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of themost popular.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
Il Caffe
di Roma
(6Plaza
Cardenal Belluga) Look
out over the historic
square, home to the
strapping cathedral
and bishop’s palace,
while supping a coffee.
LATE & LIVELY
Club 12 YMedio
(Avenida Ciclista
Mariano Rojas) This
venue is great for
live bands and an all-
round top night out.
Acool vibemakes it
popular with a young,
student crowd.
THIS MONTH
SEE
British a-capella
bandThe Flying
Pickets, will be
performing at the
AuditorioVíctor
Villegas on 22
March.The band is
considered to be one
of the best a-capella
acts in the world.
David Jones
Murcia
Spain
DIALLING CODE
+34
CURRENCY
€
FLY FROM
Bristol,
London (LGW)
FROM THE
AIRPORT
Pre-bookyour taxi
at easyJet.com.
Alocal taxi costs
around€45 toMurcia
and€35 toTorrevieja.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30
La
Tarantella
(Plaza
San Juan, tel: 968 218
616) Apopular Italian
restaurant.As well as
the three-course set
menu, there are pasta
dishes and pizzas.The
Caprese salad with
mozzarella is a good
bet with a glass of
dry white wine.
EXCLUSIVE
Bodegón La Peña
(37CalleBenissa,
Pilar de laHoradada,
tel: 965352 794)
This restaurant’s
annual gastronomic
week attracts a lot of
media attention,but
it is the traditional
Mediterraneandishes
which shine all year
round.All sorts of rice
dishes are onoffer,with
TAXI
Nantes
France
has a fabulous open
fireplace and a warm
welcome.Themenu
is mainly French
classics revisited.
Don’t miss the
homemade foie gras.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
Maison
Akabi
(49 Calle
Mayor) Agreat place
to chill out on a cold
day and read a book
or play some of the
board games available.
There are occasional
art and photography
exhibitions and
acoustic concerts
(folk and jazz) too.
LATE & LIVELY
Cookoo
(12 Rue de
Rieux, Champ deMars,
tel: 02 5186 4249)
Fashionable clubwith
three bars and aVIP
lounge. Dress up to get
past the bouncers.The
music is pretty eclectic
early on in the evening
andmorphs into
techno and electro
aroundmidnight.
THIS MONTH
SEE
Stand-up
comedian Jamel
Debbouze is amega-
star in France so
tickets to his show on
18March at the Cité
des Congrès are hot
but grab one if you
can.You’ll certainly be
left chuckling in your
seat at his jokes.
NOWAY!
Nantes was called
Portus Namnetum
during the Roman
occupation that began
in the year 56BC
.
Samantha David
DIALLING CODE
+33
CURRENCY
€
FLY FROM
Basel-Mulhouse,
Geneva, London
(LGW), Lyon, Nice,
Toulouse
FROM THE
AIRPORT
Pre-bookyour taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs €30.
The TanAir
shuttle bus
runs to Nantes South
SNCF train station,
Cité des Congress
and the town centre.
Tickets: €7
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30
Les
Copains d’Abord
(7
Rue deArche-Seche,
tel: 02 4048 5183)A
relaxed friendly little
place with exposed
stonework and beams
andwooden tables.
The special of the
day could be almost
anything but it’s
always tasty and filling.
EXCLUSIVE
Auberge de Breca
(352Village de Breca,
tel: 02 4091 4142)
Just out of town, this
restaurant in the heart
of the National Park
TAXI
specialises in seafood
prepared according
to ancient recipes,
accompanied by live
Neapolitan music
most weekends.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
Nais
Moment
(29 Via
Giuseppe Ferrigni)
In addition to
espresso, wine,
cocktails and snacks,
Nais Moment offers
gluten-free appetisers
and DJs who play
everything from
R’n’B to techno.
LATE & LIVELY
Otto Jazz Club
(32
Via Salita Cariati,
tel: 081 552 4373)
This basement club
in the upscale Vomero
neighbourhood offers
top-shelf jazz
Friday–Sunday from
10pm until late.
THIS MONTH
GO
Flanked by pubs,
pizzerias and the
Royal Palace, the
Piazza del Plebiscito
is Naples’ largest
pedestrian square.
This popular hub
is where you find
families out for a
stroll, lovers having a
rendezvous and kids
playing ball.
NOWAY!
The Neapolotian folk
classic
‘O Sole Mio
is
so tightly associated
with Italy that it
was substituted
for the Italian
national anthem at
the 1920 Olympic
Games in Antwerp.
Tui Cameron
Naples
Italy
DIALLING CODE
+39
CURRENCY
€
FLY FROM
Basel-Mulhouse,
Berlin, Bristol,
Edinburgh, Geneva,
Ibiza, Liverpool,
London (LGW, STN),
Madrid, Majorca,
Milan (MXP), Nice,
Paris (ORY), Venice
FROM THE
AIRPORT
Pre-bookyour taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs €35.
TheAlibus stops
at the train
station and Piazza
Municipio.Tickets: €4.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30
O’ Scugnizz’
(72
Galleria Umberto,
tel: 081 401 199)
Grab a snack and an
espresso at this cute
café in the grand,
glass-roofed Galleria
Umberto shopping
arcade. It’s the
perfect place
to linger and write
a few postcards.
EXCLUSIVE
Il Garum
(2 Piazza
Monteoliveto, tel:
081 542 3228)
This vibrant osteria
TAXI
Many rescued birds,
including Griffon
vultures (pictured),
are released back
into the wild in
Murcia.The birds
are nursed back to
health at the El Valle
Wildlife Centre.
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