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Flanders - Northern
Belgium Dutch-speaking northern Belgium. Trade, commerce, architecture
and art has flourished here since medieval times. Major historic cities include
Antwerp, Bruges and Ghent. Antwerp
A cosmopolitan, stylish and wealthy port city, with magnificent
guild houses, baroque buildings and a medieval old town.
Home to Rubens; his splendidly flamboyant paintings
can be found in Antwerp's cathedrals and museums.
De Witte Lelie
16018 Keizerstraat Antwerp, Belgium
T: +32 32 2661 966. 10 rooms. US$ 410- www.dewittelelie.be
The name means "the white lily" and all the guestrooms
are decorated in white. Located in the Old Town center, the
hotel is made up of three 15th century step-gabled houses.
Boulevard Leopold
135 Belgíëlei
Antwerp, Belgium
T: +32 32 25 5218. 5 room b&b. US$ 180-
www.boulevard-leopold.be
Carefully restored 19th century Jewish quarter mansion.
Bruges
Belgium's Amsterdam: medieval architecture, Gothic churches,
and narrow canals. Hotel de Orangerie
Kartuizerinnenstraat 10 Bruges, Belgium
T: +32 50 34 16 49. 20 rooms. US$ 230- www.slh.com/belgium/bruges/hotel_bruora.html
Stylish hoteloriginally a 15th century conventoverlooking
a canal. Pandhotel Pandreitje
16 Bruges, Belgium T: +32 50 34 06
66. 24 rooms. US$ 170- www.pandhotel.com
Furnished with antiques provided by the family's antique business,
this former 18th century carriage house is tucked away in a
leafy, tranquil square.
De Haan
Escape the 1970's era high-rise resort towns along Belgium's northern coast to the tiny seaside village of De Haan. Full of Belle Epoque villas, growth here has been strictly regulated to preserve as much of the sand dunes and green space as possible. Located ten miles outside of Bruges.
Carpe Diem
Prins Karellaan 12
De Haan, Belgium
T: +32 59 23 32 20. 7 rooms. US$ 220-
www.manoircarpediem.com
This beautifully furnished white brick villa, with pool, was once the
summer home of a wealthy family from Brussels..
Wallonia - Southern Belgium
French-speaking southern Belgium includes the rolling hills and woods of Ardennes,
numerous castles, and the cities of Liege, Namur, and Tournai.
With the closing of our two favorite Wallonia hotels recently, there are no hotels currently listed.
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