Berlitz Pocket Guide Bruges & Ghent (Travel Guide eBook)

Description

Bruges and Ghent are two of Belgium's most attractive cities, and both have much to tempt the visitor: winding cobbled streets that sit side-by-side with canals are overlooked by Gothic buildings; the streets are lined with cafes and bars that are cosy during the winter, and spill out onto the street during the summer. Berlitz Pocket Guide Bruges and Ghent is a concise, full-colour travel guide that combines lively text with vivid photography to highlight the best that these two cities have to offer.

Inside Bruges and Ghent Pocket Guide:
� Where To Go details all the key sights across the two cities, while handy maps on the cover flaps help you find your way around, and are cross-referenced to the text.
� Top 10 Attractions gives a run-down of the best sights to take in on your trip, including the Belfry of Bruges, the Groeningemuseum and St Bravo's Cathedral.
� Perfect Tour provides an itinerary of both cities.
� What To Do is a snapshot of ways to spend your spare time, from marveling at the 10th-century Gravensteen Castle in Ghent, to visiting a the Boudewijn Seapark, an old world theme park in Bruges
� Essential information on Belgian culture, including a brief history of the country.
� Eating Out covers the best cuisine and restaurants in the two cities.
� Curated listings of the best hotels and restaurants.
� A-Z of all the practical information you'll need.
About Berlitz: Berlitz draws on years of travel and language expertise to bring you a wide range of travel and language products, including travel guides, maps, phrase books, language-learning courses, dictionaries and kids' language products.

Sujets

• Travel
• Belgium
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 février 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781785730924
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

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How To Use This E-Book

Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Bruges, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Bruges, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Bruges are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Bruges. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
About Berlitz Pocket Guides
The Berlitz story began in 1877 when Maximilian Berlitz devised his revolutionary method of language learning. More than 130 years later, Berlitz is a household name, famed not only for language schools but also as a provider of best-selling language and travel guides.
Our wide-ranging travel products – printed travel guides and phrase books, as well as apps and ebooks – offer all the information you need for a perfect trip, and are regularly updated by our team of expert local authors. Their practical emphasis means they are perfect for use on the ground. Wherever you’re going – whether it’s on a short break, the trip of a lifetime, a cruise or a business trip – we offer the ideal guide for your needs.
Our Berlitz Pocket Guides are the perfect choice if you need reliable, concise information in a handy format. We provide amazing value for money – these guides may be small, but they are packed with information. No wonder they have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide.
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Table of Contents
Bruges’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Top Attraction #2
Top Attraction #3
Top Attraction #4
Top Attraction #5
Top Attraction #6
Top Attraction #7
Top Attraction #8
Top Attraction #9
Top Attraction #10
A Perfect Day In Bruges
Introduction
A Brief History
The Kingdom of the Franks
The Golden Age of Bruges
The Habsburgs
The Reformation
War of the Spanish Succession
French Invasion and Independence
Armageddon – Twice
Regionalisation
Historical Landmarks
Where To Go
South from the Markt
The Burg
Around Vismarkt
The Groeninge Museum
The Arentshuis
The Gruuthuse Museum
Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk
Sint-Janshospitaal
Around Mariastraat
The Begijnhof
Minnewater
Katelijnestraat
West from the Markt
Around ’t Zand Square
North from the Markt
Jan van Eyckplein
East of Jan van Eyckplein
West of Jan van Eyckplein
North of Jan van Eyckplein
Excursions
Damme
Dudzele
Lissewege
Zeebrugge
De Haan
Oostende (Ostend)
Veurne
Ypres and Flanders Fields
The War Cemeteries
Sint-Andries
Tillegembos
Kasteel Loppem
Ghent
Sint-Baafskathedraal
The Belfort and Lakenhalle
Botermarkt and Hoogpoort
Korenlei and Graslei
North of Korenlei
Gravensteen
From Kraanlei to Vrijdagmarkt
Around Veldstraat
Fine Arts Museums
Sint-Pietersplein
What To Do
Shopping
Where to Shop
Good Buys
Entertainment
Nightlife
Sports
Activities for Children
Calendar of Events
Eating Out
Restaurants and Bars
Breakfast
Cold Dishes
Fish and Shellfish
Meat and Poultry
Vegetables and Salads
Cheese
Desserts and Pâtisseries
Snacks
Vegetarians
Drinks
Reading the Menu
To Help you Order
Menu Reader
Restaurants
Bruges
Ghent
A–Z Travel Tips
A
Accommodation (see also Camping, Youth Hostels, and the Recommended hotels chapter)
Airport
B
Bicycle rental
Budgeting for your trip
C
Camping
Car hire (see also Driving)
Climate
Clothing
Crime and safety (see also Police)
D
Disabled travellers
Driving (see also Car hire)
E
Electricity
Embassies and consulates
Emergencies (see also Health and Police)
G
Gay and lesbian travellers
Getting there
Guides and tours
H
Health and medical care (see also Emergencies)
L
Language
M
Maps
Media
Money
O
Opening times
P
Police (see also Emergencies)
Post offices
Public holidays
R
Religion
T
Telephones
Time zones
Tipping
Toilets
Tourist information
Transport
V
Visas and entry requirements
W
Websites
Y
Youth hostels
Recommended Hotels
Bruges
Ghent
Dictionary
English–Dutch
Dutch–English


Bruges’s Top 10 Attractions




Top Attraction #1
Glyn Genin/Apa Publications

The Begijnhof
A peaceful retreat in the heart of the city. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #2
Glyn Genin/Apa Publications

Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk
One of Bruges’s finest churches. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #3
Glyn Genin/Apa Publications

Canals
Cruising the waterways is a relaxing way to enjoy the historic sights. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #4
Glyn Genin/Apa Publications

Bell Tower
The 13th-century structure looms over the city. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #5
Jerry Dennis/Apa Publications

Groeningemuseum
Works by Flemish masters. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #6
Glyn Genin/Apa Publications

Gravensteen
A 12th-century fortress in the heart of Ghent. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #7
Glyn Genin/Apa Publications

Huis Ter Beurze
An elegant 15th-century mansion. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #8
Glyn Genin/Apa Publications

Stadhuis
The gilded Gothic Town Hall. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #9
Glyn Genin/Apa Publications

Sint-Janshospitaal
Discover masterpieces by the painter Hans Memling in the old hospital’s church. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #10
Glyn Genin/Apa Publications

Basilica of the Holy Blood
Stands guard over the holiest relic in Bruges. For more information, click here .


A Perfect Day In Bruges



9.00am

Breakfast
For breakfast in a splendid setting, go to the Art Nouveau De Medici Sorbetière at Geldmuntstraat 9.


10.00am

The Markt
Stroll into the nearby Markt for a turn around the magnificent market square. Take in the Belfort and medieval buildings, then discover what 13th-century Bruges was like, inside the Historium.


11.00am

The Burg
The historic square contains the Romanesque Basiliek van het Heilig-Bloed, the lovely Gothic Stadhuis and the Baroque Proosdij.


12.30pm

Lunch
Breydel-De Coninc (tel: [phone]; for more information, click here ) in Breidelstraat is a good traditional restaurant. For something more sophisticated, go down Blinde-Ezelstraat and cross the canal to the Vismarkt (Fish Market) for the highly regarded seafood restaurant De Visscherie (tel: [phone]; for more information, click here ).


2.00pm

Groeninge
Head along the canal on photogenic Rozenhoedkaai and tree-shaded Dijver, then turn left into Groeninge. If you visit only one museum in Bruges, this should be it. The collection of paintings by medieval Flemish Primitives is world-class, including Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling, Rogier van der Weyden and Gerard David, among others.


3.00pm

Culture fix
If you fancy more culture, or you missed out on the Groeninge, cross the pretty little Boniface Bridge and continue to the Gothic Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk (Church of Our Lady). The church