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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 />

83<br />

Atomium, Brussels

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