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JULY 2018 / Flight Time / 107
Destinations
MANCHESTER
Taking place from 24th-27th August, the Manchester Pride Big Weekend incorporates The
Big Weekend at Manchester’s world-famous Gay Village, the Manchester Pride Parade
on the streets of the city centre on 25th August, and the Candlelit Vigil in Sackville Park on
27th August.
Rita Ora, Jake Shears, Sigala, Alexandra Burke and Louise will top the Big Weekend bill on
the Thomas Cook Airlines Stage this year, while the Gaydio Dance Arena will welcome TCTS,
Ana Matronic, Jon Pleased Wimmin and Pete Tong along with some familiar faces including
DJ Paulette, Jamie Bull, Kriss Herbert and Danny Howard. The Arena will also see two of the
original DJs from iconic New York club Studio 54, Nicky Siano and Jellybean Benitez, recreate
‘A night at Studio 54’, while the Sackville Stage will play host to Proms in the Park, Heather
Peace Presents and Bongo’s Bingo.
New to Pride is the Superbia Weekend, a free event celebrating LGBT+ life with debate,
film, comedy, literature, music, sport, theatre and more.
MUN I CH
Head to the Impark Summer Festival,
which takes place in the Olympic Park
until 19th August. There are traditional
fairground rides such as a big wheel and
dodgems. You can also try your hand at
watersports including wake boarding,
paddleboarding and even volleyball on
an inflatable volleyball field on the lake!
There are plenty of food stalls and shops
selling handmade items and the famous
Ahoi beach bar, where you can enjoy
both a cocktail and sand under your feet.
Every night from 7pm there are free music
performances, featuring rock, soul, drum
‘n’ bass and folk artists – 60 concerts in all
– and on 2nd and 16th August there are
fireworks.
NANTES
A nature retreat in the centre of
Paris, a botanical garden at the
cutting edge of research, and a living
testimony to history, as well as a relaxing
haven on a summer’s day, the Jardin
des Plantes is one of France’s top four
botanical gardens. It’s home to more than
10,000 species, and in excess of 5,000
flowers are planted each season. Marvel
at the camellia collection, with its 500
varieties, the 200-year-old magnolia, the
35-metre American tulip tree – tulip-tree
wood was used to build the Machines
de L’ile elephant – and don’t miss the
carnivorous plants.
MI LAN MALPENSA
The original Pizzeria Spontini on Via
Gaspare Spontini has been serving
up plates of delicious, thick-based
pizza with oozing melted cheese cooked
in a wood-burning oven since 1953. The
recipe has remained unchanged for
30 years and they serve just three types
of pizza: Margherita, Prosciutto and
Mediterranean, as well as lasagna. Now
they have branches across Milan, and
even as far afield as Tokyo. The perfect
fuel for all that sightseeing.
NEWCASTLE
Part of The Great Exhibition of
the North, a free, summer-long
celebration of the North of England’s
pioneering spirit, is Brick This, Lego®
Architects – A 3D Innovation Timeline
of the North, which shows what the
region has done for the world through
the medium of Lego. Taking place at
the Mining Institute until 9th September,
it features 40 intricate models built with
50,000 bricks.
F L I G H T D E TA I L S
Flybe has flights to Manchester from Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Belfast City, Chambéry
(winter only), Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Hannover, Innsbruck (winter only),
Isle of Man, Jersey, Knock, La Rochelle, Luxembourg, Lyon, Milan, Nantes, Newquay,
Paris CDG (may be operated by Air France), Rennes, Southampton and Toulouse. Flybe’s
franchise partner Stobart Air has flights to Manchester from London Southend.
F L I G H T D E TA I L S
Flybe has flights to Munich from Cardiff.
F L I G H T D E TA I L S
Flybe has flights to Nantes from
Birmingham, Manchester and
Southampton.
F L I G H T D E TA I L S
Flybe has flights to Milan Malpensa
from Birmingham, Cardiff and
Manchester. Flybe’s franchise partner
Stobart Air has flights to Milan
Malpensa from London Southend.
F L I G H T D E TA I L S
Flybe has flights to Newcastle from
Exeter, Newquay and Southampton.
Flybe has flights to Newcastle from Paris
CDG, operated by Air France. Flybe’s
franchise partner Eastern Airways has
flights to Newcastle from Aberdeen,
Belfast City, Cardiff and Isle of Man.