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YOUR STAY
We, the “Eyesurgery Belgium team”, hope that with your new eyes you will be able to fully appreciate the beauty of Ghent, Brugge, Kortrijk and its surrounding areas.
CAR RENTAL
A “Compact car” (Golf or similar) equipped with GPS (to be confirmed)
to be pick up at the train station of Lille Europe (if arriving with “Eurostar”).
Three days (i.e. from Thu 15:00 to Sat 15:00) incl. unlimited mileage, insurance and buyback excess at EURO 180,00 (3-days package all inclusive)
OUR SUGGESTION OF HOTELS
IN GHENT
HOTEL GHENT RIVER****
Waaistraat 5 – 9000 GHENT
http://www.ghent-river-hotel.be
The Ghent River Hotel is situated on the right bank of the Leie, which is beaconed the Ghent boarder between the 11th and 15th century.
Thanks to the ancient pier, Ghent River Hotel is the only hotel that can be reached by boat.
The site encompasses 2 buildings: a renaissance house, dated 1518 and a rice-mill built on a burnt down sugar refinery, dated 1857.
In front of the hotel you come across a small square which is served as thread (yarn) market in the Middle Ages and the 19th century.
130 euro SGLB for thu & fri night
150 euro per person in a TWNB for thu & fri night
Breakfast incl.
Rates available till 31 December 2009
A sightseeing trip in Ghent (based on 2 persons)
The walking visit is done with a private English-speaking guide
and includes a boat tour on the canals of about 45 minutes.
This tour will also include the Sint-Baafs cathedral with the visit of the famous triptych of Jan Van Eyck, “the Mystic Lamb”(Het Lam Gods), the Belfry (het Belfort), the city hall, the Sint-Niklaas church, the Graslei with its numerous old Guild houses, the Vleeshuis, the old fish market, het Gravensteen (the Castle of the Counts),
Patershol, a medieval quarter, the Dulle Griet, a big cannon, the statue of Jacob Van Artevelde and the Sint Jacobs church.
The tour takes about 3 hours.
The price for this tour is EURO 135,00 pp for a minimum of 2 persons.
(Rates include a private English guide, the boat trip and the entrance fee to “Mystic Lamb”)
IN KORTRIJK
GRAND HOTEL DAMIER****
Grote Markt 41 – 8500
EURO 110,00 per SGLB/NIGHT EURO 65,00 per person TWNB/NIGHT Buffet breakfast incl.
A sightseeing of Kortrijk (based on 2 persons)
Kortrijk has a list of over 70 protected sites and two of them are part of the Unesco’s World Heritage:
the Belfry and the Begijnhof (Beguine Convent).
In addition of these two sites, the walking visit will include the city hall, the Church of Our Lady,
Our Lady Hospital, the famous Broel tower (one of the symbols of the city),
the XVII century Jesuit church of Saint-Michael,…
Boat tour is only possible in July and August and need to be reserved in advance.
For 2 hours: EURO 37,50 pp for a minimum of 2 persons.
For 3 hours: EURO 56,00 pp for a minimum of 2 persons.
(Rates include a private English guide, any other entrances fees to be paid on the spot)
Car rental and hotels rates are subject to availability and prices given for the visits adapted in 2007 by the local Tourist Office.
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