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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.
Cologne-Highlights Top Events for your destination Cologne www.koelntourismus.de Cologne Events 2011 • Carnival in Cologne 03. - 09. March • lit. and lit.kid. COLOGNE 2011 International literatur festival 16.- 26. March • ART COLOGNE – International art fair, Koelnmesse 13.- 17. April • Musiktriennale Cologne Extra 08. - 15. May • Cologne Summer festival Cologne philharmonic orchestra in June/July • ColognePride (CSD) – Gay-Festival with big sunday pride parade 01.- 03. July • Cologne Lights – musical fi reworks on the Rhine 09. July • Gamescom – Fair for interactive games and entertainment 17.- 21. August • 15. Cologne Marathon 02. October • Cologne Christmas Markets in December more events and informations at www.koelntourismus.de State: 08/<strong>2010</strong>. Subject to change.
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