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“For the best view of Venice, take the lift up 325ft in the Campanile, the city’s tallest building. You’ll see the
Lido, the whole lagoon and (on a clear day) the Dolomites in the distance....”
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TOULOUSE
Les P’tits Fayots is an elegant, modern restaurant
with a romantic interior, serving refined food from
a menu created by chef Aziz Mokhtari.
Hotel Pullman Toulouse Centre is a stylish
five-star hotel with a restaurant, bar, and fitness
centre. It is also well equipped for business meetings.
The Cité de l’Espace space museum brings
Toulouse’s aeronautical history to life with a
moon-running simulator, a rotating pod to test your
tolerance for space travel, a planetarium and an
observatory plus full-scale replicas of the Mars Rover
and Ariane 5 space rocket.
TOULON CÔTE D’AZUR
Le Chantilly in place Pierre Puget is a traditional
brasserie with beers on tap and a menu of
delicious French classics, like duck breast and grilled
steak. Tel: +33 4 94 09 32 92
Hotel Little Palace is in the centre of town, just
400 yards from the sea. Its comfortable en-suite
rooms include a flat-screen TV, telephone and work
desk.
Climb aboard the fun, red cable car – the only
one of its kind on the Mediterranean coast – to
reach the summit of Mont Faron in less than six
minutes. You’ll enjoy great views and there are
signposted walks and a big cat breeding centre.
STUTTGART
Inside the popular Porsche Museum, Restaurant
Christophorus is a steakhouse with an opulent
selection of steaks and wines from around the world.
On the outskirts of Stuttgart, in the woods,
Waldhotel Stuttgart is a traditional four-star hotel
with 94 bedrooms.
Stuttgart’s zoological-botanical garden was built
between 1842 and 1853 for King Wilhelm I of
Wuerttemberg. Nowadays it is home to around 9,000
animals, an important collection of orchids and much
more. Be sure to visit the new ape house.
STORNOWAY, OUTER HEBRIDES
Enjoy Hebridean langoustines, Lewis lamb and
Angus beef at The Boatshed Restaurant.
The Crown Hotel has comfortable rooms and a
restaurant where you can enjoy lunch and dinner
looking out over the harbour and to Lews Castle.
Tel: 01851 703734
Get a first-hand insight into how life used to be
on the island with a visit to The Blackhouse,
Arnol, a traditional, fully-furnished thatched house.
Smell the peat fire and see how people and animals
alike used to live under one roof.
www.historicenvironment.scot
VENICE
La Zucca is a small, welcoming restaurant with an
open kitchen, so you can watch the chef preparing
specialities like pumpkin flan and potato cake, along with
pasta and meat dishes and desserts.
Ca Maria Adele is a 16th-century palazzo,
overlooking Santa Maria della Salute Basilica in
central Venice.The decor harks back to a bygone era, with
rich fabrics, bold wallpaper and quirky antiques.
For the best view of Venice, take the lift up 325ft
in the Campanile, the city’s tallest building.You’ll
see the Lido, the whole lagoon and (on a clear day) the
Dolomites in the distance.