
State of Saxony.
Chris Bush