My Account Brussels Capital
Brussels is so much more than the “Manneken Pis” and “ the Grand Place”; the city has a diversity of hidden spots and forgotten jewels, far away from the common tourist routes and traps. Fall in love with this great city by experiencing the “ true” Brussels, and discover the true, interesting stories behind the sights you visit and allow yourself to indulge in a city Europe calls its capital.
Bruges (Brugge)
If you set out to design a fairy-tale medieval town, it would be hard to improve on central Bruges (Brugge in Dutch), one of Europe’s best preserved cities.
Picturesque cobbled lanes and dreamy canals link photogenic market squares lined with soaring towers, historical churches and lane after lane of old whitewashed almshouses.
Ghent (Gent)
Ghent still feels fairly small compared to other cities in Europe and despite being a great place for a break, it is not overrun by tourists and sightseers. Ghent is a perfect blend of industry and medieval architecture which will appease every travellers…
(The Crazy Tourist)
Kortrijk
Ypres (Ieper)
Mons
Tournai
Here’s a tourist board slogan I’m happy to offer: “Tournai – Belgium’s best-kept secret”.
If Bruges is the Venice of “le plat pays”, then Tournai is its Siena. Yet the charms of this prosperous town, on the ley lines of European history, are largely undiscovered. Romans, Franks, Spanish, French and even Austrians have all left their mark in a fusion of Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque buildings, acknowledged in not one, but two remarkable Unesco World Heritage Sites (Notre-Dame cathedral and the Belfry).
