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UP TO €30
Grand
Café de Géneve
(10
AvenueMar de Saxe,
tel: 04 7852 1896)
Daily specials and local
specialities are cooked
in copious portions
and speedily served at
this popular lunchtime
restaurant.Meat lovers
should opt for the
chalkboard specials
that always include
a great piece of beef.
UP TO €50
Restaurant Thomas
(6 Rue Laurencin, tel:
04 7256 0476) Tuck
into dishes created
with local produce of
the finest and freshest
quality, and choose
a bottle from the
extensive wine
list to complement
your meal.
EXCLUSIVE
MRestaurant
(47
Avenue Foch, tel: 04
7889 5519) Julien
Gautier continues to
fly the flag at one of
Lyon’smost reputable
establishments.
Simple associations
of fresh seasonal
produce using regional
influences are served
up in a psychedelic
retro 1970s decor.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
L’Horloge
(34
Boulevard des
Brotteaux, 6th, tel: 04
3724 3349) Enjoy the
street terrace where
you can unwind and
chat over a drink while
watching the bustle
of the city pass you by.
LIVE MUSIC
Eden
Rock Café
(68 Rue
Merciere, tel: 04 7838
Lyon
France
DIALLING CODE
+33
CURRENCY
€
FLY FROM
Agadir,
Barcelona, Berlin,
Biarritz, Bordeaux,
Brest, Bristol,
Brussels, Casablanca,
Corsica (Ajaccio)
Corsica (Bastia),
Edinburgh, Ibiza,
Lisbon, Liverpool,
London (LGW, STN),
Madrid, Marrakech,
Milan (MXP), Nantes,
Nice, Olbia, Palermo,
Porto, Prague, Rome,
Toulouse,Venice
FROM THE
AIRPORT
Pre-bookyour taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs €55.
The Rhônexpress
Express goes to
Lyon Part Dieu train
station.Tickets: €13.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €15
Ivan
Healthy Food
(74 Boulevard des
Brotteaux, tel: 09
8249 1978) Great
new concept serving
up salads youmake
yourself.With a choice
of pasta, green leaves,
crunchy vegetables,
dried nuts and fruits.
Save room for great
house desserts
including pecan pie.
TAXI
2818) Rock, blues,
funk, country and
pop are played live
fromWednesdays
to Saturdays in
this bustling venue
that’s popular with
twentysomethings.
LATE & LIVELY
Cargo
(1 BisQuai du
Commerce)Ariverboat
that rocks until the
early hourswithDJ
Nano.Enjoy cocktails
on the terracewith the
young crowd,before
gettingdown to some
serious tunes on the
packeddancefloor.
THIS MONTH
SHOP
Head toElsa
Somano for a large
selectionof lamps and
light fittings, sofas and
textiles all designedby
local creators (17Rue
duMail). If vintage is
your thing,HappyDays
has unique decorations
inspiredby the 1950s
(63RueBarbezat).
SEE
On 19May
throughout Lyon
(and in fact all of
France),museums
open their doors for
night visits. One not
to miss is the Musée
des Beaux Arts,
where you can view
fabulous permanent
collections presented
by torchlight (nuitdes
musees.culture.fr).
GO
Running from
16–20 May, Lyon’s
10th Nuits Sonores
electronic music
festival promises to
keep the huge crowds
that flock from near
and far on their
feet with a series of
concerts at venues
across the city.
Three-day passes are
available and advised
(nuits-sonores.com).
ESCAPE
Just 40km
north of Lyon, Touro
Parc is a zoo, museum
and attraction park
just for the little ones.
The monorail, petit
train and carousel
are for the tots and
the water zone and
zoo are perfect for
the older kids
(touroparc.com).
NOWAY!
Look closely at the
statue of Louis XIV
standing in Place
Bellecour. Legend has
it that the sculptor
committed suicide
after forgetting to
attribute the king with
stirrups. It was later
understood that this
was not an oversight
but a representation
of the king riding
without a saddle.
Lemot in fact died of
natural causes in 1827.
John Brown
withunusual desserts
such as pumpkin
panna cotta.
AFTER DARK
LOW KEY
Cervejaria
Beerhouse
(Pontão
de São Lázaro, tel:
291 229 011) As you’d
expect from its name,
this bar-restaurant
is the place to go for
a cool beer, brewed
on the premises and
best enjoyed on the
breezy terrace facing
Funchal’s marina.
LATE & LIVELY
OMolhe
(Estrada da
Pontinha,Portodo
Funchal)This superbly
positionedbar and club
is part of a 17th-century
sea fort high above
Funchal’s harbour.
There are three dance
spaces, eachwith their
own sounds and all
keepgoing until the
small hours.
THIS MONTH
SEE
May starts with
the Feast of Saint
Tiago Menor, for
Funchal’s patron saint,
with festivities and
events around the Old
Town; and ends with
the Sé Festivities, with
a week of livemusic,
performances and
stalls in the streets.
NOWAY!
Funchal is one of
the world’s hotspots
for cruise ships – in
2011 alone,more
than half amillion
passengers visited
Funchal harbour from
passing cruises.
MatthewHancock
Madeira
Portugal
DIALLING CODE
+351
CURRENCY
€
FLY FROM
Bristol, Lisbon,
London (LGW, STN)
FROM THE
AIRPORT
Pre-bookyour taxi
at easyJet.com.
A local taxi costs €30.
TheAerobus
goes to themain
hotel area.Tickets: €5.
BON APPETIT
UP TO €30
Frango
da Guia
(7Travessa
DoutorValente, tel: 291
762 911) Guia is a town
in theAlgarve famed
for its roast chickens,
and this place carries
on the tradition with
sublime grills in a lively
upstairs dining room
on the edges of the
hotel zone.
EXCLUSIVE
EstalagemPonta do
Sol
(6Caminhodo
Passo,Ponta doSol, tel:
291 970200) Dine at
this stunningboutique
hotel that sits on a
clifftop in the village of
Ponta doSol, just west
of Funchal.Start with
a terrine of foie gras
withfigs andMadeira
wine jelly, followwith
freshfish, tiger prawns
augratinor duckwith
chard and round it off
TAXI
In aUNESCOWorld
Heritage Site, this old
convent has been
reworked in to studio
apartmentswith
original features.
From€149, book at
hotels.easyJet.com.
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