"Bruges and Ghent - Belgium's Fairytale Cities"
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Brussels, Belgium

"Bruges and Ghent - Belgium's Fairytale Cities"

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Created: Friday, February 28, 2025 - Departure: Friday, March 14, 2025
Ref ID: 15703669
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300 €
Based on 2 adults
Created: Friday, February 28, 2025 - Departure: Friday, March 14, 2025

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From its breathtaking medieval centre to its 21st-century temple to Surrealism, the new Magritte Museum, Brussels offers the visitor a great deal more than just beer and chocolate and is resoundingly unlike its unfortunate staid image as the home of EU bureaucrats. Indeed, Brussels is a creative, dynamic city. Its compact city centre is clustered with bars, restaurants and museums set along cobbled streets. Inevitably, most tourists head to the Grand-Place. With its ornate Flemish guild houses, impressive Town Hall and buzzing atmosphere, it would be difficult to find a more beautiful square in the whole of Europe. It deservedly is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is the city’s crowning jewel. Wander next to the nearby Royal and Sablon districts teeming with art galleries and antique shops. Throw away your map and meander down a myriad side streets, discovering flea markets, art-deco houses and boutique stores. The Bruxellois take pride in their self-effacing, intellectual sense of humour, underpinned by a strong appreciation of the bizarre. The city has a long-running love affair with the Surrealist art movement, pioneered by René Magritte, and with classic comic strips, epitomised by Hergé's boy hero, Tintin. There's a telling irony in the fact that the city's best-known landmark is the Manneken-Pis, a tiny statuette of a urinating boy. Meanwhile, all of this sits alongside world-class collections of art, fabulous cooking including mussels, frites, waffles and whelks, some of Europe’s best and unique beers (literally, there are thousands of varieties), and master-chocolatiers. The city’s cultural calendar is packed with events for everyone from the massive, raucous Foire du Midi street fair every July teeming with stalls and fairground attractions to the legendary Christmas Market that takes centre stage in the Place Sainte Catherine with 240 stalls, a skating rink, a big wheel, and numerous rides. One of the biggest events is Art Brussels, showcasing the city’s edgier, creative side and a hub for art connoisseurs from around the globe. If you’re a Euro-loving national, check out the European Quarter, centered around Schuman and the Berlaymont. Its liveliest part is the Place du Luxembourg: all its bars fill up around 6pm on week days with some of the 20,000 diplomats, politicians and civil servants who reside in the city after Brussels became the centre of international political following WWII. Open your eyes and you’ll be pleasantly surprised by all that Brussels has to offer.
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14 Mar
Departure transport
Departure
Ryanair
Ryanair Ryanair - FR8299
19:50 - Tirana, Tirana Rinas (TIA)
22:35 - Charleroi, Brussels South / Charleroi (CRL) Alternative airport
0 PC Nonstop
Transport:  FR8299
Cabin Class: Economy
14 Mar
Accommodation
2 Nights
NH Brussels EU Berlaymont 8.1 Very good
Brussels - At 2.3 km from the centreBED AND BREAKFASTBoulevard Charlemagne - Karel De Grotelaan, 11-19, Brussels 1000 Room
In the heart of Brussels' European Quarter, The NH Brussels EU Berlaymont is ideally located for visitors to the European Union institutions. This contemporary hotel is close to Schuman metro and train station, and on the doorstep of both the European Council and the European Commission. For fresh air, Park Leopold and Cinquantenaire Park are both nearby. The hotel has 214 rooms, all of which offer a minibar, free Wi-Fi, flat-screen TVs and a comfortable working area. The quiet, comfortable rooms are decorated with photographs from the hotel's extensive collection. Connecting rooms are available, and there are garden views from some rooms and Junior suites. Guests can start the day with a morning work-out in the complimentary gym, and then enjoy a buffet breakfast, featuring hot and cold dishes, breads, cheeses, fruit and pastries. Belgian and international cuisine is on the menu at L'Objectif, the hotel's signature restaurant. For a laid-back, convivial evening, guests can cozy up in the elegant News Bar, where a range of unique cocktails and popular Belgian beers await. Seven meeting rooms can cater for a total of 150 people. The hotel will provide all the audiovisual equipment you need, as well as translation services and snacks for coffee breaks.
15 Mar
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Bruges and Ghent - Belgium's Fairytale Cities - from Brussels
Bruges and Ghent - Belgium's Fairytale Cities - from Brussels
2 Entrances ( Adults from 22 to 65 years old: 2 )
10.5 hours 09:00 Spanish
Non refundable
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16 Mar
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Return
Ryanair
Ryanair Ryanair - FR8342
16:40 - Charleroi, Brussels South / Charleroi (CRL) Alternative airport
19:10 - Tirana, Tirana Rinas (TIA)
0 PC Nonstop
Transport:  FR8342
Cabin Class: Economy
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Based on 2 adults
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