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Trains and buses both arrive at
Bradford Interchange
(tel 01274/734833) on Croft Street, south of the city-centre grid. The
tourist office
(Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm, Sat 9am-5pm; tel 01274/753678) is located in Centenary Square's City Hall. The best-value
accommodation
within half a mile of the centre is at the
Ivy
, 3 Melbourne Place (tel 01274/727060; no credit cards; under A?40), and the
New Beehive Inn
, Westgate (tel 01274/721784; no credit cards; under A?40). More luxurious digs are available at the Victorian-era
Midland Hotel
, on Forster Square (tel 01274/735735; A?70-90), or the
Quality Victoria Hotel
, on Bridge Street (tel 01274/728706; A?70-90).
Bradford's large Asian population has made the city famous for its
curry houses
. General opinion still favours the Muslim
Mumtaz
, 386-392 Great Horton Rd (tel 01274/571861; no alcohol allowed), a twenty-minute walk up towards the university, where the food is sold by weight - a half-pound dish feeds two and the sweet
lassi
is legendary. Closer to town, the
Kashmir
, 27 Morley St (tel 01274/726513; open until 2am, 3am at weekends), claims to be Bradford's first-ever curry house. If you don't fancy, curry, then head for
Le CafAŠ Bleu
, North Parade, which offers a Mediterranean lunch in a small, friendly setting, or
Italia CafAŠ
, 344 Great Horton Rd, where home-made Italian bread and pastas are on the menu. Other useful information
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