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hungry traveller.

NUREMBERG,GERMANY

Knucklesofporkandsteinsofblackbeerhavetheir

place.ButcontemporaryNurembergcuisineis more

likelytoembracemenusofsweetbreadswithplum

vinegar, and squid with chanterelles and cider butter.

WHYNOW?TheChristmasmarket(christkindlesmarkt.

de)ranksasEurope’sclassiest.Mass-produced

trinketsarebanned;carefullysourcedfoodstuffsare

thenorm,whilemulledwinevendorsusereusable

cups.Alsopresentareboothshighlightingtheorigins

ofNuremberg’smigrantculinarycommunities,such

as Antalya in Turkey and Kharkiv in Ukraine.

MUS T-TRYFOODThecity’sbratwurst,thetastynürnberger.

Theseporksausagesareblendedwithmarjoramand

owetheirsveltenature,soit’ssaid,toenterprising

hoteliers who slidthemthroughkeyholestoguests

lockedinduringthecity'snightly

curfewinplaguetimes.Around

800 million are made each year.

WHERETOSTAYHotelVictoria(hotel

victoria.de;doublesfrom€98)has

beenservinggingerbreadsnapsand

bretzels for breakfast since 1896.

HOWTOGETTHERE

Ryanair(ryanair.com)fliesfrom

LondonStanstedtoNuremberg

from £35 return.

AQABA,JORDAN

Searingskiesmeetsizzlingcuisineonthebanksof

theRedSea.Diverscanspotthespeciesservedinthe

sprawlingsouk,whilefoodtoursincludedatemolasses

making,Arabianflatbreadbakingandmasteringthe

local layered honey, butter and nut pastry, hooh.

WHYNOW?BudgetflightsconnectLondontoAqabain

undersixhours.If youhavethetime,fromhere,the

newJordanTrail(jordantrail.org)is a 40-dayhike

thatpromisesmovie-setroutestotheancient

archaeologicalsiteofPetraandthemesmerising

red-rockanddesertlandscapeofWadiRum.Day-trip

hikes from Aqaba can be arranged locally (see below).

MUS T-TRYFOODTheclassicfishandricedish,

sayadieh,chuggedsouthfromLebanonviathe

Hejaz railway,whichoncelinkedSyriawithSaudi

Arabia.TheAqabawiversionpairs

caramelisedonionswithalmonds,

cardamomandpan-friedbass, all

drizzled in tahini sauce.

WHERETOSTAYThesmartnewLacosta

Hotel(lacosta-hotel.com;doubles

from£68)canorganisetripstoPetra,

Wadi Rum and local dive sites.

HOWTOGETTHEREEasyJet(easyjet.com)

fliesfromLondonGatwick to Aqaba

from £200 return.

NOVEMBER

AVER AGES

lHIGHTEMP27°C

(40°CinAugust)

lLOWTEMP16°C

(10°CinJanuary)

lSUNSHINE

HOURS 8

(13inJuly)

lRAINYDAYS 0

(0allyearround)

DECEMBER

AVER AGES

lHIGHTEMP4°C

(25°CinJuly)

lLOWTEMP-2°C

(-3°CinFebruary)

lSUNSHINE

HOURS 3

(8inJuly)

lRAINYDAYS 9

(theyear’shighest)

NOVEMBER DECEMBER

Aqaba’s year-round sun could be reason enough to visit, but there’s great eating too; Nuremberg’s sparkling Christmas market

PHOTOGRAPH: UWE NIKLAS, ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES