Belgium
If you want to impress without breaking the bank I recommend the Jan Brito Hotel. It’s a stylish 16th century building round the corner from the Berg Square, romantic canals and museums.
The Baroness de Giey package was great fun and value – three nights' bed and breakfast, transfers, boat trip and two very good dinners at a local restaurant – we were stuffed with lots of rich Belgian specialties including garlic snails. A snip at 275 euros per person at weekends.
A great city for a relaxing stroll, even in freezing cold February. Take a romantic river cruise, enjoy the brewery tour, and of course sample the chocolate!
We would recommend staying at the Ter Brughe hotel alongside one of the canals. A beautifully restored canal-side house. Ask for the 'basement' suite, it's so romantic. Apart from the well-known chocolate and diamond museum try the 'cigarette bar' in Simon Stevinplein where you can still sit inside for a coffee or beer and smoke. We are committed train travellers having travelled all the way from Bucks to Narbonne for a holiday on the Canal du Mid this year.
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