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Istanbul<br />
Turkey<br />
DIALLING CODE +90<br />
CURRENCY Lira (TRY)<br />
FLY FROM<br />
Basel-Mulhouse,<br />
London (LGW, LTN)<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com.<br />
A local taxi costs TRY35.<br />
E3 buses run<br />
hourly to Levent,<br />
where the metro goes to<br />
Taksim Square. Tickets:<br />
TRY4.50. Havas buses<br />
run to Taksim Square.<br />
Tickets: TRY12.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30 Salad<br />
Station (189b Istiklal<br />
Caddesi, Beyoglu, tel:<br />
0212 243 0127) Choose<br />
from the widest range of<br />
salads you’ve probably<br />
ever seen – 36 toppings,<br />
26 premium toppings<br />
and 14 vinagrettes.<br />
EXCLUSIVE Supper<br />
Club (65 Muallim Naci<br />
Caddesi, Ortakoy, tel:<br />
0212 261 1988) This is<br />
the Istanbul branch of<br />
an international chain<br />
of free-and-easy food<br />
and music venues.<br />
The exclusive clientèle,<br />
Bosphorus views and<br />
creative menu make<br />
for a heady experience.<br />
<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY Balkon (5<br />
Sehbender Sokak) A topfl<br />
oor bar with fantastic<br />
views over the city from<br />
the terrace, where a DJ<br />
plays the latest tunes.<br />
LATE & LIVELY<br />
Salon (5 Sadi Konuralp<br />
Caddesi, Sishane) Hip<br />
new performance space<br />
off ering an eclectic<br />
programme of pop,<br />
classical and jazz acts.<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
SHOP La Cave is<br />
Istanbul’s fi rst and bestknown<br />
dedicated wine<br />
store. It stocks wines<br />
from all over Turkey (109<br />
Sıraselviler Caddesi).<br />
SEE Chinese artist Yao<br />
Lu photographs rubbish<br />
piles and reworks the<br />
results to look like<br />
Chinese paintings.<br />
Catch the results at<br />
Istanbul Modern gallery.<br />
NO WAY!<br />
Istanbul has 17,400<br />
taxis – one for every<br />
1.4km of road.<br />
David O’Byrne<br />
BARCELO<br />
SARAY<br />
★ ★ ★ ★ ★<br />
A luxurious retreat in<br />
the heart of Istanbul’s<br />
historic centre. Relax<br />
in the plush and<br />
stylish surroundings.<br />
All inclusive. From<br />
€160, book at<br />
hotels.easyJet.com.<br />
Jersey<br />
UK<br />
DIALLING CODE +44<br />
CURRENCY £<br />
FLY FROM<br />
Liverpool<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com.<br />
A local taxi costs £16.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30 Halkett<br />
Pub & Eating House<br />
(Halkett Place, St Helier,<br />
tel: 01534 732 769)<br />
Recently refurbished,<br />
this busy town-centre<br />
restaurant, pub and<br />
disco serves wellprepared<br />
favourites<br />
such as American-style<br />
stack burger and<br />
battered fi sh and chips.<br />
There are 16 diff erent<br />
wines by the glass too.<br />
EXCLUSIVE Tassili<br />
(Esplanade, St Helier,<br />
tel: 01534 722 301)<br />
Part of the luxury Grand<br />
Jersey hotel, Tassili<br />
off ers an imaginative<br />
and luxurious menu.<br />
Even the ploughman’s<br />
at Tassili is no ordinary<br />
ploughman’s. Befi tting<br />
one of Jersey’s top<br />
restaurants, it includes<br />
bouton d’oc goat’s<br />
cheese, Jabugo ham,<br />
truffl ed quail’s egg,<br />
apple jelly and white<br />
balsamic mayonnaise.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY The Old<br />
Smuggler’s Inn (Le<br />
Mont du Ouaisne, St<br />
Brelade) Down a road<br />
leading to Ouaisne<br />
Beach, the inn is a<br />
favourite with real ale<br />
experts. The inn is said<br />
to have been created<br />
on the site of two 13thcentury<br />
cottages.<br />
LATE & LIVELY<br />
La Cala (22 Beresford<br />
Street, St Helier) Open<br />
seven days a week,<br />
La Cala is a clubber’s<br />
favourite as well as an<br />
attractive restaurant<br />
and piano bar. There’s<br />
also a terrace for when<br />
the weather is fi ne.<br />
TAXI TAXI<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
SHOP St Helier’s<br />
historic Central Market<br />
receives the year’s fi rst<br />
crop of famous Jersey<br />
Royal potatoes this<br />
month. There are plenty<br />
of other vegetables,<br />
fruits, fi sh and fl owers<br />
on display too, as well<br />
as coff ee shops.<br />
SEE Top designers will<br />
be in Jersey from 7–13<br />
March for the annual<br />
Jersey Textile Showcase.<br />
There are workshops,<br />
talks and exhibitions<br />
around St Aubin (The<br />
Harbour Gallery, tel:<br />
01534 853 395).<br />
NO WAY!<br />
The US state New<br />
Jersey was named after<br />
the Channel Island<br />
because a Jerseyman<br />
was given the land in<br />
the 17th century.<br />
Peter Body<br />
<br />
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DESTINATION GUIDES | 143<br />
Kos<br />
Greece<br />
DIALLING CODE +30<br />
CURRENCY €<br />
FLY FROM<br />
London (LGW)<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com.<br />
A local taxis cost €35.<br />
There are three<br />
daily buses to Kos<br />
Town. Tickets: €3.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30 Pote tin<br />
Kyriaki (9 Peisandrou,<br />
Kos Old Town, tel: 22420<br />
48460) The town’s<br />
longest-running ouzerí<br />
off ers indoor seating<br />
and platters such as<br />
marathópita (fennel pie),<br />
kavourdisti (pork fry-up)<br />
and seafood, washed<br />
down by strong rakí.<br />
EXCLUSIVE Stadium<br />
(26 Vassileos Georgiou,<br />
tel: 22420 27880) An<br />
Italian-era seaside<br />
building now hosts<br />
Kos Town’s favourite<br />
chic, Mediterranean<br />
restaurant. Starters<br />
such as spicy chicken<br />
livers and manouri<br />
cheese and pinigouri<br />
salad are more creative<br />
than the grilled mains.<br />
Expect effi cient service<br />
and a wide wine list.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY Aenaos<br />
(Platia Eleftherias)<br />
This little café, tucked<br />
into the base of the<br />
Defterdar Mosque,<br />
specialises in novelty<br />
hot chocolates, teas and<br />
coff ees, especially kafés<br />
sti hóvoli or Greek coff ee<br />
made over hot sand.<br />
LATE & LIVELY<br />
Fashion Club (2 Kanari<br />
Street, Dolphins Square)<br />
Going strong since the<br />
late 1980s, this huge<br />
venue converted from a<br />
former cinema gets<br />
a mixed crowd as well<br />
as the fashionistas<br />
predicted by its name.<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
SHOP The Old Town<br />
is a great place to start<br />
your shopping. Meander<br />
around and you will<br />
fi nd all your holiday<br />
needs catered for, plus<br />
souvenirs and great<br />
local delicacies, such as<br />
honey. Most shops are<br />
open until 10pm, and<br />
after sundown there is<br />
a lovely atmosphere.<br />
GO Winter and spring<br />
are the best seafood<br />
seasons in Greece, owing<br />
to migratory patterns<br />
and fi shery laws. The<br />
fi shmongers will be fi lled<br />
with scaly fi sh, marinated<br />
ouzo seafood snacks<br />
such as limpets and the<br />
mysterious foúskes.<br />
NO WAY!<br />
The middle of Kos is<br />
so low-lying that from<br />
Kálymnos island to<br />
the north, you can see<br />
straight across to the<br />
peak of Níssyros islet<br />
south of Kos.<br />
Marc Dubin
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