Generally Phileas Fogg is open
six nights a week, however during the summer this extends to seven nights a
week. During the height of the summer we also open for lunch, this
especially refers to the folk week festival.
However in the winter we can close on Sunday and Monday. And in January we close Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
The myth is that the fictitious character Phileas Fogg traveled
by hot air balloon. Although a journey by hot air balloon has become
one of the images most strongly associated with the story, this iconic symbol
was never deployed in the book by Verne himself – the idea is briefly brought up
in chapter 32, but was dismissed 'it would have been highly risky and, in any case,
impossible.' However the popular 1956 movie adaptation Around the World in
Eighty Days floated the balloon idea, and it has now become a part of the
mythology of the story, even appearing on book covers. This plot element is
reminiscent of Verne's earlier Five Weeks in a Balloon which first made
him a well-known author.
