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TRAVELLER
Spain
Dialling Code
+34
Currency
¤
Time Zone
GMT+1
Switzerland
Dialling Code
+41
Currency
CHF
Time Zone
GMT+1
La Cova Fumada
€15
(56 Carrer Baluard,
tel: 93 221 4061) This popular neighbourhood
joint in Barceloneta is worth bearing inmind if you
get peckish on the way to the beach.The bombas
(breadcrumb-coatedmashed potatoes andmeat)
are legendary, or try the excellent chickpeas and
black pudding.
El Boo
€50
(1 Espigó Bac de Roda,
tel: 93 225 0100) Perched on a pier betweenMarbella
and Nova Marbella beaches, this glamorous new
restaurant already attracts Barcelona’s glitterati.
Lunch on extravagant dishes such as squid stuffed
with black pudding and prawns, then retire with a
strawberry daiquiri.
Neichel
€70
(1–5 Carrer Beltrán
i Rózpide, tel: 93 203 8408) A refinedMichelin-starred
restaurant, Neichel’s signature dishes include fresh
shrimps from the Costa Brava and crispy suckling pig.
The Loch Inn
(74 Passeig de Sant Joan, tel:
661 973 402) This contemporary Scottish
Wistub Brenner
€30
(1 RueTurenne,Colmar,
tel: 03 8941 4233)This oft-recommended
wistub
,which isAlsatian for wine hall, is a great place
to sample anything fromsauerkraut to local Munster
cheese.
Chez Hansi
€50
(23Rue desMarchands,
Colmar, tel: 03 8941 3784)They probably served
poached chicken and local wineswhen this restaurant’s
housewent up in 1532, and that’swhat you have to look
forward to today.Thewaiters seemas lovingly preserved
as the beautiful interior.
Viva! Das Restaurant
€70
(41
Hauptstrasse,Oberwil, tel: 061 401 5680)Whether it’s
wine fromthe restaurant’s own vineyards, beef fresh
in fromtheAlps, or thewildly original desserts,Viva! is
one of Basel’s top choices and has landed chef Patrick
Zimmermann aMichelin star this year.
Buvette
(Kasernenvorplatz) On the Rhine side
of the old barracks, Buvette is a great place to
soak up the sun. Drinks are served in plastic cups with a
Barcelona
Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg
pub attracts a nicemix of foreigners and in-the-know
expats.Aside froman awesome name, there’s an
eclectic range of beers and a street terrace on the
Passeig de Joan.
L’Auditori
(150 Carrer Lepant, tel:
93 247 9300) Barcelona’s premier live-music venue
has faultless acoustics and a diverse range of acts,
from jazz to flamenco and classical. Some of the finest
Spanish and international artists grace the stage.
Fantastik
(Carrer Joaquin Costa, fantastik.es)
Abizarre bazaar where you can buy Mexican
drinks trays,mushroom-shaped piggy banks from
Poland and Senegalese recycled watering cans.
Montjuic
The landmark is transformed into
a festival ground for free livemusic, theatre,
DJs andmore on 2 July.Various museums throw open
their doors making it a great night to be out exploring.
Later in themonth on themountain is the Brandery
FashionTrade Fair (13–15 July).
Barcelona-life.com
deposit, so you can roam the riverbank and return.
Matrix Design
(38 St Johanns-Vorstadt)
With a choice of just two things – scarves and
serving trays – on offer, this studio is well worth poking
your head in to as an example of how to do one or two
things and do themwell.
Cartoon Museum Basel
(28 St Alban-
Vorstadt)
Winsor McCay – Comics, Movies,
Dreams
is the first show in Switzerland of the
American cartoonist who was the first to produce
animations, years beforeWalt Disney.
Richard Harvell
Fly from
Amsterdam, Basel-Mulhouse,
Belfast, Berlin, Bristol, Dortmund,
Geneva, Lisbon, Liverpool, London
(LGW, LTN, SEN, STN), Lyon, Milan
(MXP), Newcastle, Nice
FromtheAirport
Taxi
Pre-book your taxi at
easyJet.com.A ride to the centre in
a local taxi costs around €30.
Bus
TheAerobus heads to Plaça
Catalunya.Tickets: €5.35
Train
Trains service the Sants
Estació.Tickets: €2.50.
Car Hire
Visit the Europcar desk
for special rates.
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,Tel Aviv,Tenerife,
Thessaloniki,Toulouse,Venice
FromtheAirport
Taxi
Pre-book your taxi at
easyJet.com.The fare to Basel is
CHF40 andMulhouse; €40.
Bus
Route No.50 takes you to
Basel train station.Tickets: CHF4.
Car Hire
Visit the Europcar desk
for special rates.
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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.