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Bari
Italy
DIALLING CODE
+39
CURRENCY
€
FLY FROM
London (LGW),
Milan (MXP)
FROM THE
AIRPORT
Pre-bookyour taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs €25.
Route 16 goes
to the centre.
Tickets: €0.77.
Visit the Europcar
desk for special
easyJet rates.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30
Bracceria Da
Matteo
(6 Largo
IV Novembre, tel:
080 408 6380)
Good solid pizza
bar that also serves
up succulent meat
dishes. Try any of
the meat skewers
with some good
Primitivo wine.
EXCLUSIVE
Lo Sprofondo
(109 Corso Vittorio
Emmanuele, tel: 080
521 3697) This is the
place where Bari’s
smart set dine. It
has a certain Italian
pomp and ceremony
that can be fun,
and the food is
excellent. Try the
braciolette of veal.
Basel
/
Mulhouse
/
Freiburg
Switzerland
(195 StAlban-
Rheinweg, Basel, tel:
061 311 2575)This
reasonably priced,
simple restaurant
has perhaps the best
location inBasel – on
the Rhybadhysli (Rhine
bath house) above the
flowingwaters of the
Rhine. It’s a pleasant
15-minutewalk
upstream from
Greater Basel.
UP TO €30
Restaurant Schnabel
(2Trillengässlein, tel:
061 261 2121)Avery
nice, brasserie-style
restaurant serving
traditional Basler food,
often with ingredients
from the area.The
restaurant is best
known for its“die
falsche Schnägge”
(fake snails), which are
escargots with pork
instead of snails.
UP TO €50
Winstub Henriette
(9 Rue Henriette,
Mulhouse, tel: 03
8946 2783) This
cosy restaurant near
the cathedral offers
Alsatian cuisine a cut
above that served
bymany other
restaurants, as well as
a great selection
of local wines.
EXCLUSIVE
Auberge St-Laurent
(1 Rue Fontaine,
Sierentz) For exclusive
eating, it’sworth
considering a short
drive (or taxi) across
the border fromBasel
into France to the
AubergeSt-Laurent,
where one can get
aMichelin-star
experience at a
significantly lower price
than inBasel,whether
you’re after local foie
gras,Munster cheese,
Alsatianwine or lobster
flown in fromCanada.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
Le
PoussinVert
(3Rue
Rothmuller,Colmar,
tel: 03 8941 1858)This
bar,where the young
artists of Colmar hang
out, has lots of outdoor
seating in a private
garden for warm
spring evenings.Open
mic onWednesdays.
LIVE MUSIC
Le Charlie’s
(26 Rue
de la Sinne, Mulhouse,
tel: 03 8966 1222) In
its lovingly restored
art-deco lounge, Le
Charlie’s stages live
jazz every night of the
week to a chilled-out
crowd. Come and
sip a drymartini or
whisky sour – the
epitome of cool. In
the same building as
one of Mulhouse’s
top restaurants.
LATE & LIVELY
Hotel Restaurant
Klingental
(20
Klingental, Basel, tel:
061 681 6248) If it’s
late and you’re looking
for a huge piece of
meat, a beer tap
that’s still running and
nocturnal waiting staff,
this is the place to go.
THIS MONTH
SHOP
In search
of the best bread
in France? Léonard
Helmstetter would be
a good place to start.
His succulent loafs are
the standard in all the
top local restaurants,
though if youmake
the trip, it’s worth
indulging in something
sweet (11–13 Rue des
Serruriers, Colmar).
GO
Lesser Basel is
Basel’s grittier side,
but is also the location
of many of the best
night and eating spots,
particularly if you’re
looking for a bargain.
ESCAPE
From
Basel Schifflände
you can go up or
down the Rhine,with
both swanky dining
ships andmore basic
(and economical)
voyages to Rheinfelden
available (bpg.ch).
NOWAY!
Ina landlockedcountry,
Basel’s place on the
Rhinemakes it by far
themost important
shippingdestination
inSwitzerland,with
between 10and
25%of all imports
coming into the city’s
three harbours.
Richard Harvell
DIALLING CODE
+41
CURRENCY
CHF
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,TelAviv,
Tenerife,Thessaloniki,
Toulouse,Venice
FROM THE
AIRPORT
Pre-bookyour
taxi at easyJet.
com.The fare to Basel
is about CHF40 and
Mulhouse €40.
Route 50 takes
you to Basel’s
main train station.
Tickets: CHF3.80.
In France,
shuttles go to the
station in Saint-Louis
for trains to Mulhouse.
Tickets: €1.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €15
Restaurant Veronica
TAXI
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
Caffé
Mozart
(9 Via Ciasca
Cardinale Agostino,
tel: 08 0504 2394)
Good for a mid-
evening coffee and
cake before dining
in the surrounding
restaurants or
drinking in one
of the lively
neighbouring bars.
LATE & LIVELY
Autodrom Club
(Contrada Lamandia,
Monopoli) The
Autodromo Club
is certainly worth
checking out. There
is nearly always
a weekend event
consisting of live
acts or DJs. Find
out what’s going on
before heading down
in the evening – the
music can vary from
R ‘n’ B to techno and
a magnitude of mixes
in between.
THIS MONTH
SEE
The Cathedral
of San Sabino is
an 11th-century
edifice with its own
museum where you
can see remarkably
preserved ancient
liturgy scrolls
(Piazza Odegitria).
NOWAY!
Just a 30-minute
drive south down the
coast is Polignano A
Mare, a picturesque
cliff-side town where,
among their fantastic
fish restaurants, they
allegedly have the
best pistachio ice
cream in Italy.
Max Keep
TAXI
SEE
The exhibition
Christening and
muchmore,
throughout the
month, visits gifts,
crowns and customs
of Baptisms fromthe
past three centuries
(Steinenvorstadt).
TOYWORLD’S
MUSEUM
Basel. Where art is a lifestyle.
Basel Tourism
Phone +41 (0)61 268 68 68
info@basel.com
www.basel.com