This travel guide covers all the major sights – museums, galleries, churches, parks and historic monuments – in Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp. It offers special features on Belgium history , culture and art and includes material on art nouveau, tapestry, lace and architecture. Its cutaways, floor plans and 3-D maps help you to explore sights including Cathedrale St-Michel-et-Gidule, Musees Royaux des Beaux Arts: d’art ancient and d’art moderne, Parc Cinquanten… More >>
Tags: Antwerp, art moderne, beaux arts, belgium history, bruges, brussels, cathedrale, floor plans, ghent, history culture, lace, monuments, musees royaux, museums galleries, st michel, tapestry
#1 by Felipe Sabbadini on April 11, 2010 - 10:30 am
Very good book for the ones who want to get to know in details this wonderful country which has been active part of the contemporany history of our world.
It gives you information from the wolrdly famous French wineyards to tips about travelling in to the Romanish sites spread over around the country.
Its write style is very accesible to everyone who wants to start travel books reading and deep explore the frontiers around the globe.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by ALEX R. THOMAS on April 11, 2010 - 11:01 am
Although this book is compact it is too heavy to carry if one is on a walking tour. I can read a newspaper without glasses, but with glasses I had trouble with the type. It is not in an orderly format nor is there is a good section on hotels.
Rating: 2 / 5
#3 by John H. Turner on April 11, 2010 - 11:32 am
Perfect for Belgium. Brussels, Bruge, Antwerp are all well done. The quality of the DK series makes them the pick of the class, but heavy. It’s the only guilde that emmanates a feel for the area’s architecture. I used the hotel section comparatively with other guides. It finished slightly ahead. What is unusual is a non-tourist perspective is part of the review mix. I am an intelligent successful high tech businessman and not particularly interested in clowns staying away from people that are. To me travel is not an entertainment video. It is a mix of pleasure, leisure, and learning while keeping in reasonable cost effective contact with the world that enabled me to make the trip. This is the one area that could use improvement. “Internet access” is a meaningless description. What’s the cost, how fast, what mode, where, and how often is it available? For decades the hotel telephone has been the ultimate rip off tool. Now it’s morphed into the cell phone realm. Despite what you have read international calling is still very expensive. When Best Western doesn’t charge for the identical serice that Hyatt, Hilton,
Marriott, etc. do is it very clear whose happiness is primary despite what the brochure says. A lot more help on this would be most appreciated. Kudos to DK for giving local food a serious look. The inclusion of small, medium and high end places is a refreshing and useful change. For some reason no mention is made of the “ladies of the evening” displaying their virtues through sidewalk level bay windows along the street parallel to the Brussels airport-to-central station route about five minutes before it ends. After a long flight it provides a little spice that was missing in the airline food.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by E. Erlendsson on April 11, 2010 - 12:06 pm
DK guides are by far the best for any trip — their black-by-block walking guides just can’t be beat.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by M. McElroy on April 11, 2010 - 1:44 pm
I like to see what’s there before I go somewhere. This book makes it easy to do. It covers history, culture, shopping, food, and does it all with great color maps, photos and drawings. This particular book is slim and light so it will be easy to pack.
Rating: 5 / 5