"Brussel for a gastronomist"
Brussels (3 nights / 4 days)
Day 1.
Arriving to Brussels.Transfer from airport or train station to hotel.
Hotel accommodation.
Tasting of local beers in a pub hidden in the dead-end streets of the medieval city center of Brussels.
In the evening dinner in gastronomic restaurant.
Day 2.
During the city tour in Brussels you will see the upper parade ensembles, Royal Palace Square and the Palace of King, Petit Sablon Square, Notre Dame Deux Sablon - one of the most beautiful churches in the city! Then you will move to Lower Town and Grand Place - the heart of medieval Brussels. And of course you will see the most famous citizen of Brussels and a symbol of the city - Manneken Pis. Lunch in a gastronomic restaurant. Excursion to the Chocolate Museum with guide to introduce you to the history and tradition of Belgian chocolate.
Day 3.
Tour to Hoegaarden with visit to museum of beer. Lunch in museum tavern where chef specialties are served with use of local beers. Return to Brussels. Visit Arc de Triomphe, European quarter and Atomium.
Day 4.
Transfer to Zaventem (Brussels airport)
"Pearls of Belgium"
Brussels - Bruges - Ghent - Antwerp (5 nights / 6 days)
Day 1.
Arriving to Brussels.
Transfer from airport or train station to hotel. Hotel accommodation. Shopping time!
Guided excursion to Museum of Fine Arts.
Day 2.
City tour during which you can see the old Gothic center of Brussels, Grand Place, Manneken Pis, Palace of Justice, Sablon area, European quarter with the buildings of Parliament and European Commission, Laken area in the northern part of the city, Atomium.
Day 3.
Transfer to Bruges. Hotel accommodation.
In the afternoon you will have sightseeing tour during which you can take boat tour and enjoy this fantastic city from water and see the historical center of Bruges. This city is often called "Little Venice of the North" and protected by UNESCO.
Day 4.
Transfer to Ghent - formal capital of Flanders. You will see Cathedral of St. Bavo, altar of Van Eyck brothers, Castle of Counts of Flanders, Church of St. Nicholas, St. Michael, locks Count Philippe Beguinage. Lunch in the city's gastronomic restaurant. Transfer to Bruges.
Day 5.
Transfer to Antwerp. Hotel accommodation. City tour in the afternoon. Antwerp is called the city of fine arts. Famous painter Rubens lived here. After touring the historical center you can visit the house-museum of Rubens. After you visit diamond factory. 4 diamond exchanges make Antwerp the world leader in the production and sale of diamonds.
Day 6.
Transfer to Brussels airport.