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DIALLING CODE
+44
CURRENCY
£
FLY FROM
Geneva
FROM THE
AIRPORT
TAXI
Pre-bookyour taxi
at easyJet.com.
Alocal taxi costs£16.
TheA1 shuttle
bus runs to
Bournemouth’smain
square, hourly from
7am–7pm.Tickets: £5.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BONAPPETIT
UP TO €30
Koh
Thai Tapas
(487–489
Christchurch Road,
Boscombe, tel: 01202
914 997) DeliciousThai
food in tapas-sized
portions: the vegetable
tempura tastes light
and fresh,while the
penang curry is rich
and flavoursome.
AFTER DARK
LOWKEY
Reef
Encounter
(42 Sea
Road, Boscombe, tel:
01202 280 656)A
lively but chilled-out
surf-themed bar with
comfy sofas and an
outside deck looking
over the sea. Cocktails,
music and foodmake
for a good evening.
Brest
France
DIALLING CODE
+33
CURRENCY
€
FLY FROM
Lyon, Paris (CDG)
FROM THE
AIRPORT
TAXI
Pre-bookyour taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs €20.
Buses stop
at Saint Luc
and the city centre.
Tickets: €5.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30
Le Mont Liban
(8 Place de la Liberte,
tel: 02 9880 1276)
Lebanese restaurant
serving mezze,
oriental desserts
and Lebanese wines.
Try the feta pastries
and the stuffed
vine leaves. The
restaurant also offers
a takeaway service.
EXCLUSIVE
La Fleur de Sel
(15 Bis Rue de Lyon,
tel: 02 9844 3865)
Expect top-quality
lobster cooked with
style and finesse,
lamb with foie gras,
caviar d’aubergines
...
Chef Yann Plassart
really knows his way
round the kitchen.
LATE & LIVELY
Aruba
(Pier Approach,
tel: 01202 554 211)
Relaxed bar-café
during the day with
fine views over the sea,
by night Aruba hots
up to be one of the
liveliest spots in town
with DJs, dancing and
jugs of cocktails.
THIS MONTH
GO
Explore
four hectares of
landscaped gardens
stretching down a hill
with views over Poole
Harbour. Compton
Acres is worth a
wintery walk, warm
up afterwards with a
cup of hot chocolate
at the café (164
Canford Cliffs Road).
NOWAY!
SedateBournemouth
was popularwith
gothic novelists: Robert
Louis Stevenson
wrote the
Strange
Case of DrJekyll
andMr Hyde
here.
MatthewHancock
Bournemouth
England
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
Au Bureau
(10 Rue
Siam, tel: 02 9880
1075) This is a great
place for a pint and
a packet of chips,
French style. It aims
to be a pub, but
being French it
retains a definite
Gallic atmosphere.
LATE & LIVELY
Arizona Cafe
(228
Rue Jean Jaures, tel:
02 9846 5267) For
10 years, this has
been the home of
the blues in Brest,
a great place for
a nightcap or five
and an even better
place to catch your
favourite bands and
discover what’s up
and coming. Open
till 3am weekdays
and 4am weekends.
THIS MONTH
SEE
The Salon Bio
(27–29 January)
at the Parc des
Expostion de Penfeld
will fill you in on all
things organic. Food,
of course, but also
travel and holidays,
lifestyle and leisure.
More information
from the tourist office
(brest-metropole-
tourisme.fr).
NO WAY!
The U-boat bunker
at Brest was built
by the German
government in 1941
and is still used by
the French Navy. It
is a tourist draw for
plenty of WorldWar
II enthusiasts.
Samantha David
Brindisi
Italy
DIALLING CODE
+39
CURRENCY
€
FLY FROM
Geneva, Milan
(MXP), Paris (ORY)
FROM THE
AIRPORT
TAXI
Pre-bookyour taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs €20.
LocalSTPbuses
leaveevery30
minutes.Tickets:€1.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BONAPPETIT
UP TO €30
Don Angus
(19
Via Guerrieri, tel:
0831 528 968)
This bizarrely
named restaurant
specialises in steaks.
It’s not fancy, it can
be hard to find and
there isn’t any menu.
However, if you want
an excellent steak
and chips washed
down with a glass
of red for a great
price, then this is the
place for you. No frills
just good food.
EXCLUSIVE
Sho-Ann
(4 Via
Cesare Abba, Ostuni,
tel: 0831 303 557)
Italians think they
have the best
food in the world.
Consequently it
can be hard to fin
foreign cuisine,
however, this
restaurant is the
real deal. Authent
Japanese food
cooked by a mast
chef in a wonderf
low-key setting
makes this one of
the most popular
places in town.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
Bar Nadim
(Cen
Storico) Small, b
a good place to g
in the evening as
the centre of tow
starts to hot up.
Perfectly situate
right in the heart
of the action.
LATE & LIVEL
Istanbul Café
(3
Via Stazione) Thi
bar serves a mish
mash of various
music styles at
weekends. The
atmosphere is ha
but lots of fun.
THIS MONTH
SEE
During the
weekend of Janu
the citizens of Os
recreate scenes
from the Nativity
the Old Town. Lot
of fun for the chil
and a charming
evening out.
NOWAY!
The name “Brindi
comes from the
Messapian word
brunda
meaning
“stag’s head”, whi
is the shape of th
ancient harbour.
Max Keep
The PIg
(Beaulieu
Road, Brockenhurst,
tel: 01590622 354)
Themenu of this
restaurant uses
ingredients fromthe
grounds – local fish
is smoked on site.Try
the haddock salad.
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