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150 | DESTINATION GUIDES<br />
London<br />
UK<br />
DIALLING CODE +44<br />
CURRENCY £<br />
FLY FROM<br />
Aberdeen, Agadir,<br />
Alicante, Almería,<br />
Amman, Amsterdam,<br />
Antalya, Asturias,<br />
Athens, Barcelona,<br />
Basel-Mulhouse, Bastia<br />
(Corsica), Berlin, Belfast<br />
(BHD, BFS), Biarritz,<br />
Bilbao, Bodrum, Bologna,<br />
Bordeaux, Budapest,<br />
Cagliari (Sardinia),<br />
Cologne/Bonn,<br />
Copenhagen, Corfu,<br />
Corsica (Ajaccio), Corsica<br />
(Bastia), Crete (Chania),<br />
Crete (Heraklion), Cyprus<br />
(Larnaca), Cyprus<br />
(Paphos), Dalaman,<br />
Dortmund, Dubrovnik,<br />
Düsseldorf, Edinburgh,<br />
Faro, Fuerteventura,<br />
Geneva, Gibraltar,<br />
Glasgow, Gothenburg,<br />
Gran Canaria, Grenoble,<br />
Hamburg, Helsinki,<br />
Hurghada, Ibiza,<br />
Innsbruck, Istanbul,<br />
Inverness, Izmir, Kos,<br />
Krakow, Lanzarote,<br />
La Rochelle, Lisbon,<br />
Ljubljana, Luxor, Lyon,<br />
Madeira, Madrid,<br />
Majorca, Málaga, Malta,<br />
Marrakech, Marseille,<br />
Menorca, Milan (MXP,<br />
LIN), Montpellier, Munich,<br />
Murcia, Mykonos, Nantes,<br />
Naples, Nice, Newcastle,<br />
Olbia, Palermo, Paris<br />
(CDG), Pisa, Porto,<br />
Prague, Rhodes, Rome<br />
(FCO), Salzburg,<br />
Santorini, Seville,<br />
Sharm El Sheikh, Sofi a,<br />
Split, Tallinn, Tel Aviv,<br />
Tenerife, Thessaloniki,<br />
Toulouse, Turin, Valencia,<br />
Venice, Verona, Vienna,<br />
Zagreb, Zante, Zürich<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
LUTON<br />
TAXI<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com<br />
A local taxi costs £100<br />
to central London.<br />
National Express<br />
tickets can be<br />
bought onboard.<br />
Tickets: £14 single; £19<br />
return. Ask your cabin<br />
crew for details.<br />
Trains from Luton<br />
Airport Parkway go<br />
to London St Pancras.<br />
Tickets: £12 single<br />
(fi rstcapital<br />
connect.co.uk).<br />
GATWICK<br />
TAXI<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com<br />
A local taxi costs £100.<br />
The Gatwick<br />
Express to London<br />
Victoria runs every<br />
15 minutes from<br />
4.35am–1.35am.<br />
Exclusive easyJet<br />
discounted fares<br />
available when you buy<br />
onboard. Ask your cabin<br />
crew for details.<br />
STANSTED<br />
TAXI<br />
A local taxi costs<br />
£120 to London.<br />
National Express<br />
runs a bus service<br />
to London Victoria.<br />
Tickets: £17 return.<br />
The Stansted<br />
Express runs<br />
every 15–30 minutes<br />
until 00.30am. Exclusive<br />
easyJet discounted<br />
fares available when you<br />
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buy onboard. Ask your<br />
cabin crew for details.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €15 Chop’d<br />
(2 Horner Square, E1)<br />
This bright and buzzy<br />
gourmet salad stop<br />
is an inspirational<br />
lunch choice for those<br />
tired of standard<br />
sandwiches and limp<br />
lettuce leaves. Chop’d<br />
serves up healthy,<br />
fl avoursome salads – to<br />
your specifi cations.<br />
You can create your<br />
own salad from a vast<br />
selection of ingredients<br />
or pick up a pre-made<br />
option – anything from<br />
jerk chicken to virtuous<br />
superfood or smoked<br />
mackerel kedgeree.<br />
Choose from more than<br />
15 diff erent dressings to<br />
complete your lunch. Oh,<br />
and if you aren’t in the<br />
mood for a salad, there’s<br />
a delicious selection<br />
of sushi, soup, and<br />
nutritious wraps too.<br />
UP TO €30 Franco<br />
Manca (4 Market Row,<br />
SW9, tel: 020 7738<br />
3021) This cheap and<br />
cheerful restaurant in<br />
Brixton Market was<br />
considered a bit of a<br />
culinary secret among<br />
south London foodies<br />
until recently, but now<br />
folk from all across the<br />
capital – and beyond<br />
– make their own pizza<br />
pilgrimage to see what<br />
all the fuss is about. This<br />
small pizzeria’s winning<br />
formula is a combination<br />
of a light yet crisp<br />
sourdough base –<br />
prepared 20 hours<br />
before – and the giant,<br />
traditional woodfi red<br />
oven brought in from<br />
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kids<br />
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the home of this doughy<br />
dish, Naples. The menu<br />
might only feature six<br />
types of pizza (starting<br />
at £6 each), but trust<br />
us, you won’t be<br />
disappointed.<br />
UP TO €50 Balans<br />
(60–62 Old Compton<br />
Street, W1D, tel: 020<br />
7439 2183) Right in the<br />
heart of the West End,<br />
on Old Compton Street,<br />
is Balans – a Soho<br />
institution. An excellent<br />
option for a pre- or<br />
post-theatre meal<br />
thanks to its proximity<br />
to Theatreland, its<br />
modern brasseriestyle<br />
menu caters to<br />
all appetites. Dishes<br />
such as seared scallops<br />
with pork belly and<br />
orange sweet soy<br />
glaze is a great place<br />
to start, and satisfying<br />
mains include a<br />
fragrant Thai curry<br />
and the sizable Balans<br />
10oz burger with<br />
hand-cut chips.<br />
For dessert, try the<br />
wickedly decadent<br />
Oreo key lime pie.<br />
NORFOLK<br />
TOWERS<br />
★ ★ ★ ★ ★<br />
Norfolk Towers is an<br />
excellent choice, close<br />
to Madame Tussauds,<br />
Regent’s Park and the<br />
West End. Breakfast<br />
included. From<br />
€78, book at hotels.<br />
easyJet.com.<br />
Bar Battu (48 Gresham<br />
Street, EC2, tel: 020<br />
7036 6100) Tucked<br />
away in a corner street<br />
in the City is this<br />
exceptional French<br />
wine bar-turned-fab<br />
restaurant. But what’s<br />
so exciting about<br />
an establishment<br />
championing vin de<br />
France? Well, Bar Battu<br />
is the Square Mile’s<br />
fi rst natural wine bar,<br />
selling superb organic<br />
and biodiverse wines.<br />
For those of us who<br />
don’t know much about<br />
natural wines, the bar’s<br />
extensive wine list has<br />
a breakdown at the<br />
beginning explaining<br />
the diff erence between<br />
the biodiverse, cloudy,<br />
organic, wild and clear<br />
wines sold by the glass<br />
and bottle. Once you’ve<br />
ordered your wine,<br />
tackle the food menu<br />
with its fi ne French fare.<br />
The crab with celeriac<br />
is the star of the small,<br />
tapas-like plates, and<br />
you can’t go far wrong<br />
with the bavette steak<br />
and bone marrow –<br />
perfectly complemented<br />
with a robust glass of<br />
organic red, of course.<br />
EXCLUSIVE<br />
Brasserie Joël (1st<br />
Floor, Park Plaza<br />
Westminster Bridge,<br />
SE1, tel: 020 7620<br />
7272) The Park Plaza<br />
Westminster Bridge<br />
exudes the cool,<br />
anonymous glow of<br />
the international hotel<br />
chain, so it’s a surprise<br />
to fi nd French chef<br />
Joël Antunes running<br />
an excellent brasserie<br />
from its moodily lit<br />
interior. Every dish is<br />
full of fl air, from the<br />
crisp, sweet beetroot<br />
salad to the porcini<br />
risotto that reminds<br />
you what risotto is<br />
supposed to taste like.<br />
Delicious and for<br />
the most part<br />
reasonably priced,<br />
it’s well worth a visit.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY Gordon’s<br />
Wine Bar (47 Villiers<br />
Street, WC2N, tel: 020<br />
7930 1408) It might not<br />
look like much from the<br />
outside, but Gordon’s<br />
has plenty of character.<br />
This tatty-but-cool<br />
space dates back to<br />
the 1680s, making it<br />
the city’s oldest wine<br />
bar – and hundreds of<br />
years later, it’s still one<br />
of the best places in<br />
London to enjoy a glass<br />
of wine, sherry or port in<br />
candlelit, subterranean<br />
surroundings.<br />
LIVE MUSIC<br />
The Boogaloo (312<br />
Archway Road, N6, tel:<br />
020 8340 2928) Set in<br />
leafy Highgate, The<br />
Boogaloo is considered<br />
one of north London’s<br />
hippest music hangouts<br />
–Time Out has even<br />
hailed it “London’s<br />
greatest rock club”.<br />
Rumoured fans include<br />
Pete Doherty and Noel<br />
Gallagher, so who<br />
knows, go along and<br />
you might even end<br />
up rubbing shoulders<br />
with rock royalty while<br />
swaying to the live,<br />
heavy beats.<br />
LATE & LIVELY<br />
The Dogstar (389<br />
Coldharbour Lane,<br />
SW9, tel: 020 7733<br />
7515) Situated in
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