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Bright colours and a
warmwelcome await
visitors at this hotel.
In the centre of the
Navigli area, it’s very
well placed. From
€154, book at
hotels.easyJet.com.
IDEA HOTEL
CORSO GENOVA
★★★
★★
artichokes, and leave
room for the rum and
coffee granita.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
Le
Baron Rouge
(2
Rue Delpech, tel:
04 6759 6538)
Cosy winebar with
exposed stonework,
vaulted ceilings and
barrels for tables.
The perfect hideaway
if it’s raining, and
they have snacks to
go with your wine.
LATE & LIVELY
Petit Negresco
(6
Place Jean Jaurès,
tel: 04 6760 2493)
This bar has a fab,
perfect-for-people-
watching terrace and
an electro playlist
which keeps the
place hopping most
nights of the week.
THIS MONTH
GO
This is the
month to ride the
two new tramlines (3
and 4) which open to
the public on 7 April.
Alternatively, on the
28th, the RFM Party
80 tour gets nostalgic
with a hugely popular
1980s disco show
at the Zenith (more
info from the tourist
office; 30 Allée
Jean de Lattre
de Tassigny).
NOWAY!
The Antigone district
in Montpellier,
designed by Ricardo
Bofill, is the largest
single development
project ever built
in France.
Samantha David
Montpellier
France
DIALLING CODE
+33
CURRENCY
€
FLY FROM
London
(LGW, LTN)
FROM THE
AIRPORT
Pre-bookyour taxi
at easyJet.com.
Alocal taxi costs€20.
Take the shuttle
bus to Place
de l’Europe.Tickets:
€1.50 single.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30
Le
Mogador
(3 Rue
Embouque d’Or ,
tel: 04 6784 4264)
Beautifully decorated
North African
restaurant serving
divine couscous and
tagines; chicken with
lemon, lamb with
apricots... all served
with yummy little
side salads.
EXCLUSIVE
Le
Mas des Baumes
(Ferrieres-les-
Verreries, tel: 04
6680 8880) Worth
the trip out of
town for the idylic
surroundings and
decor but the food is
also superb: lobster,
truffles, foie gras with
TAXI
Milan
Italy
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
Cavallante
(3 Via
Muratori, tel: 02
5410 7325) This is
a welcoming wine
bar with traditional
decor, soft lighting
and stacks of
bottles where you
can sample some
quality vintages while
snacking on salami,
cheeses and fish dips.
LIVE MUSIC
Leoncavallo
(7 Via
Watteau, tel: 02 3651
0287) One of the last
of the centri social
that grew out of the
protest movement of
the 1960s and 1970s,
this draughty old
factory space hosts
a series of alternative
live acts while
Fridays are reserved
for hip hop. Very
studenty with dogs
on strings and beer
in plastic cups.
LATE & LIVELY
Amnesia
(Via Gatto
& Viale Forlanini,
tel: 02 7010 0702)
This weekends-only
club on the east
side of Milan is
great for letting off
steam to music from
internationally known
DJs. A slice of Ibiza
in the city.
11 Club Room
(11 Via
Alessio di Tocqueville,
tel: 02 8928 1611)
Some of the best-
known Italian and
international DJs do
their stuff at this, one
of the latest offerings
in Corso Como,
Milan’s answer to
the Sunset Strip.
Late opening and
bank with its menu
of pizza, pasta and
meat dishes. There’s
an outside courtyard
for warmer months
that seems to be the
preserve of couples.
La Tavernetta
da Elio
(30 Via
Fatebenefratelli, tel:
02 653 441) The
Tuscan specialities
at this popular
hideaway range from
crostini, soups and
pasta dishes
to meatballs and
steaks. A no-
nonsense dining
experience amid
reassuringly old-
fashioned decor, with
prices to match.
EXCLUSIVE
Trattoria Bragosso
(4 Via Omboni, tel:
02 2952 9377) The
freshest fish served
with style as well
as seafood pasta
dishes are the order
of the day at this
splendidly kitsch
diner complete with
coastal landscapes,
underwater scenes
and enough maritime
tat to sink a ship.
Quite an experience.
Zero
(87 Corso
Magenta, tel: 02
4547 4733) In Milan,
Japanese is the high-
end ethnic cuisine of
choice and this is one
of the best, a fashion-
conscious hangout,
centrally located and,
apparently, run by
Italians. Expect to pay
about €65 a head
excluding drinks.
entry fee usually
includes a first drink.
THIS MONTH
SHOP
If Milan’s
designer boutiques
have burnt a hole in
your pocket, check
out the cut-price
designer (and
other) gear at the
street market in
Viale Papiniano.
This collection of
stalls opens Tuesday
mornings and
Saturday all day.
Tuesday is more of
a fleamarket;
Saturday has cut-
price bargains. Get
there early: much
of the decent stuff
goes by 9am. Metro:
St Agostino.
SEE
From 13–15
April, catch MiArt, an
international salon
of modern art held at
the Fieramilanocity
exhibition site.With
30,000 visitors and
200 exhibitors, the
show is dedicated to
promoting younger
artists as well as
established names
from the 1960s
and 1970s onwards
(miart.it).
GO
Milan’s natural
history museum,
the Museo di Storia
Naturale, makes a
great day out for
the family. One of
the most important
museums of its kind
in Italy, it’s packed
with fauna from
around the world. The
museum occupies
part of an ornamental
18th-century park,
the Giardini Pubblici,
a large green oasis
amid the bustle
of the city (55 Corso
Venezia, tel: 02
8846 3280).
ESCAPE
Least
known and most
romantic of the
Italian lakes, Lago
d’Orta lies just west
of Lake Maggiore,
little over an hour’s
drive fromMilan. This
unspoilt hideaway
offers idyllic lake
views and from
mid-March you can
take boat trips and
visit the island of
Orta San Giulio. The
city of Omegna has
several interesting
churches, Roman
relics and a museum.
NOWAY!
The colours of AC
Milan were said to
be “red like hell and
black to scare the
enemy”, according to
the team’s British-
born founder Herbert
Kilpin in 1899.
Charles Searson