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DESTINATIONS
London & Lviv
Getting to the centre
Transfer from Lviv International
Airport to the city centre via regular
public transport (mini-bus and trolley
bus services), or take a cab – city
centre destinations should cost no
more than 100 hryvnia (€8).
A slice of the city
Ukraine’s cultural capital is awash
in arts events this September with a
whole host of festivals being hosted
in the downtown area. Expect to see
streetside performance art around the
Lviv Old Town amid what promises to
be a carnival atmosphere.
Eating out
Darwin Restaurant
(6 Shevs’ka
Street, +38 032 294 8205) is a
homage to the Victorian England and
a place to escape the bustle of Lviv’s
cobbled streets. It has an excellent
cheese selection.
Gasova Lampa
or
Gas Lamp Restaurant
(20 Virmenska
Street, +380 32 236 7550) tips its
hat to the 19th-century Leopolitan
scientist credited with inventing the
world’s first gas lamp. It doubles as
a museum so you can explore local
history between courses.
City suggestions
Vienna Coffee House
at 12 Svobody
Avenue is the daddy of cafés in a
city devoted to coffee culture, and
is directly behind the Shevchenko
monument.
Robert Doms Brewery
Bar
at 18 Kleparivska Street offers a
taste of old school Habsburg Lviv, in
a cavernous underground beer cellar.
And finally...
Ukrainian go to the polls in October
so expect much street-level oratory.
Words Peter Dickinson
Lviv
lviv.travel Hryvnia
Getting to the centre
We do a point-to-point bus transfer
from London Luton Airport to Victoria
Station in cooperation with Green
Line. It’s €11.50/€23 return. Purchase
while or after booking your flight.
A slice of the city
The
2012 London Olympics
is until
12 August. Screens at Hyde Park
will show the events. Visit festival.
london2012.com. From 12 September,
outdoor screenings of classic movies
such as Great Expectations take place
near
Tower Bridge
. morelondon.com
Eating out
Camden Market
by the canal is well
worth a visit. Also in Camden, the
lavish and memorable South African
Shaka Zulu
serves over-the-top and
exotic fare, such as crocodile starters
and zebra steaks. Shaka-zulu.com
If in East London for
Designing 007
,
the Barbican’s tribute to 50 years of
James Bond (see page 26) then the
man himself would enjoy
Redhook
(pictured) in Farringdon, known for
its cocktails, oysters and steaks. With
a cool interior of brick and leather,
it’s an elegant retreat from the City.
Closed Sundays. redhooklondon.com
City suggestions
If you’re in the Olympics spirit, a
stage adaptation of the British film
Chariots of Fire is at the West End’s
Gielgud Theatre. The new
Emirates
Air Line Cable Car
, from Greenwich
peninsula to the Royal Docks, is only
£3.20 for Oyster card holders.
And finally…
Go to getaheadofthegames.com to
avoid busy areas on the Tube.
Words Piers Townley/Clive Morris
London
visitlondon.com Sterling
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WIZZ MAGAZINE
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2012