Historic sites
Grand-Place, Brussels
Brussels, Brussels-Capital
One of the most beautiful squares in Europe, surrounded by the Gothic Town Hall and the gilded baroque guild houses of medieval Brussels.
Historic sites in Belgium
Historic sites
Gravensteen and the Ghent Altarpiece, Ghent
Gent, East Flanders
Ghent is a lively university city with a medieval centre to rival Bruges.
Historic sites
Menin Gate and In Flanders Fields Museum, Ypres
Ieper, West Flanders
Ypres (Ieper) was at the heart of the First World War battles in Flanders.
Historic sites
Begijnhof and Minnewater, Bruges
Brugge, West Flanders
The Begijnhof is a peaceful walled courtyard of white houses around a lawn of tall trees, founded in 1245 for the beguines, lay religious women.
Historic sites
Dinant and the Citadel
Dinant, Namur
A pretty town on the River Meuse in the Ardennes, squeezed between cliffs, with a citadel high above, an onion-domed collegiate church, and colourful…