november-2010

Rome
Italy
Uno e Bino (58
Via degli Equi, San
Lorenzo, tel: 06
446 0702) Situated
in a quiet part of
San Lorenzo, the
student area of the
city, Uno e Bino,
with its atmospheric
stone fl oor and
wooden tables, offers
outstanding gourmet
food that refl ects the
Gravina family roots
in Umbria and Sicily.
Try their wonderful
Parmiggiano souffl é
or if you are feeling
adventurous, the
octopus salad.
EXCLUSIVE
Vivendo del St
Regis Grand (3 Via
Vittorio Emmanuele
Orlando, tel: 06
4709 2736) A top
class establishment
set in a swish and
famous hotel. Maître
d’ Luciano Cerri and
his courteous and
attentive staff serve
dishes including rice
with lamb sauce
and black truffl e. For
dessert why not try
the unusual tomato
gazpacho with orange
and mint and pearls
of fresh fruit?
Le Sans Souci (20
Via Sicilia, tel: 06
4201 4510) Dine in
elegant surroundings
on delicacies such as
tortelli with truffl es,
duck-dove in a
millefeuille crust, or
steamed sea bass
with very thin slices
of courgette and
tomatoes in balsamic
A LFRIERI
STUDIO DENTISTICO
vinegar, produced by
the best Italian and
French chefs under
the exacting gaze
of Bruno Borghesi.
Be careful to leave
room for a helping
of Grand Marnier
souffl é for dessert.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY Latteria
del Gallo (4 Vicolo
del Gallo, tel: 06 686
5091) A short stroll
from über-trendy
Campo dei Fiori, you
can take a trip back to
the 1950s in the city
centre’s last old-style
milk bar. Old football
posters peel off the
walls along with the
paint. Good for coffee,
cakes, pinball and
feeling like you are
on an old fi lm set.
LIVE MUSIC
La Palma (35 Via
Giuseppe Mirri,
Tiburtino, tel: 06 4356
6581) Set in a former
industrial building, La
Palma is now a venue
for all the best, most
happening music
trends. It also serves
great food and has
art events on offer.
LATE & LIVELY
Transilvania (13A
Via Cardinale Merry
Del Val, tel: 06 580
6899) A hard-rock
pub with a decidedly
Hammer Horror
theme. Customers sit
at coffi ns rather than
tables and drink from
“skulls”. Light-hearted
fun, in the strangest
possible taste.
La Saponeria (20
Via degli Argonauti,
tel: 06 574 6999) La
Saponeria (the Soap
Factory) hosts some
of Italy’s best DJs,
who play a wide range
of hip hop and house
hits. Only open from
Thursday–Saturday,
but always packed
to the gunnels on
those nights.
THIS MONTH
SHOP Valzani is an
old fashioned and
very atmospheric
cioccolateria, open
since 1925, in the heart
of buzzing Trastevere,
selling an assortment
of homemade
chocolates and cakes
(37 Via Del Moro,
tel: 06 580 3792).
SEE Rome Jazz
Festival brings
a selection of
international artists to
the city. Concerts are
held all over the city
but the biggest ones
take place at the very
up-to-date Auditorium
Parco della Musica
and are divided into
three sections – Focus
Orchestras, Events
and Previews (30 Viale
Pietro de Coubertin).
GO The Basilica di San
Giovanni in Laterano
ranks as the second
most important one
for Roman Catholics.
Only the pope is
permitted to offi ciate
at its 14th-century
Baldacchino altar.
Believers climb up
the Scala Santa (Holy
Staircase) behind the
basilica on their knees.
If you prefer to walk,
go up the sides.
ESCAPE Hacked
out of a vast plateau
of volcanic rock, the
centre of Orvieto is
a great place for lunch,
an afternoon walk
and, of course, for
trying some of the
town’s famous wine.
Trains depart from
Termini and Tiburtina
stations, and take
around an hour.
NO WAY!
If you’ve been
brushing up on your
Italian before visiting,
you may nevertheless
fi nd yourself confused
when listening to
Romans talk. Even
if only a few of them
fully use the old
Romanesco dialect,
many people still talk
the Roman way, which
among other things
means chopping the
ends of most words.
For example, “let’s eat”
in standard Italian is
andiamo a mangiare,
while in Romanaccio it
becomes namo
a magna.
Alan Goldwater
CRISTOFORO
COLOMBO
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
The hotel is in the
immediate outskirts of
Rome’s centre, perfect
for those wishing to
get away from it all.
Breakfast included.
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DESTINATION GUIDES | 169
Salzburg
Austria
DIALLING CODE +43
CURRENCY €
FLY FROM
Bristol, Grenoble,
London (LGW)
FROM THE
AIRPORT
TAXI
SINCE
2008
Pre-book your taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs €15.
Trains run to the
Hauptbahnhof
station. Tickets: €9.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30 Maiers
(61 Steingasse, tel:
0662 879 379) This
place is famous for its
kind staff and a homely
atmosphere – expect
a menu with few chosen
local dishes, excellently
prepared and in
abundant portions.
EXCLUSIVE Itzlinger
Hof (11 Itzlinger
Hauptstrasse, tel: 0662
451 210) The menu of
the family-run restaurant
offers hearty specialities
such as Iberico pork
with pumpkin sauce,
and lighter ones such as
pasta or a gilthead fi llet
with spinach risotto.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY Mozart’s
(1 Mozartplatz, tel:
0662 843 8492) The
comfortable lounge is
the right place if you
want to have a glass
of wine. Accompanied
by the sweet plum
omelette dessert.
LATE & LIVELY
Baboon
(11 Imbergstrasse, tel:
0662 885 932) This
club is frequented by
a local twentysomething
crowd and famous for
a mix of great tunes,
including acid jazz, rock
and disco music.
THIS MONTH
SHOP You don’t need
to wait for sales to
shop at this place: the
boutique is an insider
tip for the young crowd,
and offers clothes and
accessories designed by
the young artist scene
from Salzburg and
Vienna, check out the
Beat’o Eco collection (2
Lederergasse, tel: 0699
1045 5883).
SEE If you like modern
art, have a look at
the exhibition by
Jürgen Klauke, one of
the leading German
artists in the area of
body art. The unusual
exhibition presents
his photographic work
and video installations.
Throughout the month
(Museum der Moderne
Rupertinum, 9 Wiener
Philharmoniker Gasse).
NO WAY!
The largest nature
reserve of the Alps, the
National Park Hohe
Tauern, has its largest
part located in the
province of Salzburg.
Uros Urosevic