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150 | DESTINATION GUIDES<br />
London<br />
UK<br />
DIALLING CODE +44<br />
CURRENCY £<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
LUTON<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk on arrival<br />
for special easyJet<br />
infl ight rates.<br />
Holiday Taxis<br />
(easyJet.holiday<br />
taxis.com) take you from<br />
home to the airport, then<br />
city or destination.<br />
TAXI<br />
Taxis charge<br />
roughly £100 to<br />
central London. The<br />
journey takes an hour.<br />
easyBus, in<br />
conjunction<br />
with Green Line, runs<br />
a frequent 24-hour<br />
coach service to London<br />
Victoria via Brent Cross,<br />
Finchley Road, Baker<br />
Street and Marble Arch.<br />
Buy tickets in the<br />
arrivals hall or book<br />
online from £2 single<br />
(easyJet.com).<br />
To save time, National<br />
Express tickets for<br />
this service can also<br />
be bought onboard.<br />
Tickets: £14 single; £19<br />
return. Ask your cabin<br />
crew for details.<br />
Travel to central<br />
London in as little<br />
as 34 minutes with<br />
First Capital Connect.<br />
A frequent shuttle<br />
bus runs between the<br />
airport and the train<br />
station, taking just 10<br />
minutes. There are up<br />
to six First Capital<br />
Connect trains an hour<br />
between London and<br />
Luton Airport Parkway<br />
station (fi rstcapital<br />
connect.co.uk).<br />
GATWICK<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk on arrival<br />
for special easyJet<br />
infl ight rates.<br />
Holiday Taxis<br />
(easyJet.holiday<br />
taxis.com) take you from<br />
home to the airport,<br />
then city or destination.<br />
TAXI<br />
A journey to<br />
central London<br />
costs about £100 and<br />
the journey should take<br />
around 80 minutes.<br />
easyBus runs<br />
a frequent<br />
minibus service to<br />
Fulham Broadway<br />
Underground Station<br />
in west London.<br />
Scheduled buses run<br />
every 20 minutes,<br />
from 6.30am–11pm.<br />
Buy tickets in the<br />
arrivals hall or book<br />
online from £2 single<br />
(easyJet.com).<br />
National Express<br />
runs an hourly<br />
service to London<br />
Victoria. Tickets:<br />
£14 return.<br />
The Gatwick<br />
Express to London<br />
Victoria runs every 15<br />
minutes from 4.35am–<br />
1.35am and takes 30<br />
minutes. Exclusive<br />
easyJet discounted fares<br />
are available when you<br />
buy onboard. Ask your<br />
cabin crew for details.<br />
Alternatively, First<br />
Capital Connect<br />
operates regular train<br />
services to London<br />
and the South coast.<br />
As does Southern,<br />
which operates up to<br />
10 trains an hour to<br />
London Victoria.<br />
As part of London<br />
Gatwick Airport’s<br />
£1b investment in<br />
transforming the<br />
airport over the next<br />
few years, the transit<br />
train, which operates<br />
between the South and<br />
North Terminals, is<br />
being taken out of<br />
service at the end of<br />
September <strong>2009</strong> for<br />
10 months. There<br />
will be a replacement<br />
bus service, but<br />
passengers should<br />
ensure they arrive at<br />
the right terminal<br />
for their fl ight to<br />
avoid delays. The<br />
replacement bus<br />
journey will take longer<br />
than the transit service<br />
and passengers should<br />
allow for this.<br />
STANSTED<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk on arrival<br />
for special easyJet<br />
infl ight rates.<br />
Holiday Taxis<br />
(easyJet.holiday<br />
taxis.com) take you from<br />
home to the airport,<br />
then city or destination.<br />
TAXI<br />
Fares should<br />
cost about<br />
£120 to central<br />
London. The journey<br />
takes 70 minutes.<br />
easyBus runs<br />
a frequent<br />
minibus service to Baker<br />
Street Underground<br />
Station and London<br />
Victoria. Buses depart<br />
every 20–30 minutes<br />
from 7am–1.05am.<br />
Buy tickets in the<br />
arrivals hall or book<br />
online from £2 single<br />
(easyJet.com).<br />
National Express<br />
runs a bus service<br />
every 20 minutes to<br />
London Victoria, with<br />
stops at Marble Arch,<br />
Baker Street, St John’s<br />
Wood and Finchley Road.<br />
Tickets: £17 return.<br />
The Stansted<br />
Express runs every<br />
15–30 minutes until<br />
12.30am (additional<br />
services until 01.30am<br />
on Thursday, Friday<br />
and Sunday). Exclusive<br />
easyJet discounted fares<br />
are available when you<br />
buy onboard or online at<br />
easyJet.com. Ask your<br />
cabin crew for details.<br />
The journey takes<br />
about 46 minutes to<br />
London Liverpool Street<br />
in the city or 35 minutes<br />
to Tottenham Hale<br />
for connections to<br />
London’s West End.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €15 Pizza<br />
East (Tea Building, 56<br />
Shoreditch High Street,<br />
E1, tel: 020 7729 1888)<br />
Housed within the newly<br />
refurbished Tea Building<br />
on trendy Shoreditch<br />
High Street, the décor<br />
in this pizza place is<br />
basic, but warm leather<br />
seats and low-hanging<br />
lighting make it inviting.<br />
The menu is simple,<br />
featuring rustic Italian<br />
classics bursting with<br />
fl avour. The meatball or<br />
calamari starters are<br />
fi rm favourites, as are<br />
the spicy sausage and<br />
duck sausage pizzas.<br />
UP TO €30 The<br />
Compass (58 Penton<br />
Street, N1, tel: 020<br />
7837 3891) Cornering<br />
the market on Sunday<br />
afternoons in Islington,<br />
The Compass offers<br />
traditional lunches<br />
featuring locally sourced<br />
fare, with cinema<br />
projections on offer. Tuck<br />
in to roast beef, pork or<br />
an inspirational veggie<br />
equivalent with a large<br />
helping of all the usual<br />
trimmings, and wash<br />
it all down with a glass<br />
of wine, real ale or the<br />
house speciality –<br />
a Bloody Mary. Finish<br />
off an idyllic lazy<br />
Sunday afternoon<br />
with a delicious<br />
portion of bread and<br />
butter pudding.<br />
UP TO €50 Vivat<br />
Bacchus (4 Hays Lane,<br />
SE1, tel: 020 7234<br />
0891) Built on the same<br />
winning values as its<br />
sister establishment<br />
in Farringdon, Vivat<br />
Bacchus is much loved<br />
by a loyal clientèle for<br />
its cheese and wine<br />
nights. The restaurant<br />
EXCLUSIVE<br />
RESTAURANT<br />
Damian Hirst at The<br />
Wallace (Hertford<br />
House, Manchester<br />
Square, W1U, tel: 020<br />
7563 9505) Catch the<br />
fi rst look of Damian<br />
Hirst’s new exhibition<br />
No Love Lost at the<br />
Wallace Collection<br />
gallery and dine on<br />
chef Oliver Geyer’s<br />
fi ne French cuisine.<br />
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works with the fi nest<br />
sommeliers to ensure<br />
that the wine on your<br />
table has been carefully<br />
selected to perfectly<br />
compliment the<br />
exquisite cuisine. Spoil<br />
yourself this Christmas<br />
with a fi ve-course set<br />
menu with matching<br />
hand-picked wines.<br />
EXCLUSIVE<br />
Sumosan (26<br />
Albemarle Street, W1,<br />
tel: 020 7495 5999) So<br />
much more than just<br />
another eponymous<br />
upmarket Japanese<br />
restaurant in the<br />
capital’s sleek Mayfair<br />
district, Sumosan lets<br />
the food do the talking,<br />
rather than its celebrity<br />
clientèle (although it has<br />
garnered a more-than<br />
favourable reputation<br />
among the A-listers) or<br />
over-the-top décor. Head<br />
chef Bubker Belkhit has<br />
created an impressive<br />
menu, faithful to the<br />
traditions of Japanese<br />
cuisine, but with a nod<br />
towards Western-style<br />
innovation. Dishes<br />
including poached<br />
oysters with foie gras<br />
and sea urchin, spinach<br />
salad with scallops and<br />
prawns in a sesame<br />
dressing, and the<br />
legendary black cod<br />
with miso will all get your<br />
tastebuds tingling.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY The Old<br />
Queen’s Head (44<br />
Essex Road, N1, tel: 020<br />
7354 9993) Beat the<br />
winter chills beside<br />
a 16th-century fi replace<br />
while lounging on<br />
a thick leather sofa and<br />
take your pick from<br />
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