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Sharm El Sheikh
Molly’s Café
€
€€€
(
12 Sahkulu Sokak, Galata, Beyoglu,
+90 212 245 4947
) This friendly, expat-run café-restaurant
serves up home-cooked food in a chilled setting. Regular
live poetry recitals also offer something a bit different.
Mozaik
€€€€
(
1 Inceli Cavus Sokak, Sultanahmet,
+90 212 512 4177
) Close to the Blue Mosque, this well-
presented Turkish restaurant has a full menu of tasty local
standards (think kebabs and pitta), and a few dishes with a
more international slant, such as cognac-flamed steak.
Salon
(
5 Sadi Konuralp Caddesi, Sishane, Beyoglu,
+90 212 334 0700
) A purpose-built, high-end performance
space operated by IKSV, Salon is the place to go for
Istanbul’s jazz and film festivals. It also hosts a regular
eclectic programme of pop, classical, jazz, theatre, dance
and performance with a distinctly avant-garde slant.
Mid-winter is the best time to visit
Termal ,
Istanbul’s
hot-spring resort town. Four hotels and five outdoor hot
pools should keep visitors adequately pampered. Take a
ferry to Yalova, followed by a bus.
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Blendz Café and Bar
€
€€€
(
Tropicana Sea Beach Hotel,
Nabq, +20 111 669 2221
) This friendly outdoor beach bar
serves a variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks
including smoothies and milkshakes. It also features a
simple, but tasty home-cooked menu.
Tandoori
€€
€€
(
Camel Hotel, Na’ama Bay, +20 693 600 700
) Enjoy the
cookery show performed by a resident Indian chef in the
open kitchen at this award-winning restaurant. Although
all seating is outdoors, the terrace is heated during winter.
Hard Rock Café
(
Na’ama Bay, +20 69 360 2664
) A good
choice for dining and clubbing. From midnight, the tables
are cleared, the beer and cocktails keep flowing and the
party doesn’t stop until the last person heads home.
SOHO Square
is the perfect destination for a family
night-out in Sharm. As well as shops, bars, restaurants,
and clubs; visitors can have a pint in the authentic Queen
Vic pub, glide across the ice rink, and compete in the
bowling alley.
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Major sights such as
Hagia Sophia are far less
crowded in the winter
SOHO Square is a
hub of entertainment
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