november-2010

144 | DESTINATION GUIDES
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY Everyman
Bar and Bistro (5–9
Hope Street, tel: 0151
708 9545) A Liverpool
institution, the ever
popular basement bar
attracts an arty crowd
into a wide-open space
fi lled with refectorystyle
tables. There are
plenty of wines sold by
the glass and the tasty
food includes excellent
vegetarian choices.
LIVE MUSIC 02
Academy (11–13
Hotham Street, tel:
0151 707 3200) With
a 1,200-capacity main
hall and smaller venue
below, November
gigs at the 02 include
a highly acclaimed,
stripped-down threeman
acoustic show
from ex-Cockney Rebel
star Steve Harley (12th).
LATE & LIVELY Alma
de Cuba (St Peter’s
Church, Seel Street,
tel: 0151 702 7394)
This award-winning bar,
stunningly converted
from a 200-year-old
church, has a high
marble altar and
thousands of candles,
which bring to mind its
former life. Brazilian
dancers and petal
drops create a carnival
atmosphere every
weekend from 11pm.
THIS MONTH
SHOP Along with
branches in nearby Bold
Street, Utility specialises
in unusual designer
goods, from big brands
to small independents.
The range includes a
curved banana guard,
and a towel and toilet roll
stand from top Italian
designer Piero Lissoni.
Whatever you need for
your home, you’ll fi nd it
here (8 Paradise Place,
utilitydesign.co.uk).
SEE Frank, funny, and
packed with hit songs,
Hit Me! The Life and
Rhymes of Ian Dury is
a critically acclaimed
account of the life of
one of pop music’s
great talents. On show
at the Everyman Theatre
from 9–12 November
(Hope Street).
GO With 160 stores, 20
restaurants – including
French, Italian and
Japanese – and a
cinema complex across
17 hectares, Liverpool
One is one of Europe’s
biggest city-centre retail
developments and the
prime focus for city
shoppers (liverpoolone.com).
ESCAPE The Blue
Planet Aquarium, home
to one of the world’s
longest underwater
viewing tunnels, is only a
30-minute drive from the
city. Latest attractions
include the chance to
come face to face with
some of the world’s
deadliest creatures,
including Stonefi sh, the
most lethal fi sh on earth,
and 50 giant spiders in
the Tarantula Tower.
NO WAY!
The world’s fi rst port
radar system was
installed at Liverpool’s
Gladstone Dock in 1948.
It allowed the monitoring
of all shipping in the
River Mersey and
approach channels.
Gerry Corner
Ljubljana
Slovenia
DIALLING CODE +386
CURRENCY €
FLY FROM
London (STN),
Milan (MXP), Paris (CDG)
FROM THE
AIRPORT
TAXI
SINCE
2004
Pre-book your taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs €45.
Buses leave every
hour. Tickets: €4.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30 La Storia
(3 Linhartova, tel: 01 234
4592) A little out of the
centre, but worth a trek
for its decent attempt
at Italian cooking with
a little slice of Italian
ambience mixed in, too.
EXCLUSIVE JB (17
Miklošiceva, tel: 01 474
7219) At its best, JB is
pretty fl awless. Burn
your credit card along
with the appreciative
business crowd at this
slick operator. Any dish
with truffl es is a winner,
as are the well-chosen
Slovenian wines.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY Wine
Cellars of Slovenia
(18 Dunajska, tel: 01
431 5015) You could be
forgiven for not knowing
that Slovenia’s wine is
excellent as it is seldom
exported. The highlights
are from Goriska Brda
and the Vipava Valley.
LATE & LIVELY Sub
Sub (25 Celovska) The
name makes it sound like
an out-and-out house
venue, but this place
actually boasts a fairly
eclectic range of club
nights. The fun, up-for-it
crowd makes every night
feel like a party night.
THIS MONTH
SHOP All sorts of chic
and stylish wares are
on sale at Trgovina Ika.
Browse everything from
ceramics and scarves
through to necklaces
(13 Ciril Metodov Trg,
tel: 01 232 1743).
NO WAY!
Legend has it that Jason
and his Argonauts
sailed up the Ljubljanica
river, slaying a dragon
here and founding the
city in the process.
Robin McKelvie/
robinmckelvie.com
LJUBLJANA
CASTLE
GO Casting a
dramatic shadow
over the city, hike
up to the castle. It’s
worth the effort to
see the museum
and sweeping views
of the city and
the mountains.
SINCE
1995
London
UK
DIALLING CODE +44
CURRENCY £
FLY FROM
Aberdeen,
Agadir, Alicante,
Almería, Amsterdam,
Antalya, Asturias,
Athens, Barcelona,
Basel-Mulhouse,
Bastia (Corsica), Berlin,
Belfast (BHD, BFS),
Biarritz, Bilbao, Bodrum,
Bordeaux, Budapest,
Cagliari (Sardinia),
Cologne/Bonn,
Copenhagen, Corfu,
Corsica (Ajaccio), Corsica
(Bastia), Crete (Chania),
Crete (Heraklion), Cyprus
(Larnaca), Cyprus
(Paphos), Dalaman,
Dortmund, Dubrovnik,
Düsseldorf, Edinburgh,
Faro, Fuerteventura,
Geneva, Gibraltar,
Glasgow, Gothenburg,
Gran Canaria, Grenoble,
Hamburg, Helsinki,
Hurghada, Ibiza,
Innsbruck, Istanbul,
Inverness, Kos, Krakow,
Lanzarote, La Rochelle,
Lisbon, Ljubljana, Luxor,
Lyon, Madeira, Madrid,
Majorca, Málaga, Malta,
Marrakech, Marseille,
Menorca, Milan (MXP,
LIN), Montpellier,
Munich, Murcia,
Mykonos, Nantes, Naples,
Nice, Newcastle, Olbia,
Palermo, Paris (CDG),
Pisa, Porto, Prague,
Rhodes, Rome (FCO),
Salzburg, Santorini,
Sharm El Sheikh, Sofi a,
Split, Tallinn, Tel Aviv,
Tenerife, Thessaloniki,
Toulouse, Turin, Valencia,
Venice, Vienna, Zagreb,
Zante, Zürich.
FROM THE
AIRPORT
LUTON
TAXI
Pre-book your taxi
at easyJet.com
A local taxi costs £100
to central London.
National Express
tickets can be
bought onboard.
Tickets: £14 single; £19
return. Ask your cabin
crew for details.
easyBus, runs a
24-hour coach
service to London
Victoria. Tickets:
from £2 single online
(easyJet.com).
Trains from Luton
Airport Parkway go
to London St Pancras.
Tickets: £12 single
(fi rstcapital
connect.co.uk).
GATWICK
TAXI
Pre-book your taxi
at easyJet.com
A local taxi costs £100
to London.
easyBus runs a
24-hour minibus
from north and south
terminals to Earl’s Court/
West Brompton. Tickets
from £2 single online
(easyJet.com).
The Gatwick
Express to London
Victoria runs every
15 minutes from
4.35am–1.35am.
Exclusive easyJet
discounted fares
available when you buy
onboard. Ask your cabin
crew for details.