I'm trying to plan an eight-day tour of Belgium (and a bit of France) for the end of July and I was hoping some of you forum-dwellers might be able to help me by recommending cities, towns and villages they shouldn't be missed, 'areas of outstanding beauty' that might be nice, cycling meccas where we must pay our respects, beers that ought to be imbibed and so on... in fact, any relevant information at all would be really ace, first-hand ideally.
I'm pretty sure I remember some of the forum stalwarts doing a spot of touring there but I can't find a thread.
So far we have in mind: Brussels > Roubaix > Dunkirk > Bruges > Gent > Antwerp > Brussels. We are however open to suggestions, the only constraint being that we will arrive in and leave from Brussels (Eurostar innit). Oh, and we're camping.
I'm trying to plan an eight-day tour of Belgium (and a bit of France) for the end of July and I was hoping some of you forum-dwellers might be able to help me by recommending cities, towns and villages they shouldn't be missed, 'areas of outstanding beauty' that might be nice, cycling meccas where we must pay our respects, beers that ought to be imbibed and so on... in fact, any relevant information at all would be really ace, first-hand ideally.
I'm pretty sure I remember some of the forum stalwarts doing a spot of touring there but I can't find a thread.
So far we have in mind: Brussels > Roubaix > Dunkirk > Bruges > Gent > Antwerp > Brussels. We are however open to suggestions, the only constraint being that we will arrive in and leave from Brussels (Eurostar innit). Oh, and we're camping.
Dankje!