Stay at the Albion hotel, close to the Menin Gate. Stylish, friendly, good value; easy walking distance to the centre.

Eat at the De Stoove. A 100-yard walk off the tourist centre behind the cathedral rewards you with good food, a classy environment and personal attention.

Take the battlefield tour with Salient. A young vibrant guide gives an informative and moving trip.

Albion Hotel is in St Jacobsstraat.
De Stoove is Surmont de Volsbergestraat.
Salient Tours are on Meenestraat near the Menin Gate.

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A hotel and restaurant on Ieper's main square. Old Tom offers decent accommodation at an attractive price, and the restaurant does some of the best (traditional Flemish) food in town. Convenient for the local attractions, and the welcome is friendly.

Grote Markt 8
www.oldtom.be

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Near Ypres is the village of Passchendaele made famous (infamous) by the third battle of Ypres (Passchendaele). Passchendaele was obliterated totally in world war one, but today it is renowned for its cheese.

Passendale (the Flemish) cheese is a semi-soft cheese made from cow's milk. With its brown crust, covered with white mould, it resembles a round loaf of bread. The Passendale cheese has distinctive rounded edges and a soft, damp consistency. The flavour is mild and creamy. Try it.

Passchendaele
near Ypres
Flanders Belgium

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A small older-style hotel with some character, the hotel was rebuilt after it was flattened in the first world war. Its location on the north side of the Ypres town square makes it centrally located for visits to the Cloth Hall or the nightly Menin Gate ceremony.

The food is very good; there is a restaurant and brasserie and they also stock a lot of different Belgian beers which you enjoy in the beer garden out front. A good clean budget style hotel for the stay in Ypres (no car parking though, you park in the street behind).

Hotel Gasthof t’Zweerd
Grote Markt 2
B - 8900, Ieper;
tel: 32 (0)57 200475;
fax; 32 (0)57 217896;
www.tzweerd.be/

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