Belgium and Luxembourg (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

WESTERN FLANDERS 119 De Haan is cherished as one of the most attractive and agree- able of the resorts, with a good beach, and c ...

120 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION Knokke-Heist 3 15 km (9 miles) NE of Bruges. Road Map B1. * 34,000. c @ v n Toerisme ...

WESTERN FLANDERS 121 Path leading down from the dyke protecting the Visitor Centre into the wild coastal landscape of the Zwin S ...

122 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp264–6 and pp288–91 Brick clocktower ...

WESTERN FLANDERS 123 Veurne 8 25 km (15 miles) SW of Oostende. Road Map A2. * 12,000. £ @ n Grote Markt 29; (058) 335531. http:/ ...

124 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp264–6 and pp288–91 Moving displays a ...

WESTERN FLANDERS 125 Poperinge r 12 km (8 miles) W of Ieper. Road Map A2. * 20,000. £ @ n Stadhuis, Grote Markt 1; (057) ( Fri. ...

126 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION A Tour of World War I Battlefields w For hotels and restaurants in this region see p ...

WESTERN FLANDERS 127 The Brothers van Eyck sculpted by Geo Verbanck in 1913, outside St Baafskathedraal, Ghent TIPS FOR DRIVERS ...

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130 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION As a tourist destination, the Flemish city of Ghent (Gent in Dutch) has long been ov ...

GHENT 131 The Belfort is one of the city’s great landmarks and, together with the adjacent Lakenhalle (Cloth Hall), was a centre ...

132 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION In the 9th century, Baldwin Iron-Arm, the first Count of Flanders, laid the foundati ...

THE ADORATION OF THE MYSTIC LAMB One of the greatest cultural treasures of northern Europe, The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb is ...

134 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION P Groot Vleeshuis Groentenmarkt 7. Tel (09) 2232324. 10am–6pm Tue–Sun. 0 = http://ww ...

GHENT 135 E Museum voor Schone Kunsten Ferdinand Scribedreef, Citadelpark. Tel (09) 2400700. # 10am–6pm Tue–Sun. & http://ww ...

The pretty stretch of countryside along the River Leie just before it reaches Ghent, was famously adopted at the start of the 20 ...

WESTERN FLANDERS 137 Kasteel Ooidonk i Ooidonkdreef 9, Deinze; 24 km (15 miles) SW of Ghent. Road Map B2. Tel (09) 2823570. # Ap ...

138 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp264–6 and pp288–91 The Flamboyant Go ...