Belgium 4th Edition
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.\ Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Belgium!\ •Updated frequently, Fodor’s Belgium provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.\...
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Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Belgium!•Updated frequently, Fodor’s Belgium provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.•Fodor’s Belgium features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Belgium.Experience Belgium like a local! Fodor’s Belgium includes choices for every traveler, from sipping beer with monks and exploring historic battlefields to dining on moules-frites and chocolate, and much more! •Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
About This Book ............ 5What’s Where ............ 6Great Itineraries ............ 8Quintessential Belgium ............ 10If You Like ............ 12Beating the Euro ............ 15On the Calendar ............ 16When to Go ............ 18Chapter 1: Belgian Beer ............ 19Touring & Tasting Beer in Belgium ............ 20Brussels & Environs ............ 22Antwerp & Environs ............ 29Limburg Province ............ 32Flanders ............ 35Belgian Luxembourg ............ 38Hainaut and Namur Provinces ............ 40Chapter 2: Historic Battlegrounds ............ 45World War I ............ 46World War II ............ 56Chapter 3: Brussels ............ 65Orientation & Planning ............ 66Exploring Brussels ............ 74Where to Eat ............ 97Where to Stay ............ 109Nightlife & the Arts ............ 122Shopping ............ 128Side Trips From Brussels ............ 135Chapter 4: Brugge & the North Sea Coast ............ 139Orentation & Planning ............ 140Brugge ............ 145Side Trips from Brugge ............ 171The North Sea Coast ............ 174Chapter 5: Gent ............ 183Orientation & Plannning ............ 185Exploring Gent ............ 189Side Trip from Gent ............ 210Chapter 6: Antwerp ............ 213Orientation & Planning ............ 214Exploring Antwerp ............ 219Where to Eat ............ 233Where to Stay ............ 239Nightlife& the Arts ............ 243Sports & the Outdoors ............ 245Shopping ............ 245Side Trips from Antwerp ............ 251Chapter 7: The Meuse & the Ardennes ............ 255Orientation & Planning ............ 256Namur ............ 262Namur Province ............ 271Liège ............ 277Liège Province ............ 290Understanding Belgium ............ 305Travel Smart Belgium ............ 329Index ............ 357About Our Writers ............ 368MAPSBelgian Beer ............ 24-25Battlegrounds ............ 50-51Central Brussels ............ 70-71Cinquantenaire & Schuman ............ 89In & Around Ixelles ............ 94Where to Eat in Central Brussels ............ 100-101Where to Stay in Central Brussels ............ 112-113Where to Stay & Eat South of Center/Schuman ............ 119Brussels Shopping ............ 130Flanders ............ 142Bruges (Brugge) ............ 147Where to Eat in Brugge ............ 157Where to Stay in Brugge ............ 163North Coast ............ 175Gent (Ghent, Gand) ............ 190Where to Eat in Gent ............ 200Where to Stay in Gent ............ 204Antwerp ............ 220Where to Stay & Eat in Antwerp ............ 237Antwerp Shopping ............ 247Meuse & the Ardennes ............ 257Namur ............ 263
