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Barcelona
Spain
Barceloneta if it’spaella
you’reafter.Twoblocks
into thebarri andyou’ll
find this 101-year-old
Catalan institution
servingsomeof the
best seafood, riceand
noodledishes in town.
UP TO €50
Goliard
(6Carrer Progrés,
tel: 93 207 3175)The
prison block exterior
thankfully givesway to
a rathermore refined
interior of neatly laid-
out tables andwicker
chairs.On themenu,
innovative fare such as
kangaroo in curry and
duckwith pumpkin.
EXCLUSIVE
Mirador del Palau
(4Carrer Palau de la
Música, tel: 93 295
5606) Locations
don’t getmuch better
thanDomenech i
Montaner’s lavish art
nouveau Palau, and the
concert hall’s adjoining
restaurant is a stylish
place to dine before a
performance.The food
is amix of French and
Catalan cuisine.
DIALLING CODE
+34
CURRENCY
€
FLY FROM
Amsterdam,
Basel-Mulhouse,
Belfast (BFS),Berlin,
Bristol,Dortmund,
Geneva, Lisbon,
Liverpool, London
(LGW, LTN,SEN,
STN), Lyon,Milan
(MXP),Newcastle,Nice
FROM THE
AIRPORT
TAXI
Pre-bookyour taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs €30.
Trains service the
Sants Estació.
Tickets: €2.50.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BONAPPETIT
UP TO €15
Maitea
(157 Carrer Casanova,
tel: 93 439 5107) Over
a hundred different
Basque-style
pintxos
to choose fromat this
gaff onCasanova, each
costing littlemore than
€1.50. Pick andmix
the likes of briewith
anchovy, leekwith
romesco sauce and
baconwith quail egg.
UP TO €30
Can
Ros
(7Almirante
Aixada, tel: 93221
4579)Don’t dally
on themaindragof
Athens
Greece
DIALLING CODE
+30
CURRENCY
€
FLY FROM
Berlin, Edinburgh,
Geneva, London
(LGW),Manchester,
Milan (MXP), Paris
(ORY), Rome
FROM THE
AIRPORT
Pre-bookyour taxi
at easyJet.com.
Alocal taxi costs€35.
Proastiako
andMetro line
trains service the city.
Tickets: €8 single.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30
Kipos tis Edem
(24
Perikleous Street,
Maroussi, tel: 2106146
8068)AnewLebanese
restaurant that brings
the exoticMiddle East
toAthens’northern
suburbs. Soon to open:
a basement shop
selling aromatic coffee
and scented tobacco
for narghile pipes.
EXCLUSIVE
Spondi
(5 Pyrronos
Street, Pagrati, tel: 210
7564 021) French chef
Michel de Burgo will be
taking over the reins at
Athens’ top gourmet
restaurant,where
TAXI
he hopes to earn a
thirdMichelin star
tomatch the three
stars awarded to the
previous restaurant
where he worked as
executive chef.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
Kolokotroni 9
(9
Kolokotroni Street,
tel: 210 323 2796)
All-day café-bar that
offers snacks, drinks
and bookshelves filled
with the world’s best
literature, as well as
a quiet reading room
where you can curl up
with a good book.
LATE & LIVELY
Faust
(11 Kalamiotou
& 12Athinaidos Street,
tel: 210 323 4095)
Unabashedly arty and
theatrical club that
hosts a succession of
live acts on its stage,
from jazz and world
music to cabaret.
THIS MONTH
GO
TheAthens
suburb of Kifissia, with
its leafy esplanades
and well-heeled locals,
is a great area to go for
shopping, or for drinks
and dining out later in
the evening.
NOWAY!
In two years, Greece’s
protestors have
definitely had their
share of the limelight
but nonemore so than
the iconic protest dog
Loukanikos, the stray
that was launched to
celebrity status as the
runner-up for Time’s
“person”of the year.
EvaWebster
InBarcelona’s new
innovation zone,
Hotel Pere IVis one
of the city’s liveliest
hotelswithbeaches
and amenities close
by. From€75,book at
hotels.easyJet.com.
HOTEL
PERE IV
★★★★
★
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
La
Paciencia
(72 Carrer
Sant Pau, tel: 93 441
5387) During winter,
you’d struggle to
find anything too
exceptional to say
about this cafeteria-
bar, but come spring
and a place on their
terrace at the bottom
of the Rambla del
Raval, arguably
Barcelona’s most
beautiful street, is well
worth hustling for.
LIVE MUSIC
El
Paraigua
(2 Pas de
l’Esenyança, tel: 93
302 1131) Asomewhat
touristy restaurant by
day, the atmosphere
changes on Friday and
Saturday nights as the
venue’s stone cellars
become the stage
for some eclectic
acoustic concerts.
LATE & LIVELY
El
Bosc de les Fades
(5
Passatge Blanca, tel:
93 317 2649) Acult
calling spot for out-
of-towners, despite
an unlikely location
in a dark corner of
theWax Museum. It’s
hard to know if the
success is down to the
surreal Hobbit-esque
environs, or the lethal
jugs of sangria.
THIS MONTH
SHOP
Whowould
have thought that
in the digital age,
roleplaying games
would evermake a
comeback?Head
down toCarrerAli
Bei,where you’ll find
several games clubs
and fantasy/sci fi
shops, including Freaks
Comic Store at no. 10.
SEE
Barcelona’s Dia
del Sant Jordi festival
is one for old-school
romantics.The dragon-
slayer’s saint day is
celebrated by the
practice of exchanging
gifts...men should buy
their female friends
and family flowers,
andwomen should
pick out a good book
for theirmenfolk.
GO
Ahuge barrio
to the north of the
OldTown, almost no
tourists set foot in
Poblenou,making it
perfect for alternative
exploration.Crumbling
factories, street art, two
interestingparks and
a beautiful cemetery
offer something a bit
different toGaudi and
thePicassomuseum
ESCAPE
The
unassuming Catalan
poble of Sant Sadurni
D’Anoia is one of the
wine capitals of the
Penedes region.
Cava giants such
as Freixenet have
their cellars here,
as domany other
boutique wineries.
NOWAY!
Whilst celebrating Sant
Jordi’s day on 23April,
youmaywell hear the
oft-quoted fact that
bothCervantes and
Shakespeare died on
this very day in 1616.
They in fact died 10
days apart, as the
Spaniards at that time
used theGregorian
calendar, the English,
theJulian.
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