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Netherlands
Dialling Code
+31
Currency
¤
Time Zone
GMT+1
Bar Mejias 11
€15
(1 Partida Estación,
tel: 96 583 4527) Good, Spanish-style
home-cooking is on the menu here. The bar-
restaurant is very popular with locals. Try the
chickpeas cooked with spicy chorizo sausage.
Kataria Gastronómica
€50
(13 Avenida del
Mediterraneo, Benidorm, tel: 96 683 1372) You’ll
find avant-garde gastronomy in extremely
fashionable surroundings here at Kataria
Gastronómica. The duck foie gras is renowned, as
are the traditional rice dishes served with a twist.
Ku Discotheque
(Avenida de Comunidad
Valenciana, Benidorm) Shaped like a
stranded flying saucer, this disco – and pretty much
everywhere else along this road – rocks until beyond
breakfast, when the sun rises again.
Churchill’s
(Calle Lepanto, Benidorm) This friendly pub,
decorated withWinston Churchill memorabilia, has
FEBO
€15
(89b Ferdinand Bolstraat, tel:
020 679 3009) Named after its flagship
location on Ferdinand Bolstraat, FEBO dispenses
steaming hot burgers, croquettes and fried cheese
from ingenious coin-operated street-side cabinets.
Operating since 1941, it’s a brilliant, Jetsons-style
vision of automated dining, and a real Dutch original.
Wilde Zwijnen
€50
(23 Javaplein, tel: 020
463 3043) Hidden just out of sight behind a
bustling intersection in the vibrant Oost district,
this gorgeous, rustic-meets-modern restaurant
specialises in fish and hearty meat dishes. Try the
chef’s menu for a surprise selection, and keep an eye
on the terrace, should the sun put in an appearance.
North Sea Jazz Club
(1 Pazzanistraat,
tel: 020 7220 980) Taking its name
from Rotterdam’s annual music festival, this
year-round, club-cum-restaurant in the
Alicante
Amsterdam
plenty of space in which to dance or sing along with
the regular musicians.
Benidorm’s pedestrianised
Calle Gamba
off
Plaza de la Hispanidad has enough shops of
every description to satisfy shoppers, and, for their
sidekicks, plenty of cafés to sit and wait.
If you can stand heights, why not take a trip
to
Tárbena
up in the sierras? Mountain air,
acorn-fed serrano ham,
morcilla
sausage, crusty
bread and rich, red wine are all on offer at the famous
Casa Pinet still run by Señor Pinet.
Danny Collins
Westergasfabriek industrial estate turned “culture
park” is already attracting some of the most
respected names in world music. This month,
Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara takes to the
stage (13 September).
Describing itself as “the Louis Vuitton of
chocolate”, British gourmet chocolate brand
Hotel Chocolat
(7 Heiligeweg) has been winning
over Amsterdammers with its ice-cream-inspired
Chocs to Chill since opening a two-storey temple to
indulgence here back in June.
This month (23 September, to be precise)
sees the long-awaited reopening of the
Stedelijk Museum
(stedelijk.nl), or “The Bathtub”,
as it’s come to be known by locals. Containing work
by everyone from Barbara Kruger to Dan Flavin, it’s
one of the most significant modern art institutions
in the world.
Mark Smith
Fly from
Basel-Mulhouse, Belfast, Bristol,
Edinburgh, Geneva, Glasgow,
Liverpool, London (LGW, LTN, SEN,
STN), Manchester, Newcastle
FromtheAirport
Visit the Europcar desk
for special car hire rates.
Taxi
Pre-book your taxi at
easyJet.com.A local taxi costs €20
Bus
An airport bus toAlicante
City gives access to the bus and
rail station for connections to the
Costa Blanca.Adirect service
to Benidorm runs hourly from
8am–11pm.Tickets: €8.
Fly from
Barcelona, Basel-Mulhouse,
Belfast, Berlin, Bristol, Edinburgh,
Geneva, Glasgow, Lisbon,
Liverpool, London (LGW, LTN, SEN,
STN), Madrid, Manchester, Milan
(MXP), Prague, Rome, Split
FromtheAirport
Visit the Europcar desk
for special car hire rates.
Taxi
Pre-book your taxi at
easyJet.com.The journey to the
centre costs about €40.
Train
There are seven trains
an hour to Centraal station.
Tickets: €3.80 single; €7.60
same-day return.
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Dialling Code
+34
Currency
¤
Time Zone
GMT+1
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Yorkshire Pride
has been building up an excellent reputation as a fantastic place
to eat in Benidorm for the past 16 years. It has become so popular as a home
from home that there is now Yorkshire Pride 1, 2 and 3. Holidaymakers return
year after year seeking the restaurant’s great home-cooked traditional English
dishes at affordable prices. Owners Tad and Lesley provide entertainment
every night with the Tad Cocker Band. They also own ‘Bar Why Not’
situated on the Calle Gerona which has karaoke every night.
Tel: +34 966804932 or +34 649788887
• Live Music
• Karaoke
• TV Screens
• Pool Tables
• Major Sport Events