Flybe / March 2019

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106 / Flight Time / MARCH 2019
Destinations
MALAGA
Half an hour from Málaga, the
Carromato de Max, a tiny museum
of miniatures in a colourful, wooden
carriage is worth visiting. Definitely a
must-see, no tourist can resist going in
after reading the posters at the entrance
of the museum explaining that you can
see dressed, stuffed fleas, a ballet dancer
carved on a toothpick, a naval battle on
a pinhead and Leonardo da Vinci’s Last
Supper on a grain of rice. To make it easier
to see the exhibits, many come with a
magnifying glass.
LONDON SOUTHEND
Built in 1891, the imposing Muthu
Westcliff Hotel is positioned high
on the cliffs, close to the seafront,
with spectacular views over the Thames
Estuary. It offers 55 luxurious, individually-
designed bedrooms and romantic suites
that retain their Victorian character, and a
brasserie serving both lunch and dinner.
LUXEMBOURG
Imagined by the famous Chinese-
American architect Ieoh Ming Pei,
famous for his Louvre Pyramid,
Mudam Luxembourg-Musée d’Art
Moderne Grand-Duc Jean deploys its
magnificent silhouette in the middle
of a sea of green just a few steps
away from the European quarter. The
museum’s remarkable architecture
houses collections and exhibitions of
internationally-renowned, contemporary
art, including works of significant modern
artists including Andy Warhol, Bruce
Nauman, Julian Schnabel, Thomas Struth,
and Daniel Buren.
LYON
The Kitchen Café in Lyon’s university
district is so good it has a Michelin
Bib Gourmand. Run by chef Connie
Zagora and pâtissier Laurent Ozan,
it’s open every day until 6.30pm. For
breakfast, choose from pastries, granola
with fresh fruit and honey, or a cooked
breakfast. Book for lunch and have
two courses for €19, or three for €24. In
the afternoon it turns into a dessert bar
serving a selection of cookies, cakes and
seasonal fruit tarts.
F L I G H T D E TA I L S
Flybe’s franchise partner Stobart Air
has flights to London Southend from
Antwerp, Caen-Normandy, Cologne
(until 29th March), Dublin (until 30th
March), Groningen, Lyon (until 30th
March), Newquay (from 1st April) and
Rennes. Flybe’s franchise partner Blue
Islands has flights to London Southend
from Guernsey (from 20th May).
F L I G H T D E TA I L S
Flybe has flights to Luxembourg from
Manchester.
F L I G H T D E TA I L S
Flybe has flights to Lyon from
Birmingham and Manchester. Flybe’s
franchise partner Stobart Air has flights
to Lyon from London Southend (until 30th
March).
F L I G H T D E TA I L S
Flybe has flights to Málaga from
Doncaster Sheffield (from 1st April),
Exeter, Norwich and Southampton (from
1st April).
MANCHESTER
While away a fun few hours at Manchester’s Museum of Science & Industry, where seven
permanent galleries have plenty to entertain. In the Experiment! gallery, there are 25
hands-on exhibits and even a soft-play area – stare into the mirror of infinity, create a
tornado and watch your own skeleton ride a bicycle. For transport lovers, there’s the Air &
Space Hall, where you can see the first Ford Model T (built in Manchester), and wartime Avro
aeroplanes, as well as steam engines in the Power Hall. You can also travel into space with
Tim Peake in a Virtual Reality Soyuz capsule (£6 charge applies, book during school holidays) or
see what it’s like to fly your own jet on the Fly 360 flight simulator (£10 for two). A highlight is the
chance to see the legendary locomotive Stephenson’s Rocket in a temporary exhibition.
There are also daily shows to inform and entertain, including how a mill engine works and
its role in the Industrial Revolution, and a replica of the first computer to store and run a
program, as well as temporary exhibitions.
F L I G H T D E TA I L S
Flybe has flights to Manchester from Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Belfast City, Chambéry,
Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Hannover, Innsbruck, Isle of Man, Jersey, Knock,
La Rochelle (from 25th May), Luxembourg, Lyon, Milan, Nantes (from 26th May), Newquay,
Paris CDG (may be operated by Air France), Rennes (from 25th May), Southampton and
Toulouse.