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Zürich
Switzerland
soup, as well as whole
grilled or baked fish.
Good fish cuisine in
a formal atmosphere.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
Hotel
Rivington &Sons
(201Hardstrasse, tel:
0433669082)Abar
in the style of an old
NewYork bar located
in thePrimeTower,
the city’s onlymodern
skyscraper: does it all
addup? It certainly
does.Goodplace for an
eveningbeer or drink.
LATE & LIVELY
Blok
(3
Schiffbaustrasse)The
city’s latest hotspot for
electromusic.Mostly
young folks come
here to shake and
scream(honest, they
do!) to indie dance, nu
disco and electro – or
whatever the newest
mix of electronic beats
is called.
THIS MONTH
SEE
The exhibition
Winter Tales
at the
Kunsthaus features
over a hundred objects
that reveal why winter
wasmany artists’
favourite season.
The highlight is a
golden sleigh (until
29April, Kunsthaus,
1 Heimplatz).
NOWAY!
Zürich’s highly
reputed newspaper
the
Neue Zürcher
Zeitung
is one of the
oldest newspapers
still in print – it was
first published in 1780.
Chris Young, zurich.
inyourpocket.com
DIALLING CODE
+41
CURRENCY
CHF
FLY FROM
London (LGW,
LTN), Manchester
FROM THE
AIRPORT
Pre-bookyour taxi
at easyJet.com.
Alocal taxi costs60CHF
Trains leave
the airport
every 10minutes.
Tickets: 6.40CHF.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30
Weisses Rössli
(96
Bederstrasse, tel:
044 212 63 00)The
host here takes food
seriously.Whether
halibut with estragon
sauce or veal entrecôte
wrapped in parma
ham, the chef fromthe
far west of Switzerland
combines tradition
and innovation
with a light touch –
recommended!
EXCLUSIVE
Le Poisson
(30
Claridenstrasse, tel:
044 286 22 22) It’s all
about fish and seafood
here. On the small
menu, youwill find
their classic, excellent
Marseille-style fish
Zante
Greece
Zagreb
Croatia
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
Base
(Platia Agiou Markou,
Zante Town) Set right
on central Agiou
Markou square, Base
is a decent place for
people-watching with
a daytime coffee,
early evening beer or
nightly cocktail. The
music varies between
rock, ethnic and
dance but the volume
remains fairly gentle
until late on.
LATE & LIVELY
I Proza
(23 21st
Maiou) Despite the
name, there’s nothing
prosaic about this
intimate yet buzzing
bar in the main
town, which offers a
fine combination of
cheap drinks, a great
rock soundtrack
and ceiling pipes
reminiscent of the
film
Eraserhead
.
THIS MONTH
SEE
Orthodox
Easter (13–15 April)
is highly atmospheric
in Greece and the
biggest celebrations
on Zante take
place around the
huge church of
patron saint Agios
Dionysos in the
capital, especially the
moving Epitaphios
on Good Friday.
NOWAY!
The endangered
loggerhead turtle,
which still nests in
touristic Laganas Bay,
has been swimming
in the earth’s oceans
for 250 million years.
Nick Edwards
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
Booksa
(14DMarticeva)
Pay the nominal
membership fee and
enjoy freeWi-Fi at this
fun and funky literary
club. Look out for all
sort of chilled artistic
events.They do simple
food, too.
LATE & LIVELY
Hemingway
(1
Tuskanac, tel: 098
980 5000) The black-
suited and tiny black
dress brigade love it
here. Easy to knock
but this city centre
party palace also
mixes amean cocktail
and has some
live DJs too.
NOWAY!
Don’t mess with
Ozujsko! The city’s
favourite beer is the
local brewOzujsko.
Knock it at your
peril and don’t even
joke that you prefer
Karlovacko, which is
made just to the south.
robinmckelvie.com
DIALLING CODE
+30
CURRENCY
€
FLY FROM
London (LGW),
Milan (MXP)
FROM THE
AIRPORT
Pre-bookyour taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs €13.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30
Malanos
(38Agiou
Athanassiou) Tucked
in the homely Kipi
district of the capital,
this well-established
restaurant offers an
extremely traditional
range of mostly
oven-baked dishes
such as meatballs and
runner beans in a rich
tomato-based sauce,
as well as excellent
barrelled wine.
EXCLUSIVE
Dennis
(Lithakia)
Friendly and only a tad
more expensive than
normal, this wonderful
village taverna serves
up superb traditional
recipes, tasty pork
chops and good local
wine.You can even
get a free lift back to
nearby Laganas, if
you’re staying there.
DIALLING CODE
+385
CURRENCY
Kuna (HRK)
FLY FROM
Dortmund,
London (LGW),
Paris (CDG)
FROM THE
AIRPORT
Pre-bookyour taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs
about 250HRK.
The Pleso
Prijevoz buses
run to the city centre
Tickets: 30HRK.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30
K Pivovari
(222 Ilica,
tel: 01 375 1808)
Zagreb’s oldest
brewery not only
conjures up a lot of
the gorgeous frothy
stuff, it also does solid
traditional meals in
a venue that hits all
the party bases.
EXCLUSIVE
Zinfandel’s
Restaurant
(1
Mihanoviceva, tel:
01 456 6666) An
absolutely superb
restaurant housed
within the best hotel
in town. Enjoy
stunning Croatian
Adriatic seafood laced
with Istrian truffles
and the best wines
in the country.
TAXI
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GO
Maksimir – the
city’s favouritegreen
lung is adecentwalk
or tramrideout of
thecentre.Checkout
thedodgy zoo,enjoy
a stroll or catcha
footballmatchat the
national stadium.
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