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120 | DESTINATION GUIDES<br />
Brindisi<br />
Italy<br />
DIALLING CODE +39<br />
CURRENCY €<br />
FLY FROM<br />
Geneva,<br />
Milan (MXP)<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI<br />
SINCE<br />
2008<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com.<br />
A local taxi costs €20.<br />
Local STP buses<br />
leave every 30<br />
minutes. Tickets: €0.80.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30 Pescaria<br />
Delfi no (Piazza<br />
Matteotti) This is<br />
actually a fi shmongers<br />
with a restaurant<br />
attached. Try the<br />
frittura, which consists<br />
of tasty morsels of cod,<br />
prawn, calamari and<br />
octopus, all deep fried<br />
in batter and washed<br />
down with lashings<br />
of lemon juice and<br />
white wine. Cheap<br />
and delicious.<br />
EXCLUSIVE Casa<br />
San Giacamo (Via<br />
Bixio Continelli,<br />
Ostuni) This family-run<br />
restaurant is one of<br />
the best in Ostuni.<br />
Wonderful service,<br />
great décor, good wines<br />
and excellent food are<br />
all to be expected.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY Bar<br />
Garden (5 Via Martiri di<br />
Cefalonia) A top-rated<br />
bar for cocktails, great<br />
nibbles and a cool<br />
clientèle. The family-run<br />
bar has a relaxed<br />
atmosphere during the<br />
afternoon that picks up<br />
later in the evening.<br />
LATE & LIVELY XXL<br />
(G Zanardelli, Ostuni,<br />
tel: 0831 338 245) This<br />
bar is always fun and<br />
hosts an eclectic mix<br />
of live music acts. The<br />
food is good and there’s<br />
a wide range of beer<br />
and wine. What more<br />
could you ask for?<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
SHOP For some<br />
unique gifts and tasty<br />
eats, the weekly market<br />
on Thursday morning<br />
in Sant Elia is vast and<br />
teeming with life.<br />
SEE The Agricultural<br />
and Agricultural<br />
Products Fair, at<br />
Palagiano in Taranto,<br />
showcases locally grown<br />
and produced foods,<br />
which are prepared and<br />
offered with plenty of<br />
regional wines. Don’t<br />
miss the competition<br />
for the best mandarin<br />
orange. The winner<br />
receives the coveted<br />
Golden Mandarin Award.<br />
Throughout the last<br />
week of November.<br />
NO WAY!<br />
Puglia is a prolifi c<br />
producer of wine, oil<br />
and pasta. Around 80%<br />
of Italy’s pasta and<br />
80% of the country’s<br />
olive oil comes from<br />
the region.<br />
Max Keep<br />
Bristol<br />
UK<br />
DIALLING CODE +44<br />
CURRENCY £<br />
FLY FROM<br />
Alicante,<br />
Amsterdam, Barcelona,<br />
Belfast (BFS), Berlin,<br />
Bodrum, Bordeaux, Corfu,<br />
Corsica (Bastia), Crete<br />
(Heraklion), Cyprus<br />
(Paphos), Dalaman,<br />
Edinburgh, Faro,<br />
Fuerteventura, Geneva,<br />
Glasgow, Grenoble, Ibiza,<br />
Innsbruck, Inverness,<br />
Krakow, La Rochelle,<br />
Lisbon, Lyon, Madeira,<br />
Madrid, Majorca, Málaga,<br />
Marseille, Menorca,<br />
Murcia, Newcastle, Nice,<br />
Olbia, Paris (CDG), Pisa,<br />
Prague, Rome (CIA),<br />
Salzburg, Split, Tenerife,<br />
Toulouse<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI<br />
SINCE<br />
2003<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com.<br />
A local taxi costs £25.<br />
The Bristol<br />
International Flyer<br />
stops all over the city.<br />
Tickets: £6–£7 single.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €15 The<br />
Undercroft Café (St<br />
Mary Redcliffe Church,<br />
Redcliffe Street, tel:<br />
0117 925 5989) Expect<br />
tranquil and intimate<br />
surroundings, organic<br />
hot drinks, fresh<br />
sandwiches, cakes, as<br />
well as cooked lunches.<br />
UP TO €30 Shore<br />
Café Bar (Narrow Quay,<br />
tel: 0117 923 0333) A<br />
contemporary quayside<br />
café-bar offering<br />
fantastic cocktails and<br />
mouth-watering dishes,<br />
this chic venue is ideal<br />
for a quick business<br />
lunch or an informal<br />
evening bite and a drink.<br />
UP TO €50 Goldbrick<br />
House (67–69 Park<br />
Street, tel: 0117 945<br />
1950) Located on the<br />
popular Park Street and<br />
arranged over several<br />
fl oors, this lavishly<br />
decorated restaurant<br />
offers a sumptuous<br />
dining experience and<br />
European-style menus.<br />
EXCLUSIVE Palm<br />
Court Restaurant<br />
(Bristol Marriott Royal<br />
Hotel, College Green,<br />
tel: 0117 925 5100)<br />
Housed in the city’s<br />
Marriott hotel, this<br />
British, rosette-awarded<br />
restaurant offers elegant<br />
fi ne dining within the<br />
grandeur of the great<br />
hall. Among stone arches<br />
and Victorian skylights,<br />
enjoy cream teas in the<br />
afternoon or a dinner<br />
of rump of lamb, or<br />
fennel and dill-crusted<br />
monkfi sh. Food for the<br />
soul on a cold evening.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY<br />
Bar Humbug<br />
(89 Whiteladies Road,<br />
Clifton, tel: 0117 904<br />
0061) Bar Humbug has<br />
been holding on to its<br />
outpost on Whiteladies<br />
Road for 15 years now.<br />
Low key and welcoming,<br />
it offers well-sourced<br />
wines and beers and<br />
expertly mixed cocktails.<br />
LIVE MUSIC O2<br />
Academy Bristol<br />
(Frogmore Street, tel:<br />
0117 927 9227) A great<br />
music venue that hosts<br />
club nights and gigs from<br />
a variety of bands. This<br />
month sees Goldfrapp<br />
(9 November), Ellie<br />
Goulding (13th) and<br />
Athlete (26th) taking<br />
to the stage.<br />
LATE & LIVELY Dojo<br />
Bar (16 Park Row, tel:<br />
0117 925 1177) A great<br />
little nightclub with a<br />
thumping sound system<br />
that plays a range of<br />
underground music.<br />
There’s a nice outdoor<br />
covered area for cooling<br />
off after a bit of dancing.<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
SHOP The Mall at<br />
Cribbs Causeway offers<br />
all that is best about<br />
high-street shopping<br />
in the comfort of an<br />
indoor, two-level centre.<br />
Around 135 top-name<br />
THE<br />
GRAND<br />
★ ★ ★ ★ ★<br />
This prestigious<br />
Victorian hotel is<br />
situated at the heart of<br />
the lively city, close to<br />
the historical harbour.<br />
Breakfast included.<br />
From €67, book at<br />
holidays.easyJet.com.<br />
stores have branches<br />
here, while 17 cafés<br />
and restaurants tempt<br />
fatigued shoppers (tel:<br />
0117 950 8760).<br />
SEE Encounters Short<br />
Film Festival is Britain’s<br />
biggest competitive<br />
international short<br />
fi lm festival. This year<br />
it celebrates its 16th<br />
birthday and returns to<br />
the Watershed on 16–21<br />
November. Expect over<br />
300 new fi lms from 31<br />
countries (Watershed<br />
Media Centre, Canons<br />
Road, Harbourside, tel:<br />
0117 927 5100).<br />
GO No matter how<br />
much you try and get<br />
away from it, Christmas<br />
is coming and Bristol will<br />
have dedicated markets<br />
in the city centre. The<br />
fun stalls offer great gift<br />
ideas and shoppers will<br />
be treated to the city’s<br />
biggest-ever range of<br />
festive entertainment.<br />
ESCAPE Located in<br />
the county of Wiltshire<br />
is the world-famous<br />
ancient monument<br />
Stonehenge, which has<br />
World Heritage Site<br />
status. Only 63km from<br />
Bristol, it is well worth<br />
a day trip to experience<br />
this mythical place and<br />
decide for yourself how<br />
the stones were aligned<br />
(Amesbury, Wiltshire).<br />
NO WAY!<br />
John Harvey, who<br />
started a wine importing<br />
business in Bristol in the<br />
19th century, went on<br />
to create a new blend of<br />
sherry. Harvey’s Bristol<br />
Cream is available today<br />
across the world.<br />
Chris Savage/<br />
Destination Bristol
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