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