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Bari
Italy
DIALLING CODE
+39
CURRENCY
€
FLY FROM
London (LGW),
Milan (MXP)
FROM THE
AIRPORT
Pre-bookyour taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs €25.
Route 16 goes
to the centre.
Tickets: €0.77.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30
Pizzeria Enzo & Ciro
(70 Via Cardassi, tel:
080 553 4196) One
of the more popular
local hot spots when
it comes to pizza.
The young, helpful
staff also serve other
dishes and the
menu has a good
antipasti selection.
EXCLUSIVE
La
Poeta Contadino
(21 Via Indipendenza,
Alberobello, tel:
080 432 1917) It
doesn’t get much
more Italiano than
dinner at this place.
Wonderful food
served with pomp
by flamboyant
characters in a grand,
colourful setting.
Basel
/
Mulhouse
/
Freiburg
Switzerland
tel: 061 261 0651)The
authentic grilled Italian
sandwiches served
here are perfect for a
quickmeal. Located in
the centre of town,with
outdoor seating.Anew
location is nowopen
on Steinenvorstadt.
UP TO €30
Restaurant
Unterlinden
(2 Rue
des Unterlinden,
Colmar, tel: 03 8941
1873) Just next to the
fantastic Unterlinden
Museum, this house
from the 15th century
is one of the best
places in the city to
try
flammekueche
,
theAlsatian version
of pizza: think paper-
thin crust topped
with sour cream.
UP TO €50
Minamoto
(179
Schwarzwaldallee,
tel: 061 686 55 45)
Minamotomeans
“spice” inJapanese,
and while this no-sushi
Japanese restaurant
may be short on the
wasabi and chilli we
come to expect from
Japanese food, the
tasty noodle,meat
and fish dishes are
excellent.With indoor
and outdoor seating.
EXCLUSIVE
Krafft
(12Rheingasse, tel: 061
6909130)Whether
you’re in the bright, airy
dining roomor on the
terrace,Krafft offers
some of the best Rhine
views in town. It’s not
overpriced and the
chefmanages a fusion
of Italian, French and
traditional elements to
perfection,with awine
list tomatch.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
Eoipso
(192Dornacherstrasse,
tel: 061 333 1490)
Housed in an old
factory complex, this is
one of Basel’s biggest
and hippest bars,with
Basel’s ownUnser
Bier on tap.Arrive
early to bag one of
the comfy couches.
LIVE MUSIC
Café des Arts
(6
Barfüsserplatz, tel:
061 273 5737) Eclectic
and nicely located, des
Arts’ regular piano or
jazz acts tend towards
the traditional and are
nothing to dance to,
but offer atmosphere
for good conversation.
Great outdoor seating
on the square.
LATE & LIVELY
Jet 7 Bar
(2 bis
Passage de l’Hôtel de
Ville, Mulhouse, tel: 03
8956 0421) Mulhouse
isn’t famous for its
nightlife, but Jet is an
exception to the rule.
With both bar and
club, it has a great
atmosphere and hosts
livemusic nights a few
times a week.
THIS MONTH
SHOP
Even if pearl
necklaces aren’t
your thing, kleine
Rheinperle isworth
a visit just for its
location on one of
Basel’s quaintest
streets, connecting
themiddle bridge to
theMunsterplatz.The
shop sells handmade
pieces using high-
quality pearls
(10Rheinsprung).
SEE
Mulhouse’s
Collection Schlumpf,
housed in theNational
CarMuseum,was
already the coolest car
museum in theworld,
home to over 400
cars fromthe 19th to
21st century, but now,
18 iconic cars can be
seen inmotion at the
racetrack onweekends
and holidays.
ESCAPE
Basel-land
is known for its
cherries, and, inApril,
its blossoming cherry
trees. Basel-land’s
official Cherry
Paradise tour is a nice
hike fromDornach
to Schoenmatt, with
well marked trails and
good public transport
to Dornach (20
minutes to Basel).
NOWAY!
Basel’s black cherries
were traditionally used
formaking Kirsch, a
type of cherry brandy.
Only in the 1950s did
theworld discover they
were good for eating!
Richard Harvell
DIALLING CODE
+41
CURRENCY
CHF
FLY FROM
Alicante,
Amsterdam,Barcelona,
Berlin,Bordeaux,
Cagliari,Copenhagen,
Corsica (Ajaccio),
Dresden,Düsseldorf,
Edinburgh, Faro,
Fuerteventura,Gran
Canaria,Hamburg,
Ibiza, Istanbul, Lisbon,
London (LGW),
Madrid,Majorca,
Málaga,Marrakech,
Nantes,Naples,Nice,
Olbia,Rome,Porto,
Pristina,Split,TelAviv,
Tenerife,Thessaloniki,
Toulouse,Venice
FROM THE
AIRPORT
Pre-bookyour
taxi at easyJet.
com.The fare to Basel
is about CHF40 and
Mulhouse €40.
Route 50 takes
you to Basel’s
main train station.
Tickets: CHF3.80.
In France,
shuttles go to the
station in Saint-Louis
for trains to Mulhouse.
Tickets: €1.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €15
Piadina
Bar
(78Gerbergasse,
TAXI
Come here and know
you are really in Italia.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
Barcollo
(70 Piazza
Mercantile, tel: 080
521 3889) Bang
smack in the middle
of the largest, busiest
piazza in Bari, this
is an excellent spot
to meet and greet
and plot your
evening agenda.
LATE & LIVELY
Les Fleurs Du Mal
(24 Via Suppa)
Despite its somewhat
curious name, this
fun, Latin-jazz-
cabaret-themed
club is a good place
to visit if you want
some fun. The chefs
also prepar good
food until
3am everyday.
THIS MONTH
GO
Head into the
tightly knit area of
the Old Town (Bari
vecchia) and explore
the winding alleys
and narrow streets.
See if you can find
even a fraction of
the reputed 100+
shrines. Word of
warning: don’t do it
at night, as you may
get lost.
NO WAY!
In 1156, the city
rebelled against
the Normans,
which resulted
in its complete
destruction. Only
the Basilica and
the Norman castle
were spared.
Max Keep
TAXI
GO
Colmar’s Petite
Venise certainly
lacksVenice’s
splendour, but it’s a
quaint part of town
for a stroll, plus it
offers the best
range of restaurants
and bars.
GONDOLA RIDE
IN COLMAR
Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg
This fairy tale castle looks down majestically across
the Alsace plain for more than 850 years.
Shuttle from Sélestat railway station.
www.haut-koenigsbourg.fr
© S. Lohner.