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Celebrate our 15th Birthday Gulliver Bear in his Birthday T-Shirt £10.00 €13.00 See pages 4 and 5 in Boutique ue and Bistro stro st (Product may vary) ges 4 and Subject to av availability. FREE Lily O’Briens Chocolate with every half bottle of Champagne £15.00/€19.50 2 Breo Watches for £15.00 €19.50 Save £5.00 €6.50
Valencia Spain DIALLING CODE +34 CURRENCY € FLY FROM London (LGW) FROM THE AIRPORT TAXI SINCE 2004 Pre-book your taxi at easyJet.com. A local taxi costs €16. Metro lines run to the city centre. Tickets: €1.90 Visit the Europcar desk for special easyJet rates. BON APPETIT UP TO €30 Bacco D.O.C (29 Calle Los Derechos, tel: 963 911 965) A treat for you and your loved one in a unique cave-like setting where your can dine on delicious Italian cuisine, served by friendly, but unimposing waiting staff. EXCLUSIVE Riff (18 Calle Conde Altea, tel: 963 335 353) Head chef and owner Bernd Knöller has invested 15 years of his life into this establishment. For those willing to pay for something not just extra but very special indeed. Superb tapas at mediodía and exquisite meals at night time, accompanied by fi ne wine to wash it all down with. AFTER DARK LOW KEY Laboratorio (3 Plaza Cors de la Mare de Deu, tel: 963 926 193) A laidback bar with something different going on most nights be it language exchange, tapas or happy hours. LATE & LIVELY Portland Bar (10 Calle Salamanca) Lively American style-sports bar popular with all nationalities. Live music is usually played on Fridays, there’s a Spanish quiz night on Sundays and handcrafted ales on tap from their very own brewery every day – open till 2am. THIS MONTH SHOP Luxury delicatessen and wine merchants Cuvée Selecta offers all the ingredients for a very stylish celebration. Stock up on artisan pastas, hams and bubbly (25 Calle Literato Azorín). GO Getting to Xativa (Jativa) by fast train from Valencia takes 30 minutes. The small town is famous for its cliff-top castle that served as a strategic vantage point for the Valencia region’s founding father King Jaime I during his 13thcentury crusade. NO WAY! Valencia’s symbol of the bat is believed to come from King Jaume I of Aragon’s encounter with a bat prior to successfully leading his army in retaking the city from the Moors in 1238. Andy McNicoll Venice Italy DIALLING CODE +39 CURRENCY € FLY FROM Basel-Mulhouse, Berlin, Ibiza, London (LGW), Lyon, Naples, Paris (CDG, ORY), Rome (FCO) FROM THE AIRPORT TAXI SINCE 1998 Pre-book your taxi at easyJet.com. A local taxi costs €30. The ACTV yellow bus 5 runs to Piazzale Roma. Tickets: €2.50 single. Visit the Europcar desk for special easyJet rates. BON APPETIT UP TO €15 Dalla Marisa (652B Fondamenta San Giobbe, Cannaregio, tel: 041 720 211) Check out this relaxed canalside trattoria for a meal that’s cheap, fi lling and tasty. The menu changes daily but delicious home cooking is always guaranteed. UP TO €30 Alla Vedova (3912 Calle del Pistor, Cannareggio, tel: 041 528 5324) One of Venice’s oldest hostelries, this place is popular with locals and visitors alike. The interior is rustic and traditional and the menu is typically Venetian. Book a table or just pop in for a drink and a snack at the bar. UP TO €50 Da Ignazio (2749 Calle Saoneri, San Polo, tel: 041 523 4852) Family-run for the past 60 years, Da Ignazio serves homemade pasta and simple but tasty fi sh dishes such as baked sea bass and mixed fried fi sh. Take a table in the pretty courtyard if the weather permits. EXCLUSIVE Il Nuovo Galeon (1308 Via Garibaldi, Castello, tel: 041 520 4656) Located between the Arsenale and the Biennale gardens, this wellestablished restaurant specialises in fi sh and is much frequented by Venetians. The boat which gives the place its name adds to the maritime character of the interior. AFTER DARK LOW KEY Cantinone Già Schiavi (992 Fondamenta Nani, tel: ELITE HOTEL RESIDENCE ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This warm and cosy hotel offers you the perfect way to recover after a day seeing the wonders of Venice. Breakfast Included. From €75, book at hotels.easyJet.com. DESTINATION GUIDES | 177 041 523 003) Rows of bottles line the walls of this old-fashioned canalside bar. Join the local residents from all walks of life who come here for an ombra (Venetian dialect for “glass”) of wine or two. LIVE MUSIC Cantina Vecia Carbonera (2329 Rio Tera Maddalena, Cannaregio, tel: 041 710 376) Come to this traditional wine bar-come-restaurant on a Thursday or Sunday to enjoy live jazz while digging into tasty local dishes. Not hungry? Savour a bottle of wine with the music. LATE & LIVELY Orange (3054 Campo Santa Margherita, Dorsoduro, tel: 041 523 4740) Join the young Venetians who fl ock to Campo Santa Margherita for their spritz-fi x each evening. Orange, aptly named for the colour of the cult aperitif, is one of the liveliest and is perfect for people-watching into the early hours. THIS MONTH SHOP Ring the bell to visit Angelo Dalla Venezia’s sawduststrewn workshop. Don’t worry about disturbing him – he’s more than happy to stop for a chat and to show off his work. Buy one of his wooden spinning tops as a souvenir (2204 Calle Scaleter, San Polo, tel: 041 721 659). SEE Although nearly four centuries have passed since Venice Wien wie nie. recovered from the plague, the city continues to mark the date. A picturesque procession crosses a specially constructed boat-bridge over the Grand Canal to the church of Santa Maria della Salute. On 21 November. GO Don’t just admire the view from St Mark’s; hop on a vaporetto and explore Giudecca and San Giorgio Maggiore islands opposite. Visit the two lovely Palladiodesigned churches (San Giorgio Maggiore and Chiesa del Redentore) and take a break at Harry’s Dolci (773 Fondamenta San Biagio, Giudecca). ESCAPE Take the train to Padua, just 30 minutes from Venice. See the famous Sant’Antonio basilica and the Scrovegni Chapel with its Giotto frescoes, but head to the colourful daily produce market in Piazza delle Erbe to experience the real Padua. Many of the city’s best bars and restaurants are here, too. NO WAY! November and December are the months when acqua alta – fl ooding caused by high tides – is most likely in Venice. Sirens are sounded in advance of the phenomenon and St Mark’s Square, one of the lowest points of the city, is the fi rst to be affected. Sarah Lane Von der Hofburg bis nach Schönbrunn, vom Naschmarkt bis nach Grinzing – mit dem FreeCityTicket fahren Sie kostenfrei zu den schönsten Orten der Stadt. www.wien.intercityhotel.at
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IT’S OUR BIRTHDAY! NOVEMBER 2010
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15 CONTENTS TH BIRTHDAY ISSUE SHORT
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