november-2010

124 | DESTINATION GUIDES
Catania
Italy
DIALLING CODE +39
CURRENCY €
FLY FROM
Milan (MXP),
Paris (CDG)
FROM THE
AIRPORT
TAXI
SINCE
2007
Pre-book your taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs €20.
Route 457 leaves
every 20 minutes,
stopping in the centre.
Tickets: €1.30.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30
Bar Smeraldo (241 Via
Plebiscito, tel: 095 349
675) Close to the Ursino
Castle, this petite bar
offers outdoor tables. Sit
here and start your day
with a typical Sicilian
granita and a brioche.
EXCLUSIVE Trattoria
Casalinga (19 Via
Biondi, tel: 095 311
319) This restaurant
offers dishes made
using traditional Sicilian
methods. Friendly staff
will advise you about the
daily specialities – don’t
miss the homemade
pasta with aubergines.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY Macondo
Cafè (95 Via Vittorio
Emanuele II) This newly
renovated wine and book
café boasts a warm and
relaxing environment,
where your only worry is
to keep any spills away
from the books.
LATE & LIVELY Sax
Pub (31 Via Pulvirenti)
If you like live music and
cool people, this is the
perfect place. There is
a pizzeria, which opens
during the evenings. After
the oven doors close,
locals enjoy the music
over a bottle from the
international beer menu.
THIS MONTH
SHOP Atzori Sa Bellesa
is a new shop for
women. Here you can
fi nd bags, lingerie and
perfumes. Everything
is made either locally
or nationally (55 Viale
Mario Rapidardi).
GO Via Etnea is the
Champs Elysees of
Catania. Shops, squares,
churches, restaurants
and pubs attract
everyone here.
Alessandro Di Maio
NO WAY!
The town of
Castelvetrano made a
950m-long sandwich.
The idea was to beat
the world record, which
stands at 1103m, but
apparently making
huge sandwiches isn’t
as easy as it looks!
Cologne
Germany
DIALLING CODE +49
CURRENCY €
FLY FROM
Edinburgh,
London (LGW)
FROM THE
AIRPORT
TAXI
SINCE
2004
Pre-book your taxi
at easyJet.com.
The fare to Cologne is
€30 and €40 to Bonn.
Trains leave for
Cologne every 10
minutes. Tickets: €2.50.
The bus for Bonn,
leaves every 30
minutes. Tickets: €4.20.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30 Haus
Töller (96 Weyerstrasse,
tel: 0221 258 9316) One
of the most atmospheric
spots in the city to
sample kölsch beer and
authentic Rhineland
cooking; pig’s trotter is
the house speciality.
EXCLUSIVE
Capricorn i Aries (31
Alteburgerstrasse, tel:
0221 397 5710) With just
four tables, the all-white
dining room is probably
the tiniest gourmet
temple. Cologne-born
chef Klaus Jacquemod
has garnered a Michelin
star for his creative
European cooking.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY Saudade
(2 Wahlenstrasse,
Ehrenfeld, tel: 0221 579
6476) The stylish but unshowy
décor at Saudade
creates a perfect
setting for the excellent
Portuguese wines and
tapas-style nibbles.
LATE & LIVELY
Alterwartesaal
(11 Johannisstrasse,
tel: 0221 912 8850)
Electropop heaven
returns to the Cologne
Hauptbahnhof on 12
November for DJ Elvis’
Depeche Mode night,
Party for the Living.
THIS MONTH
SHOP La Seda is
the place to go in the
trendy Belgian Quarter
for costume jewellery,
accessories, bags and
scarves, from young
designers to big-name
brands (100A Brüsseler
Strasse, tel: 0221 469
5961, laseda.de).
SEE Saturday 6
November is the Long
Night of the Museums,
when, from 7pm–3am,
shuttle buses connect
museums and galleries
for a night of art, dance,
fi lm, and more; an
after show party at the
Museum Ludwig goes on
until 5am (museums
nacht-koeln.de).
NO WAY!
The famous 4711 brand
of Eau de Cologne
is named after the
street number of the
original building in
Glockengasse where
this historic fragrance
was fi rst made in 1792.
Neville Walker
Copenhagen
Denmark
DIALLING CODE +45
CURRENCY Krone (DKK)
FLY FROM
Basel-Mulhouse,
Berlin, Geneva, London
(LGW, STN), Manchester,
Milan (MXP)
FROM THE
AIRPORT
TAXI
SINCE
1998
Pre-book your taxi
at easyJet.com. A
local taxi costs DKK180.
Underground
trains go to
Nørreport station from
Terminal 3. Tickets:
DKK31.50.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €15 LeLe
Takeaway (56
Vesterbrogade, tel: 3322
7134) Just down the road
from LeLe Nha Hang,
a bustling and brilliant
Vietnamese restaurant,
you’ll fi nd this, its much
more laidback little
sister. Expect a range
of affordable and fresh
summer rolls, curries,
salads and sushi.
UP TO €30 Bankeråt
(29 Ahlefeldtsgade, tel:
3393 6988) Don’t let
the stuffed animals in
fancy dress put you off
this eccentric café, which
is a friendly and cosy
candlelit spot for lunch or
dinner. In the afternoon
take advantage of the
fi ve foreign daily papers.
UP TO €50
Madklubben Steak
(23 Pilestraede, tel:
3313 3334) The
laidback and affordable
Madklubben Steak pulls
in crowds most nights.
The monthly menu
offers three cuts of meat
as well as American
classics such as corn on
the cob, crab cakes and
New York cheesecake.
EXCLUSIVE Noma
(93 Strandgade, tel:
3296 3297) Proclaimed
the world’s best
restaurant this year by
The Guardian, René
Redzepi’s restaurant has
become a destination
in its own right, with
foodies from across
the globe fl ying in to
experience this bastion
of Nordic cuisine.
Everything about this
two-star Michelin venue
– from the setting in a
converted warehouse to
the delicate concoctions
like deer and wild thyme
– scream understated
and experimental
decadence. Book early,
and enjoy a night you
will remember.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY Bo-Bi
Bar (14 Klareboderne,
tel: 3312 5543) The
burgundy baroque-style
wallpaper, low lighting
and bustling bar make
this an inviting escape
from the cold streets.
Open since 1917, this
Czech establishment
attracts everyone from
intellectuals to shotsipping
locals.