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150 | DESTINATION GUIDES London UK DIALLING CODE +44 CURRENCY £ FROM THE AIRPORT LUTON Visit the Europcar desk on arrival for special easyJet infl ight rates. Holiday Taxis (easyJet.holiday taxis.com) take you from home to the airport, then city or destination. TAXI Taxis charge roughly £100 to central London. The journey takes an hour. easyBus, in conjunction with Green Line, runs a frequent 24-hour coach service to London Victoria via Brent Cross, Finchley Road, Baker Street and Marble Arch. Buy tickets in the arrivals hall or book online from £2 single (easyJet.com). To save time, National Express tickets for this service can also be bought onboard. Tickets: £14 single; £19 return. Ask your cabin crew for details. Travel to central London in as little as 34 minutes with First Capital Connect. A frequent shuttle bus runs between the airport and the train station, taking just 10 minutes. There are up to six First Capital Connect trains an hour between London and Luton Airport Parkway station (fi rstcapital connect.co.uk). GATWICK Visit the Europcar desk on arrival for special easyJet infl ight rates. Holiday Taxis (easyJet.holiday taxis.com) take you from home to the airport, then city or destination. TAXI A journey to central London costs about £100 and the journey should take around 80 minutes. easyBus runs a frequent minibus service to Fulham Broadway Underground Station in west London. Scheduled buses run every 20 minutes, from 6.30am–11pm. Buy tickets in the arrivals hall or book online from £2 single (easyJet.com). National Express runs an hourly service to London Victoria. Tickets: £14 return. The Gatwick Express to London Victoria runs every 15 minutes from 4.35am– 1.35am and takes 30 minutes. Exclusive easyJet discounted fares are available when you buy onboard. Ask your cabin crew for details. Alternatively, First Capital Connect operates regular train services to London and the South coast. As does Southern, which operates up to 10 trains an hour to London Victoria. As part of London Gatwick Airport’s £1b investment in transforming the airport over the next few years, the transit train, which operates between the South and North Terminals, is being taken out of service at the end of September <strong>2009</strong> for 10 months. There will be a replacement bus service, but passengers should ensure they arrive at the right terminal for their fl ight to avoid delays. The replacement bus journey will take longer than the transit service and passengers should allow for this. STANSTED Visit the Europcar desk on arrival for special easyJet infl ight rates. Holiday Taxis (easyJet.holiday taxis.com) take you from home to the airport, then city or destination. TAXI Fares should cost about £120 to central London. The journey takes 70 minutes. easyBus runs a frequent minibus service to Baker Street Underground Station and London Victoria. Buses depart every 20–30 minutes from 7am–1.05am. Buy tickets in the arrivals hall or book online from £2 single (easyJet.com). National Express runs a bus service every 20 minutes to London Victoria, with stops at Marble Arch, Baker Street, St John’s Wood and Finchley Road. Tickets: £17 return. The Stansted Express runs every 15–30 minutes until 12.30am (additional services until 01.30am on Thursday, Friday and Sunday). Exclusive easyJet discounted fares are available when you buy onboard or online at easyJet.com. Ask your cabin crew for details. The journey takes about 46 minutes to London Liverpool Street in the city or 35 minutes to Tottenham Hale for connections to London’s West End. BON APPETIT UP TO €15 Pizza East (Tea Building, 56 Shoreditch High Street, E1, tel: 020 7729 1888) Housed within the newly refurbished Tea Building on trendy Shoreditch High Street, the décor in this pizza place is basic, but warm leather seats and low-hanging lighting make it inviting. The menu is simple, featuring rustic Italian classics bursting with fl avour. The meatball or calamari starters are fi rm favourites, as are the spicy sausage and duck sausage pizzas. UP TO €30 The Compass (58 Penton Street, N1, tel: 020 7837 3891) Cornering the market on Sunday afternoons in Islington, The Compass offers traditional lunches featuring locally sourced fare, with cinema projections on offer. Tuck in to roast beef, pork or an inspirational veggie equivalent with a large helping of all the usual trimmings, and wash it all down with a glass of wine, real ale or the house speciality – a Bloody Mary. Finish off an idyllic lazy Sunday afternoon with a delicious portion of bread and butter pudding. UP TO €50 Vivat Bacchus (4 Hays Lane, SE1, tel: 020 7234 0891) Built on the same winning values as its sister establishment in Farringdon, Vivat Bacchus is much loved by a loyal clientèle for its cheese and wine nights. The restaurant EXCLUSIVE RESTAURANT Damian Hirst at The Wallace (Hertford House, Manchester Square, W1U, tel: 020 7563 9505) Catch the fi rst look of Damian Hirst’s new exhibition No Love Lost at the Wallace Collection gallery and dine on chef Oliver Geyer’s fi ne French cuisine. If you want to continue to read this magazine and cannot take it with you, visit ‰infl ight.com/emag ‰ works with the fi nest sommeliers to ensure that the wine on your table has been carefully selected to perfectly compliment the exquisite cuisine. Spoil yourself this Christmas with a fi ve-course set menu with matching hand-picked wines. EXCLUSIVE Sumosan (26 Albemarle Street, W1, tel: 020 7495 5999) So much more than just another eponymous upmarket Japanese restaurant in the capital’s sleek Mayfair district, Sumosan lets the food do the talking, rather than its celebrity clientèle (although it has garnered a more-than favourable reputation among the A-listers) or over-the-top décor. Head chef Bubker Belkhit has created an impressive menu, faithful to the traditions of Japanese cuisine, but with a nod towards Western-style innovation. Dishes including poached oysters with foie gras and sea urchin, spinach salad with scallops and prawns in a sesame dressing, and the legendary black cod with miso will all get your tastebuds tingling. AFTER DARK LOW KEY The Old Queen’s Head (44 Essex Road, N1, tel: 020 7354 9993) Beat the winter chills beside a 16th-century fi replace while lounging on a thick leather sofa and take your pick from 00000 EasyJet WEBSITE NEW.indd 1 11/11/09 17:01:33
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