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The 62-room Centro Hotel is (as its name implies) central, but its courtyard location cuts
out street noise. Service is friendly and the blonde-wood rooms are a good compromise
between size and price. The breakfast buffet is worth getting out of bed for. Arrive early to
nab one of the 14 parking spaces.
Radisson Blu Marina Palace Hotel
HOTEL
€135-150, ste from €410; )
It's worth paying extra for a river view at this sleek business hotel with streamlined
Scandinavian-style dark-wood rooms. Couples weary of sleeping in pushed-together twin
beds will be delighted by real doubles on the 7th floor. Suites have in-room espresso ma-
chines and saunas.
Eating
Turku is the home town of the ubiquitous Hesburger chain, Finland's answer to McDon-
ald's, but the city has a sophisticated dining scene.
Delhi Darbar
INDIAN
mains €9.50-18; 10.30am-10pm Mon-Thu, 10.30am-11pm Fri, noon-11pm Sat, noon-10pm Sun)
Turku's best Indian restaurant (and no, not its only Indian restaurant) fills with locals tuck-
ing into heaping portions of spicy curries, sizzling tikka dishes and other Subcontinent
classics, accompanied by salad, rice and pillowy naan bread included in the price. Fantast-
ic value.
CaféArt
CAFE
Fri, 10am-5pm Sat, 11am-5pm Sun)
With freshly ground coffee, prize-winning baristas, a beautifully elegant interior and artist-
ic sensibility, there's no better place to get your caffeine-and-cake fix. In summer, the ter-
race spills onto the riverbank, shaded by linden trees.
