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BELGIUM: BRUGES, BRUSSELS , ANTWERP & GHENT
BELGIUM: BRUGES, BRUSSELS , ANTWERP & GHENT
Rick Steves & Gene Openshaw
Digging into a dish of mussels while seated on a sunny square beneath the outline of a lacy medieval spire...youre in Belgium.
This book presents the best of Belgiumits great cities, fine food, rich history, and sensuous art, as well as the modern scene that makes Belgium the face of Europe today. Youll see the predictable biggies and experience a healthy dose of Back Door intimacy. Brugesonce mighty, now mighty cutecomes with fancy beers in fancy glasses, lilting carillons, and filigreed Gothic souvenirs of a long-gone greatness. Brusselsthe de facto capital of Europe, with a low-rise Parisian ambienceexudes joie de vivre, from its tasty cuisine to its love of chocolate and comic strips. Design-forward Antwerp thrills with window displays of ladies in high-fashion couture, as well as ladies in bras and panties in its racy red light district. In Ghent, youll find a richly detailed Renaissance altarpiece amid a vibrant urban landscape. Belgium offers all this and more. (Did I mention chocolate?)
Along with sightseeing, this book gives you tips on how to save money, plan your time, and ride Belgiums excellent rail system, as well as recommendations on hotels, restaurants, shopping, and entertainment.
This book is selective, including only the top sights. The best is, of course, only my opinion. But after spending more than half of my adult life exploring and researching Europe, Ive developed a sixth sense for what travelers enjoy.
Belgium is ready for you. Like sampling a flavorful praline in a chocolate shop, that first enticing taste just leaves you wanting more. Go ahead, its OK...buy a whole box of Belgium.
Use this legend to help you navigate the maps in this book.
Rick Steves Belgium is a personal tour guide in your pocket. Better yet, its actually two tour guides in your pocket: The co-author of this book is Gene Openshaw. Since our first Europe through the gutter trip together as high-school buddies in the 1970s, Gene and I have been exploring the wonders of the Old World. An inquisitive historian and lover of European culture, Gene wrote most of this books self-guided museum tours and neighborhood walks. Together, Gene and I keep this book up-to-date and accurate (though for simplicity, from this point we will shed our respective egos and become I).
This book is organized by destination. Each is a mini-vacation on its own, filled with exciting sights, strollable neighborhoods, affordable places to stay, and memorable places to eat.
Heres what youll find in the following chapters:
Orientation includes specifics on public transportation, helpful hints, local tour options, easy-to-read maps, and tourist information. The Planning Your Time section suggests how to best use your limited time.
Sights describes the top attractions and includes their cost and hours.
Self-Guided Walks take you through interesting neighborhoods, pointing out sights and fun stops. Self-Guided Tours lead you through Belgiums most fascinating museums and sights. In Bruges choose from a city walk and tours of the Groeninge and Memling museums; in Brussels, take a Grand Place walk, an Upper Town walk, and a tour of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts; in Antwerp, stroll through the city center and tour the Rubens House; and in Ghent, walk the core of the old town and visit the Cathedral of St. Bavo, home of the renowned Ghent Altarpiece.
Sleeping, Eating & More is a one-stop compendium describing my favorite hotels (from good-value deals to cushy splurges), eating options (from inexpensive cafs to fancy restaurants), shopping neighborhoods and tips, and fun things to do after dark. The Connections section outlines your travel options by train, bus, plane, and cruise ship (with detailed information on major airports).
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Updates
This book is updated regularlybut things change. For the latest, visit www.ricksteves.com/update.
Abbreviations and Times
I use the following symbols and abbreviations in this book:
Sights are rated:
| Dont miss | |
| Try hard to see | |
| Worthwhile if you can make it | |
| No rating | Worth knowing about |
Tourist information offices are abbreviated as TI, and bathrooms are WCs. To categorize accommodations, I use a Sleep Code (described on ).
Like Europe, this book uses the 24-hour clock. Its the same through 12:00 noon, then keeps going: 13:00, 14:00, and so on. For anything over 12, subtract 12 and add p.m. (14:00 is 2:00 p.m.).
When giving opening times, I include both peak season and off-season hours if they differ. So, if a museum is listed as May-Oct daily 9:00-16:00, it should be open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. from the first day of May until the last day of October (but expect exceptions).
If you see a 
symbol near a sight listing, it means that sight is described in far greater detail elsewhereeither with its own self-guided tour, or as part of a self-guided walk.
For transit or tour departures, I first list the frequency, then the duration. So a train connection listed as 2/hour, 1.5 hours departs twice each hour and the journey lasts an hour and a half.
The Belgian History chapter gives you a quick overview of the countrys past and a timeline of major events.
Practicalities is a travelers tool kit, with my best advice about money, sightseeing, sleeping, eating, staying connected, and transportation (trains, buses, car rentals, driving, and flights). Theres also a list of recommended books and films.
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