Includes mouthwatering sections on Belgium beer and chocolate; accommodation to match any budget; a comprehensive guide to the clubs and cafes of Brussels, Antwerp and Luxembourg City; the lowdown on cycling through the region; and a language guide to a land of many tongues from French to Flemish.
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…Lonely Planet, the intrepid traveler's bible...' --Los Angeles Times, April 2005
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With Lonely Planet’s new "Belgium & Luxembourg" in hand, you will wind your way to Brussels Grand Place, discover the country’s finest baroque guild halls, popular pavement cafes and intimate cellar restaurants and admire the zany, intellectual comic-strip-art displayed with Art Nouveau at the Centre Belge de la Bande. Tour picturesque Bruges, one of Europe’s best preserved medieval cities, glimpsing the famous relic of Christ’s blood, or bring the house down at the ‘party city’ port of Antwerp where one can find eclectic restaurants alongside a red-light district, right-wing politics next to cutting edge fashion, and baroque art and architecture flanking trendy nightclubs.
•39 detailed maps, including a full colour Brussels metro map •accommodations for all budgets, from gites d'etapes to five star hotels •comprehensive guide to the clubs and cafes of Brussels, Antwerp and Luxembourg City •cycling options throughout the region from the flat Flanders coast up into the scenic Ardennes •special sections on Belgian beer and chocolate
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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
The worst Lonely Planet I have read so far !,
By Jochen (Belgium) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Lonely Planet Belgium & Luxembourg (Paperback)
As much as I am faithul to Lonely Planet guidebooks, I was shocked by reading their edition of Belgium & Luxembourg. Not only did we have to wait 2004 to have a LP guidebook for those 2 countries (which must be after about all other regions in the world, even Antarctica, Papua New Guinea and tiny tropical islands), but it's not even half satisfying.
They should have kept the previous title "Brussels, Bruges and Antwerp", as there is frankly not much about the rest of the country. For instance, Belgium has some 3000 castles, but for some reason only 2 (yes, a miserable 2 !) are listed in the Lonely Planet. Same sparsity for the abbeys. Then, the book is heavily centered on Brussels and Flanders, as if the author didn't know more about Wallonia than the average occasional tourist. No mention of towns like Huy, Ciney or Gembloux - in fact they are not even on the guide's map ! No mention of the beautiful stone villages of the Condroz and Meuse Valley. It's like if they had written a guidebook about England without writing about the Cotswolds, Mendips and the country's many castles and stately homes ! It seems that the author is more interested in finding the best pubs and clubs in Antwerp than in historical and cultural sightseeing. There is more than lots of beer and legal drugs in Belgium !
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Lonely Planet disappointment,
By Sue and Bill "Sue and Bill" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Lonely Planet Belgium & Luxembourg (Paperback)
We, too, were shocked with the inadequacies of this guide, (along with the Netherlands guide). What's happened to Lonely Planet? Maps were almost unreadable, information attached to the maps was confusing, streets there were incomplete, addresses were wrong, and the tone was opinionated and unhelpful. To top it off, one of the hotels that was editor's choice cancelled our two-day booking when a full week booking came along from someone else, and we weren't told. No apology, only a remark that we wouldn't like the room with someone else in it. Who selected this place for inclusion in the book with an extra recommendation?
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
My 3 years in Belgium is ending ... this book was a big help!,
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Belgium & Luxembourg (Paperback)
All in all, in my 3 years living in Belgium, I found this a really helpful guide book. Prices are always wrong in guidebooks, but I found the contact information (web, address, phone) nearly always right, and the descriptions accurate.
You will be very challenged to find another guidebook that has this level of coverage of Belgium in its entirety, as most seem to focus on Brussels, Gent, Bruges, and perhaps Antwerp. Belgium seems to typically be an afterthought on most tourists' itineraries. I really enjoyed the author's picks, both hotels and restaurants. What can I say to the other reviewer where the hotel unfortunately cancelled their booking because they found a group that would pay them more? Is that the authors' fault? No, welcome to Europe, and to Belgium, where the customer is always ... wrong!! So you're browsing guidebooks, and wondering which one to get? I would have to say, based on my experience using an earlier edition of this book for the past 3 years (I imagine they're pretty similar!), if you're swinging through Belgium for 2 days, and going to see Brussels and Bruges, this book is probably not the best for you. You'll probably do better with a thinner city-specific guidebook. But if you're going to tour around Belgium, or spend an extended amount of time in a city or two, then the in-depth coverage of this book is a real benefit. One criticim I do have to echo: Lonely Planet, let's face it, is not known for its maps, and this book is no exception. They're good enough, and I've never NOT been able to find something, but sometimes the maps, er, well, don't necessarily reflect reality. So all in all, this is a solid book, and if you follow my advice in paragraph 5, I think you'll be happy with it.
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The history of Belgium and Luxembourg, as well as the Netherlands, is largely inter. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
euro currency converter, mains hover, put weekdays, pro weekdays, pin weekdays, boxed text, grand place, quiet backstreet, admission costs, old city centre, albert ler, bathroom cost, tourist office, linguistic divide, brown cafe, read this first Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Luxembourg City, Grote Markt, Getting There, Art Nouveau, Grand Duchy, Centraal Station, Gare du Midi, Ave Louise, Hautes Fagnes, Notre Dame, Art Deco, New Zealand, Van Eyck, Low Countries, North Sea, Gare du Nord, Grand Rue, Middle Ages, Schone Kunsten, Van Dyck, New York, Eastern Cantons, Gare Centrale, Spanish Netherlands, Ypres Salient New!
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The history of Belgium and Luxembourg, as well as the Netherlands, is largely inter. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
euro currency converter, mains hover, put weekdays, pro weekdays, pin weekdays, boxed text, grand place, quiet backstreet, admission costs, old city centre, albert ler, bathroom cost, tourist office, linguistic divide, brown cafe, read this first Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Luxembourg City, Grote Markt, Getting There, Art Nouveau, Grand Duchy, Centraal Station, Gare du Midi, Ave Louise, Hautes Fagnes, Notre Dame, Art Deco, New Zealand, Van Eyck, Low Countries, North Sea, Gare du Nord, Grand Rue, Middle Ages, Schone Kunsten, Van Dyck, New York, Eastern Cantons, Gare Centrale, Spanish Netherlands, Ypres Salient New!
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- A Tall Man in a Low Land: Some Time Among the Belgians by Harry Pearson on 4 pages
- In Flanders Fields: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae by Linda Granfield on page 96 (1), and page 96 (2)
- In Flanders Fields and other Poems (Dodo Press) by John McCrae on page 96 (1), and page 96 (2)
- Walking in the Ardennes by Castle on page 72
- A Dog of Flanders: Unabridged; In Easy-to-Read Type (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) by Ouida on page 72
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