november-2010

Sharm El
Sheikh Egypt
DIALLING CODE +20
CURRENCY EGP
FLY FROM
Geneva, London
(LGW, LTN), Manchester
FROM THE
AIRPORT
TAXI
SINCE
2008
Pre-book your taxi
at easyJet.com. A
local taxi costs EGP120.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30 Dananeer
(Naama Bay, tel: 069
360 0321) Consistently
reliable food and service
help to ensure this
restaurant’s place as
an old-time favourite of
Sharm locals. The menu
offers an impressive
number of meat and
seafood dishes.
EXCLUSIVE Rangoli
(Sofi tel, Naama Bay,
tel: 069 360 0081)
Authentic Indian
cuisine comes with
attentive service at this
restaurant located in the
fi ve-star Sofi tel hotel.
Perched on the edge of a
cliff, the magnifi cent sea
views complement the
sumptuous ambience.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY The Tavern
Bar (Mall 14, Naama Bay,
tel: 012 765 2800) With
a distinctly traditional
pub feel about it, The
Tavern plays regular host
to karaoke nights, and
boasts the best Sunday
lunch and full English
breakfast in town.
LATE & LIVELY
Pacha (Naama Bay, tel:
069 360 0197) With its
legendary House Nation
parties featuring top
international DJs, Pacha
is defi nitely the hippest
club in town. The
open-air venue includes
cocktail bars, swimming
pools and VIP rooms.
THIS MONTH
SHOP Located in the
Camel Hotel, Tribe sells
quality dive, desert and
casual clothing in both
men’s and women’s
fi t. Accessories include
an exclusive range of
handcrafted stylish
jewellery made from
antique Afghan silver
and semi-precious
stones (Naama Bay).
SEE Every night the
open-air stage at La
Strada in Nabq features
free live entertainment
including music, fi re,
magic and oriental dance
shows. This piazza-style
mall also contains many
restaurants, boutiques
and souvenir shops as
well as plenty of open
spaces with safe areas
for children to play.
NO WAY!
St Katherine’s
Monastery, located in
the heart of the Sinai,
is home to a vast and
ancient library of
religious texts second to
only that of the Vatican.
Penny Orford
Sofia
Bulgaria
DIALLING CODE +359
CURRENCY Leu (BGN)
FLY FROM
London (LGW),
Madrid, Manchester,
Milan (MXP)
FROM THE
AIRPORT
TAXI
SINCE
2007
Pre-book your taxi
at easyJet.com. A
local taxi costs BGN14.
Catch bus 84
or bus 284.
Tickets: BGN1. The
white marshrutkas van
number 30 goes to the
centre. Tickets: BGN1.50.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30 Gara
za Dvama (18 Georgi
Benkovski Ulitza, tel:
989 7675) Based on the
1982 Soviet fi lm of the
same name, Gara za
Dvama (Station For Two)
was designed to be like a
small train carriage and
offers Russian meals
and good vodka.
EXCLUSIVE Vishnite
(45 Hristo Smirnenski
Ulitsa, tel: 963 4984)
Expect fl awless
service, elegantly laid
tables piled high with
classy cutlery and
glassware, and a small
but well-chosen menu
of modern European
dishes, prepared with
fl air and imagination.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY Villa
Rosiche (26 Neofi t
Rilski Ulitsa, tel: 954
3072) With a winning
combination of great
cakes, strong coffee and
homely pots of tea, this
inviting café-bakery is
well worth a visit.
LATE & LIVELY After
Five Drink (1 Malko
Tarnovo Ulitsa, tel: 988
1489) This elegant retrostyle
venue plays the
hottest sounds and you’ll
be pleased to see that
the drinks are offered at
reasonable prices. Arrive
after 10pm, when the
party really gets going.
THIS MONTH
SHOP Pingvinite
Bookshop, in the
underpass of the Sofi a
University, is a vast,
500m 2 space, full
of books. It offers
a great variety of
books and also delicious
cakes, juices and coffee
(18 Graf Ignatiev).
GO The Red House
Centre for Culture and
Debate has plenty of
different kinds of art,
artistic performances
and varied political,
social and cultural
lectures and conferences
worth checking out (15
Ljuben Karavelov Ulitsa).
NO WAY!
Bulgaria has the third
highest number of
valuable archaeological
monuments in Europe,
just behind Greece
and Italy.
Maya Kozareva
DESTINATION GUIDES | 171
Stockholm
Sweden
DIALLING CODE +46
CURRENCY Krona (SEK)
FLY FROM
Geneva,
Milan (MXP)
FROM THE
AIRPORT
TAXI
SINCE
2008
Pre-book your taxi
at easyJet.com. A
local taxi costs SEK450.
The Arlanda goes
to the city centre.
Tickets: SEK240 single.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30 Brofästet
(13 Hornstulls Strand,
tel: 08 767 6687) This
raw concrete space
aspires to Manhattan
LATE & LIVELY
Spy Bar (20 Biger
Jarlsgatan, tel: 08
5450 3704) Once
inside you will be
partying in a mansion
underneath crystal
chandeliers with
Stockholm’s hippest
youngsters.
coolness, and succeeds.
The cuisine is American
with Japanese and
Spanish infl uences. Try
the mussels with lotusroot
and a glass of Long
Island Chardonnay.
EXCLUSIVE Björk
Bar och Grill (50
Rålambshovsleden, tel:
08 441 3150) Inspired
by Nordic nostalgia, this
newish and ambitious
hotel restaurant serves
wonderful Scandinavian
food well worth the price
tag. Farm-raised cod
with smashed potatoes
á la Jansson is to die for.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY Cadierbaren
Grand Hotel (8
Blasieholmshamnen)
This old-school hotel bar
features casino-carpeted
fl oors, tuxedo-clad
waiters and a stunning
view of the royal castle.
The drinks are stirred
and shaken to perfection.
THIS MONTH
SHOP On a gallerydense
stretch of one of
Söder’s main drags, you
will fi nd this shop and
gallery space ran as a
co-op by working potters
and glassblowers (Blås &
Knåda, 26A Hornsgatan).
SEE Experience
Sandy Skoglund’s
surreal world in the
exhibit The Artifi cial
Mirror at Fotografi ska.
Till 6 November (22
Stadsgårdshamnen).
NO WAY!
Stieg Larsson’s
Millennium Trilogy has
sold over 20 million
copies worldwide.
Victoria Larsson
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