Michelin Guide Main Cities of Europe 2016

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The Michelin Guide’s Main Cities of Europe 2016 covering 44 major cities in 20 countries has been released. The 35th edition includes newly starred restaurants in Austria, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, and features information on 1,333 hotels and 2,312 restaurants (including five three star restaurants, 15 two star restaurants and 48 one star restaurants). Michelin Guide Europe 2016This year's release shows figures have more than doubled since 2006 with more restaurants offering higher quality of food across Europe. Michael Ellis, the International Director of the Michelin guides, said: “In a short ten years, the selection of gastronomic restaurants in Europe’s major cities has truly grown by leaps and bounds. "Clearly, the number of restaurants offering high quality cooking has grown tremendously in Europe, as seen by the 519 starred restaurants in the 2016 MICHELIN guide Main Cities of Europe, compared to 216 in 2006, representing a growth of 115% in just 10 years." Le Cinq and Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée in Paris, Geranium in Copenhagen, The Table Kevin Fehling in Hamburg and Maaemo in Oslo were all awarded three stars. A total of five restaurants in Paris and two in London were awarded two stars along with Mraz&Sohn in Vienna and Ikarus and SENNS in Salzburg. Prague now has three restaurants in the guide with the addition of Field achieving one star. Senses in Warsaw was also awarded a star which marks the city's second starred restaurant. Budapest’s newest one Star, Costes Downtown is now one of five starred restaurants in the Hungarian capital. Editor, Rebecca Burr said: “It’s great to see so many new Stars awarded this year, especially to restaurants in these emerging cities. Year on year our team of full-time inspectors add to the enormous selection of hotels and restaurants in the guide, in every category of price and style." For readers who want to eat well at a reasonable price, the MICHELIN guide Main Cities of Europe 2016 also includes a total of 55 new Bib Gourmand awards this year, bringing the total up to 296. Michelin featured iamgeWritten in English, the MICHELIN Guide Main Cities of Europe is intended to be used by business travellers and tourists visiting leading European cities. Here they may wish to find, for example, a spa hotel, a hotel near a convention centre, a restaurant in which to entertain clients, or an affordable city centre bistro. The guide also features a wealth of other useful information, including city maps showing the exact location of all recommended hotels and restaurants, keywords to describe each establishment’s style and easy-to-read practical and tourist information on each city. Available in sales outlets from Wednesday, 9 March, the 2016 MICHELIN Guide Main Cities of Europe is also available for iPhone.

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Editor 10th March 2016

Michelin Guide Main Cities of Europe 2016