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144 | DESTINATION GUIDES<br />
Krakow<br />
Poland<br />
DIALLING CODE +48<br />
CURRENCY Zloty (PLN)<br />
FLY FROM<br />
Belfast (BFS),<br />
Bristol, Dortmund,<br />
Edinburgh, Liverpool,<br />
London (LGW),<br />
Paris (CDG)<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com. A<br />
local taxi costs PLN80.<br />
Trains leave every<br />
30 minutes till<br />
12.15am. Tickets: PLN6.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30<br />
Marchewka z<br />
Groszkiem (2 Ulica<br />
Mostowa, tel: 012 430<br />
0795) You’ll fi nd this<br />
restaurant by the snazzy<br />
new footbridge that links<br />
Kazimierz with Podgorze.<br />
Expect homely<br />
Polish classics with<br />
a dash of 1930s style.<br />
EXCLUSIVE Szara<br />
Restaurant (6 Rynek<br />
Glowny, tel: 012 421<br />
6669) Sweep someone<br />
off their feet at this<br />
glamorous venue right<br />
on the square. A gothic<br />
vault provides a romantic<br />
backdrop, while the<br />
service is professional<br />
but not stuff y.<br />
<br />
<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY Café<br />
Rekawka (4A Ulica<br />
Brodzinskiego, tel: 012<br />
296 2002) Worthy of the<br />
tag “hidden gem”, this<br />
café is on the side of the<br />
new footbridge between<br />
Kazimierz and Podgorze.<br />
Comfy armchairs prop<br />
up literary types.<br />
LATE & LIVELY<br />
Lodz Kaliska (15 Ulica<br />
Florianska) This is<br />
a kitsch labyrinth that’s<br />
brimming with mockbaroque<br />
chaise longues<br />
and pictures of nudists.<br />
Popular with trendy<br />
twentysomethings.<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
SHOP The recently<br />
restored Sukiennice<br />
(Cloth Hall), which<br />
straddles the square,<br />
has stall after stall selling<br />
local knick-knacks from<br />
hand-carved chess sets<br />
to woollen slippers.<br />
GO The Podgorze<br />
district has recently<br />
gained a gallery of<br />
contemporary art<br />
(MOCAK) and a<br />
museum chronicling the<br />
Nazi occupation, both<br />
on the site of the former<br />
Schindler factory. A<br />
cluster of hip bars has<br />
emerged nearby too.<br />
NO WAY!<br />
Countless houses have<br />
whimsical sculptures –<br />
elephants, bells, lizards<br />
– over their entrances.<br />
Street numbers weren’t<br />
introduced to Krakow<br />
until the late 18th<br />
century, and these<br />
helped postmen<br />
fi nd their way.<br />
Nick Hodge/<br />
cracow-life.com<br />
Lamezia<br />
Italy<br />
DIALLING CODE +39<br />
CURRENCY €<br />
FLY FROM<br />
Milan (MXP),<br />
Rome (FCO)<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com.<br />
A local taxi costs €20.<br />
Routes 4 and 5<br />
go to the centre.<br />
Tickets: €0.77.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30 Sabbia<br />
d’Oro (1 Via Piano<br />
delle Donne, Belvedere<br />
Marittimo, tel: 0985<br />
88456) Sabbia d’Oro,<br />
between Diamante and<br />
Belvedere Marittimo,<br />
is known for its spicy<br />
infusion of traditional<br />
seafood dishes. If it’s<br />
available, try the peppercrusted<br />
swordfi sh.<br />
EXCLUSIVE<br />
Pimm’s (14 Largo<br />
Migliarese, Tropea)<br />
Consistently rated one<br />
of the best restaurants<br />
in Calabria, Pimm’s is an<br />
underground venue in<br />
Tropea’s historical centre<br />
that serves innovative<br />
seafood dishes<br />
such as sea urchin,<br />
smoked swordfi sh<br />
and stuff ed squid.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY Le Volpi e<br />
L’ Uva (11 Via Garibaldi,<br />
Tropea, tel: 0963<br />
61900) Le Volpi e L’ Uva<br />
is a trendy wine bar in<br />
Tropea with friendly<br />
staff . It serves generous<br />
seafood antipasto<br />
dishes alongside good<br />
local wine.<br />
LATE & LIVELY<br />
Atmosfera (18 Via<br />
Donnici, Roccelletta<br />
di Borgia, tel: 0961<br />
955 150) Near the<br />
Scolacium ruins in<br />
Catanzaro, you’ll fi nd<br />
one of Calabria’s rare<br />
year-round clubs.<br />
Locals head here every<br />
weekend to meet up<br />
and have a drink with<br />
their friends.<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
SHOP Visit<br />
Casamaierà near<br />
Diamante for<br />
locally made liquor,<br />
marmalade and other<br />
Calabrese specialities.<br />
If you call in advance,<br />
you can tour the factory<br />
(80 Via Arieste, Maierà,<br />
tel: 0985 889 300).<br />
SEE If you’re near<br />
Civita in the Pollino<br />
Massif, stop by Museo<br />
Etnico Arbëresh (Ethnic<br />
Museum of Albanian<br />
Culture) for an insight<br />
into Calabria’s ancient<br />
Albanian history.<br />
NO WAY!<br />
According to legend,<br />
Scilla near Reggio<br />
Calabria was home<br />
to the mythological<br />
sea monster Scylla,<br />
made famous in<br />
Homer’s Odyssey.<br />
Cherrye Moore/<br />
my-bellavita.com<br />
Lanzarote<br />
Spain<br />
DIALLING CODE +34<br />
CURRENCY €<br />
FLY FROM<br />
Liverpool, London<br />
(LGW), Madrid<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com.<br />
A local taxi costs €12.<br />
Buses 22 and 23<br />
stop at Playa del<br />
Reducto and Arrecife,<br />
from 7am–10.25pm.<br />
Tickets: €1.15.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30 Sakura<br />
(106 Calle José Antonio<br />
Primo de Rivera, Arrecife,<br />
BOCAYNA<br />
STRAIT<br />
NO WAY!<br />
Lanzarote and<br />
Fuerteventura are part<br />
of the same geological<br />
structure and were<br />
a single island during<br />
the last Ice Age. Today,<br />
they’re separated<br />
by just 10km of water.<br />
tel: 928 597 638) This<br />
Japanese restaurant’s<br />
all-you-can-eat conveyor-<br />
belt menu off ers superb<br />
value for money at just<br />
€15 for dinner.<br />
EXCLUSIVE Quintins<br />
Restaurante (25G<br />
Avenida Juan Carlos I,<br />
tel: 928 515 755)<br />
Chef Finn O’Sullivan<br />
off ers superb modern<br />
European cuisine at his<br />
well-established eatery<br />
in Puerto del Carmén.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY One Bar<br />
(Marina Rubicón, Playa<br />
Blanca, tel: 928 349 930)<br />
One Bar is the perfect<br />
place to watch the sun<br />
go down while enjoying a<br />
beer or cocktail.<br />
LATE & LIVELY Aché<br />
Bar (Centro Atlántico,<br />
Puerto del Carmen)<br />
Dance the night away to<br />
salsa at this late-night<br />
bar. It doesn’t get<br />
busy until very late,<br />
so pace yourself.<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
SHOP For some<br />
authentic Lanzarote<br />
surf wear, head to Santa<br />
– a local surfboard<br />
manufacturer and<br />
clothing brand. This<br />
outlet is in Playa Blanca<br />
(123 Calle Limones).<br />
SEE Carnival falls at<br />
the beginning of the<br />
month but the party<br />
goes on throughout<br />
March. Puerto del<br />
Carmén celebrates its<br />
carnival from 10–12<br />
March. Costa Teguise<br />
closes the festivities<br />
with its carnival, which<br />
climaxes on 27 March.<br />
Ashley Wootton/<br />
DiscoverLanzarote.com
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