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Riga – Skopje
DESTINATIONS
Getting to the centre
The Vardar Ekspress airport bus runs
to the main bus station five to eight
times a day; tickets are 100 denars
(€1.60).
A slice of city
While it’s sunny, make sure to enjoy
Macedonia’s tiny riviera, around the
pretty city of Ohrid, and
Lake Ohrid
.
Eating out
The rustic
Pivnica Ganza
restaurant
(Gorgi Peskov 4) has local dishes,
and doubles as a cosy beer bar with
gallons of local and even some
foreign beers.
City suggestion
The Kale fortress is closed for repairs,
but the adjacent old bazaar area of
Skopje is a delight to explore, with its
narrow streets, craftsmen, medieval
churches and mosques, and one of the
liveliest markets in the Balkans.
And finally…
Skopje’s
Youth Cultural Centre
(Kay Dimitar Vlahov 15) has an
international theatre festival in
September, and also organises the
White Night
event, with theatre,
poetry and other art in venues across
the city on 30 September.
Words Jeroen van Marle
Skopje
skopjeonline.com.mk Macedonian denar
Getting to the centre
We provide point-to-point bus
transfers between the airports (both
Ciampino and Fiumicino) and Rome
city centre (Termini Station). It is
€8.50/€17 return to/from Fiumicino
and €6/€12 return to/from Ciampino.
A slice of the city
A favourite summer visit is to the
‘Colosseum by Moonlight’
or La
Luna sul Colo, every Thursday and
Saturday evening. It is €20. pierreci.it
Eating out
For 100 years
Osteria da Angelino
has been serving good value Roman
food. Mains, €12 (64 Via Machiavelli,
Piazza Vittorio, osteriadaangelino.it).
City suggestion
Gilda
is one of Rome’s best known
clubs and is for the chic. Entry is €30,
97 Via Mario de’ Fiori. gildabar.it/
And finally...
Take refuge from the heat in the
new flower gardens on the
Palatine
Hill
– the ticket allows access to the
Colosseum and the Roman Forum.
Words Marc Zakian
Getting to the centre
Bus no. 22 takes 30 minutes to get
to the centre, it leaves opposite the
terminal, behind the car park P1. A
one-way ticket from the driver is 0.70
lats (€1), at the airport information
desk ‘Welcome to Riga’, it’s 0.50 lats.
A slice of the city
The
Latvian National Opera
has
opera and ballet highlights, such as
La Boheme, 8-17 August. opera.lv
Eating out
Try
Trattoria del Popola
at Jana
Street 8, www.delpopolo.lv. This
Italian venue even does breakfasts.
City suggestion
Jurmala
, the Latvian Riviera, is 25km
west of Riga. Suburban trains leave
from Riga Central Station every 20
minutes, tickets 0.95-1.35 lats (€1).
And finally...
The Baltic Pearl Film Festival
,
15-25 September, has classics such as
Gone with the Wind plus racy modern
films. In the original languages, with
subtitles. balticpearl.lv/
Words Clive Morris
Rome
Riga
turismoroma.it
Euro
liveriga.com
Lats
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