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UP TO €30
The
King’sWark
(36The
Shore, Leith, tel: 0131
554 9260) Great pub
foodwhich goes well
beyond the basics with
a strong emphasis
on fish dishes, served
in the darkly-lit bar
with exposed stone
walls.The weekend
breakfasts are a good
hangover cure.
UP TO €50
La
P’tite Folie
(61
Frederick Street,
tel: 0131 225 7983)
Warmred decor with
attractive posters
around intimate
bistro tables give
this restaurant a
homely feel that is
only enhanced by
friendly professional
service.There’s
nothing homely about
the French-inspired
menu, however,with
beautifully constructed
mains that burst with
flavour.At £9.95, the
two-course lunch
menu is a snip.
EXCLUSIVE
21212
(3Royal
Terrace, tel: 0131 523
1030) Retaining its
Michelin star, 21212 is
decadently plush and
reassuringly expensive.
Chef-proprietor Paul
Kitchingbringswit,
theatre and invention
to a finely tunedmenu
that offers a choice of
twodishes for starter,
main anddessert with
set soup and cheese
–hence 21212.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
Barony Bar
(81–85
Broughton Street,
Edinburgh
UK
DIALLING CODE
+44
CURRENCY
£
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Basel-Mulhouse,
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Krakow,Lisbon,London
(LGW,LTN,STN),Lyon,
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Munich,Majorca,
Naples,Nice,Paris
(CDG),Tenerife
FROM THE
AIRPORT
Pre-bookyour taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs £15.
TheAirlink 100
express service
goes to the centre.
Tickets: £6.
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desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €15
St
Giles’ Cathedral
Café
(High Street, tel:
0131 225 5147) The
sleek café under St
Giles’Cathedral is an
unexpected find amid
the tourist traps of the
Royal Mile. It trades
on its excellent home
baking with strong
support from the café
platters and soups.
TAXI
tel: 0131 558 2874)
Traditional pub with
several real ales and a
reasonable selection
of bar meals during
the day.The L-shaped
roomgives plenty of
space to spread out.
LIVE MUSIC
Henry’s Cellar
Bar
(8Morrison
Street, tel: 0131 228
9393) Intimate and
almost clandestine,
this basement
venue serves up
experimental,out-there
livemusic.The accent
is onup-and-coming
local bands and the
sounds are raucous
withplenty of attitude.
LATE & LIVELY
The Bongo Club
(37
HolyroodRoad, tel:
0131 5587604) Under
threat of closure, this
alternative club and
live-music venue
attracts anarty student
crowd.Theweekend
nights tend to focus on
bigbeats,but anything
fromthe cutting edge
of cool is as likely.
THIS MONTH
SHOP
Proof of
knitting’s escalation up
the fashion ladder can
be found at K1Yarns
Knitting Boutique.A
vast display of wools,
materials and colours
is augmentedwith
patterns and a space
to knit (89West Bow).
SEE
The National
Museumof
Scotland’s major
spring exhibition
hosts treasures
fromAncient Egypt.
Stunningmodern
displays ensure
that the artefacts
provide a gateway to
understanding life,
death and the afterlife
(Chambers Street).
GO
Castlehill has
a string of quality
tourist-orientated
shops.April is a good
time to take in the
views from the Castle
Esplanade, before
the long process of
erecting the Tattoo
stands commences.
ESCAPE
Melrose
is the home of Rugby
Sevens with the
Melrose Sevens taking
place on 14April. Lying
on the River Tweed,
an hour’s drive to the
south of Edinburgh,
the town is a good
point for exploring the
Scottish Borders.
NOWAY!
Edinburgh’smummies,
a series of tiny coffins
ondisplay in the
National Museum,
provided the inspiration
for IanRankin’s novel
The Falls
.
ThomDibdin
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Düsseldorf
Germany
DIALLING CODE
+49
CURRENCY
€
FLY FROM
Basel-Mulhouse,
London (LGW), Rome
FROM THE
AIRPORT
Pre-bookyour taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs €20.
Trains to the
Hauptbahnhof
leave every 15minutes.
Tickets: €2.30.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30
Luang Prabang
(26
Platanenstrasse, tel:
0211 230 4275) Exotic
Laotian food with
Beer Lao to wash it
down has made Luang
Prabang a big hit with
the locals, but the
prices – around €10 –
won’t make a big hole
in your holiday budget.
EXCLUSIVE
Spoerl Fabrik
(74
Tussmannstrasse,
tel: 0211 44037 391)
Withmouth-watering
dishes like fish pot au
feuwith saffron, fennel
and rouille or berry
lasagnewith ginger ice
cream, it’s nowonder
that Spoerl Fabrik – set
in a stylishly converted
TAXI
factory – has been
awarded aMichelin
BibGourmand for its
inventive cooking.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
Kwadrat
(51 Blücherstrasse,
tel: 0211 3618 4063)
There’s a clean, bright
1960s’ feel to Kwadrat
– a glassy, relaxed
café-bar in a former
car showroomnorth
of the city centre,with
tapas, platters and
nibbles too.
LATE & LIVELY
Soul Cruise
(144
Ackerstrasse, tel:
0211 59 89 549) Book
your passage for the
Soul Cruise – a funky
voyage through the
back catalogue of Stax,
Motown andNorthern
Soul – every second
Friday of themonth at
Trinkhalle in Flingern.
THIS MONTH
GO
Sport meets
sightseeing on the
route of the METRO
GroupMarathon on
29April, with a circuit
of the inner city that
takes inmany of its
tourist highlights,
from chic Königsallee
to the ultra-modern
Media Harbour
and the traffic-free
riverside promenade.
NOWAY!
Düsseldorf is capital of
the German province
of North Rhine-
Westphalia, which has
a population bigger
thanmany of the
independent countries
within the EU.
NevilleWalker
Holiday Inn is an
excellent choice for
both families and
professionals alike.
Children under 12
stay and eat free.
From€102, book at
hotels.easyJet.com.
HOLIDAY INN
EDINBURGH
★★★★
★