Things to do in Europe
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Amasya Şehir Kulübü
Downstairs from the smarter Amasya Şehir Derneği, this restaurant is popular for its food and balconies, which overlook the river next to the Hükümet Köprüsü. The menu includes meze, pizza, pide, Tokat kebap and the onion-laden Izgara köfte, which is recommended unless you are a Ferhat trying to woo his Şirin (or vice versa).
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Amandine
The superbly preserved Amandine was the last Ostend trawler to fish around Iceland. It's been turned into a small museum.
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Alum Chine
This award-winning subtropical enclave dates from the 1920s, providing a taste of Bournemouth's golden age. Set 1.5 miles west from Bournemouth Pier, its plants come from the Canary Islands, New Zealand, Mexico and the Himalayas; their bright-red bracts, silver thistles and purple flowers frame views of a glittering sea.
In the centre of Bournemouth, the Pleasure Gardens stretch back for 1.5 miles from behind Bournemouth Pier in three colourful sweeps.
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Al Trés
At this stylish place with its roughly plastered ox-blood-coloured walls and vast, carved wooden bar that could double up as an altar, you'll appreciate the freshness of the ingredients and innovative cuisine.
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Alternative Camp
A volunteer-based organisation running camps for disabled people around the country.
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Alpler Restaurant
Smack dab on the main harbour square, Alpler offers the perfect position for people-watching. The food (fish, grills, pide) is good and reasonably priced.
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Alnwick Garden
As spectacular a bit of green-thumb artistry as you'll see in England, this is one of the northeast's great success stories. Since the project began in 2000, the 4.8-hectare walled garden has been transformed from a derelict site into a spectacle that easily exceeds the grandeur of the castle's 19th-century gardens, a series of magnificent green spaces surrounding the breathtaking Grand Cascade – 120 separate jets spurting over 30,000L of water down 21 weirs for everyone to marvel at and kids to splash around in.
There are a half-dozen other gardens, including the Franco-Italian-influenced Ornamental Garden (with more than 15,000 plants), the Rose Garden and the…
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Alnwick Castle
The outwardly imposing ancestral home of the Duke of Northumberland and a favourite set for film-makers (it was Hogwarts for the first couple of Harry Potter films) has changed little since the 14th century. The interior is sumptuous and extravagant; the six rooms open to the public – staterooms, dining room, guard chamber and library – have an incredible display of Italian paintings, including Titian's Ecce Homo and many Canalettos.
A free Harry Potter tour runs every day at 2.30pm and includes details of other productions – period drama Elizabeth and the British comedy series Blackadder to name but two – to have used the castle as a backdrop.
The castle is set in…
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All Saints
In Newland, you can visit the 'Cathedral of the Forest', the 13th-century All Saints church, which was restored and partially rebuilt in the 19th century and houses some fine stained-glass windows, as well as a unique brass depicting a miner with a nelly (tallow candle) in his mouth, a pick in his hand and a billy (backpack) on his back.
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Allotment
In a relaxed, understated setting, Dover's best dining spot plates up local fish and meat from around Canterbury, seasoned with herbs from the tranquil garden out back. Swab the decks with a Kentish wine as you admire the view of the Maison Dieu directly opposite through the exquisite stained glass frontage.
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Allo's
This popular spot is best known for its bar/bistro, whose interior of reused architectural items and wood create a traditional feel. Global influences range from tempura of oysters with coconut and lemongrass to tandoori- and coriander-marinated cod. The wine list is excellent. Three comfy rooms with private bathrooms are tucked upstairs.
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Allchorn Pleasure Boats
The dramatic white cliffs to the west are best viewed from the sea; tours leave from just west of the pier, weather permitting.
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Ali Paşa Covered Bazaar
Mimar Sinan designed this atmospheric bazaar in 1569. Off Saraçlar Caddesi.
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Alin's Cafe & Restaurant
This Turkish chain does inexpensive and healthy grills, burgers and filled baked potatoes.
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Alimentum
Slick and stylish and eager to impress, this place aims to wow you with its ambitious menu and wonderfully attentive service. The emphasis is on slow cooking and ethically sourced local produce, and the dishes are imaginative and very nicely presented, but somehow lacking the ‘wow’ factor. It's a short bus ride out of the centre.
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Alexandra
Head to this grand, 18th-century hotel's sea-view lawns for the ultimate English experience: afternoon tea, complete with scones, clotted cream and cucumber sandwiches.
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Alexander's
A combination wine bar, coffee bar and tapas bar. It also does live music at night.
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Alcoves Cafe Bar
Easy to miss, but this alleyway hang-out off Fisher St is a popular spot for late-night drinks and DJs when you want to evade the Botchergate hullabaloo.
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Alcázar
Rapunzel towers, turrets topped with slate witches' hats and a deep moat at its base make the Alcázar a prototype fairy-tale castle, so much so that its design inspired Walt Disney's vision of Sleeping Beauty's castle.
Fortified since Roman days, the site takes its name from the Arabic al-qasr (fortress). It was rebuilt and expanded in the 13th and 14th centuries, but the whole lot burned down in 1862. What you see today is an evocative, over-the-top reconstruction of the original. Highlights include the Sala de las Piñas, with its ceiling of 392 pineapple-shaped 'stalactites', and the Sala de Reyes, featuring a three-dimensional frieze of 52 sculptures of kings who…
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Alcaicería & Plaza Bib-Rambla
Just south of the Capilla Real, the Alcaicería was the Muslim silk exchange, but what you see now is a restoration after a 19th-century fire, filled with tourist shops. Just southwest of the Alcaicería is the large and picturesque Plaza Bib-Rambla. Nearby, the handsome, horseshoe-arched 14th-century Corral del Carbon was once an inn for coal dealers (hence its modern name, meaning Coal Yard). It houses a government-run crafts shop, Artespaña.
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Albion
No children, no music, and no machines or big screens (but plenty of Union Jacks). This 'family hostile' Edwardian classic pub is a throwback to a time when ale-drinking still had its own rituals. Still, this is one of the finest pubs in northwest England precisely because it doggedly refuses to modernise.
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Albion
Lovely old-fashioned place that's popular with evening drinkers from Clifton's well-heeled streets.
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Alba's Via Maestra
Also known as Via Maestra, this stately pedestrian street, considered the focal point for foodies in the region, is bursting with fine restaurants, cafes and gourmet shops. Every Saturday from October to December the Mercato del Tartufo (truffle market) is abuzz with the whiff of prized white truffles - and the reek of cash!
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Alanya Museum
Alanya's small museum is worth a visit for its artifacts, which include tools, jugs and jewellery collected from other Pamphylian sites in the area.
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Alanya Castle
The sole 'must-see' site in Alanya is the awesome Seljuk-era castle overlooking the city, Pamphylian plain and Cilician mountains.
Before reaching the entrance to the castle, the road passes a turn-off for the village of Ehmedek, which was the Turkish quarter during Ottoman and Seljuk times. Today a number of old wooden houses still cluster around the fine 16th-century Süleymaniye Camii, the oldest in Alanya. Also here is a former Ottoman bedesten (vaulted covered market) and the Akşebe Türbesi, a distinctive 13th-century mausoleum.
At the end of the road is the entrance to the İç Kale (Inner Fortress), where you'll mostly find poorly preserved ruins, including a…
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