ENCHANTING EUROPE - SOTC
ENCHANTING EUROPE - SOTC
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Manneken Pis, Brussels<br />
Day 4<br />
Visit Beer Brewery<br />
Onto Ghent<br />
Guided City Tour of Ghent<br />
after a continental breakfast, we check out of and visit a<br />
beer brewery. a trip to Bruges is incomplete without a visit<br />
to the beer brewery. Get ready to learn a lesson or two on<br />
beers. Discover the old traditional brewing methods. sip the<br />
homemade draught beer ‘Brugse Zot’ and a tasty regional<br />
beer. to make things more exciting, our experienced guide<br />
will teach you everything about malt and hops.<br />
Later we drive to Ghent -capital and biggest city of the<br />
East Flanders province and the largest car-free area in<br />
Belgium. on an orientation tour, see Market place, saint<br />
Bavo Cathedral - home of the world famous ‘Mystic Lamb’<br />
painting (closed on sundays), with the Ghent altarpiece,<br />
the belfry, the Gravensteen castle, and the splendid<br />
architecture along the old Graslei harbour.<br />
the evening is free to explore this beautiful city on your<br />
own and soak in the romantic atmosphere.<br />
overnight at astoria Hotel Ghent or similar in Ghent.<br />
(B, L, D)<br />
Bruges, Belgium<br />
Day 5<br />
Onto Brussels<br />
Orientation Tour of Brussels<br />
after a continental breakfast, we check out of and proceed<br />
to Brussels - the Capital of the Belgium & the European<br />
union. on arrival, we proceed for an orientation tour of<br />
Brussels. see the adorable Manneken Pis statue, a charming<br />
fountain of a little boy, today the symbol of Brussels, the<br />
beautiful Grand Place, the town Hall, Municipal Museum,<br />
the royal Palace, st. Michael’s Cathedral and the mammoth<br />
Palace of Justice.<br />
Here you have time to shop from famous Belgium<br />
chocolates, waffles, gingerbread biscuits, fresh creamy<br />
pralines. you can also pickup a few souvenirs from the<br />
many shops lined around the Grand Place. Next, we stop<br />
at the atomium, a structure representing the concept of an<br />
iron molecule enlarged 165 billion times.<br />
Later, proceed to antwerp - Belgium’s second largest city<br />
and boasts Europe’s largest harbor. on an orientation tour,<br />
visit the Market square, with its ancient houses and our<br />
Lady’s Cathedral. this cathedral contains, along with other<br />
treasures, two of ruben’s master works, “the Elevation of<br />
the Cross” and “the Decent from the Cross.”<br />
antwerp is the world’s diamond center where ‘diamonds<br />
love antwerp’.<br />
overnight at Hotel Novotel Nord or similar in antwerp.<br />
(B, L, D)<br />
CaLL sotC 1800 209 33 44<br />
or www.sotc.in<br />
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Atomium, Brussels