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Opera Garden<br />
Hotel and<br />
Apartments<br />
BUDAPEST<br />
Around the<br />
corner from the<br />
magnifi cent Opera<br />
House and fl ash,<br />
Parisian-style<br />
shopping boulevard<br />
Andrássy Street,<br />
this new boutique<br />
hotel has a grand,<br />
turn-of-the-century<br />
façade that<br />
belies its sleek,<br />
modern interiors.<br />
Accommodation<br />
ranges from<br />
high-design<br />
rooms to longstay<br />
apartments<br />
furnished with<br />
full kitchens (with<br />
proper hobs, not<br />
just microwaves) a<br />
pillow menu, soundproofed<br />
windows<br />
and complimentary<br />
wifi and shoe-shine.<br />
The spa, sauna<br />
and rooftop Jacuzzi<br />
don’t open till next<br />
year, but guests<br />
will have plenty of<br />
local pampering<br />
palaces to choose<br />
from where they<br />
can be pummelled,<br />
stretched and<br />
steamed with the<br />
locals. From €99<br />
per night, book at<br />
hotels.easyJet.com<br />
Jeroen Bergmans<br />
Bar Tomate<br />
MADRID<br />
Located in the heart of the upscale<br />
Chamberí district, just an olive-stone’s<br />
throw from Plaza de Colón, this<br />
Mediterranean kitchen bar serves an<br />
“anytime” menu. Bhutan potatoes,<br />
sautéed artichokes or asparagus in<br />
rosemary sauce whet the appetite. Many<br />
of the main courses mix sweet and<br />
sour, including the honey-baked lamb<br />
carpaccio and truffl e cannelloni with<br />
beetroot and raspberry cream sauce.<br />
Split into two distinct zones, Tomate<br />
can be light and spacious, Scandinavian<br />
style or dark and moody by night in the<br />
polished concrete bar area. The dining<br />
space has a market warehouse feel<br />
with steel chairs, leather-topped tables<br />
and 1950s-era lamps inspired by the<br />
minimalist French designer Jean Prouvé.<br />
grupotragaluz.com Rupert Eden
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