168 | DESTINATION GUIDES Olbia Italy DIALLING CODE +39 CURRENCY € FLY FROM Basel-Mulhouse, Berlin, Bristol, Geneva, London (LGW), Lyon, Milan (MXP), Paris (ORY) FROM THE AIRPORT TAXI Pre-book your taxi at easyJet.com A local taxi costs €15. The Linea Urbana bus goes to Olbia every 30 minutes. Visit the Europcar desk for special easyJet rates. BON APPETIT UP TO €30 Da Gesuino (2 Via Romana, tel: 0789 22395) Wellknown for its typical fi sh dishes, Da Gesuino is a characteristic restaurant in the centre of Olbia where you’ll feel right at home. EXCLUSIVE Gallura (145 Corso Umberto, tel: 0789 24648) A tavern restaurant with opulent fi ve-star service, this remains the only restaurant in the city to have won a Michelin star. The onion soup and mutton broth complement the selection of fresh seafood in the colder months. AFTER DARK LOW KEY Vignando (2 Corso Umberto, tel: 0789 21653) Typical wine bar in the centre of the city, where you can taste the best Sardinian red and white wines or just have a coff ee or a cocktail. LATE & LIVELY D-Ivan (Via dei Maniscalchi) Fashionable club where you can drink the best cocktails, listen to live Latin American music, have a bash at karaoke or just natter with your friends. THIS MONTH SHOP Olbia’s main street that leads to the bay is called Corso Umberto, and is cut off to traffi c after 7pm. The lower end of the boulevard, near the bay, holds a variety of markets with antiques and food stands that add a little more colour to the evening. GO A few kilometres north of Olbia begins the wonderful scenery of the Costa Smeralda, an enchanting side of north Sardinia, off ering the possibilities to enjoy an unspoiled landscape with special coloured sea and breathtaking coast with its renowned white sandy beaches and numerous small ports. NO WAY! Olbia had been named several times in its history. The name seems to have Greek origins, and Olbia polis in Greek means “the happy city”. ciaosardinia.com Palermo Italy DIALLING CODE +39 CURRENCY € FLY FROM London (LGW), Milan (MXP), Paris (ORY), Rome (FCO) FROM THE AIRPORT Pre-book your taxi at easyJet.com. A local taxi costs €50. The Trinacria Express goes to the central station. Tickets: €5.50. Visit the Europcar desk for special easyJet rates. BON APPETIT UP TO €30 La Gondola (144 Via Principe di Scordia, tel: 091 331 748) Despite the Venetian name, this is probably the last of the authentic Sicilian taverns, with no-nonsense traditional home-cooking. EXCLUSIVE Bye Bye Blues (23 Via del Garofalo, tel: 091 684 1415) Adjacent to Mondello, this awardwinning restaurant searches the world for the ingredients that make its dishes so unique, such as lasagne with goat’s cheese ricotta and piacentino cheese. AFTER DARK LOW KEY Mi Manda Picone (59 Via Paternostro, tel: 091 616 0660) Come here for the best local, Italian and international wines served outside in the hippest area in town. Nibble on a piece of Sicilian fi nger food, too. LATE & LIVELY Reloj (5 Via Pasquale Calvi, tel: 091 611 9698) Housed in a former cinema, this is one of the see-and-beseen places in Palermo. Eat, drink and listen to live music, or just peoplewatch the night away. THIS MONTH SHOP Pizzo & Pizzo has opened a branch in a central location, where clients can not only buy from the vast assortment of local food and wines, but also sit and savour some of the specialities in the on-site restaurant (1P Via XII Gennaio). SEE PPS: Paesaggio e Popolo Della Sicilia, an exhibit comprising 22 local artists’ work, takes a look at the island. Part of the installation includes a documentary fi lm by Oscar-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore (Museo D’Arte Contemporanea Palazzo Riso, 365 Corso Vittorio Emanuele). NO WAY! The fi rst name of Palermo, dating back to the eighth century BC, was Zyz. In the Phoenician language, this meant “fl ower”. Conchita Vecchio Circ. Nord. Direzione Golfo Aranci - Olbia | Tel: +39 0789554000 | reservation@geovillage.it TAXI Paris France DIALLING CODE +33 CURRENCY € FLY FROM Agadir, Athens, Biarritz, Belfast (BFS), Berlin, Brest, Brindisi Bristol, Budapest, Casablanca, Catania, Copenhagen, Corsica (Ajaccio), Corsica (Bastia), Dubrovnik, Edinburgh, Faro, Fez, Geneva, Glasgow, Helsinki, Ibiza, Krakow, Lisbon, Liverpool, Ljubljana, London (LTN), Madrid, Majorca, Málaga, Marrakech, Menorca, Milan (MXP, LIN), Mykonos, Naples, Newcastle, Nice, Olbia, Palermo, Pisa, Porto, Prague, Rome (CIA), Split, Tangier, Toulouse, Venice, Zagreb FROM THE AIRPORT ORLY TAXI Pre-book your taxi at easyJet.com. A local taxi costs €35. The Orly bus stops at Place Denfert-Rochereau. Tickets: €6.40. The RER B4 goes to Châtelet. Trains run from 6am– 11pm. Tickets: €9.85. 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