Ideal for short trips, Belgium offers many options for day trips. Once in the capital of this European state and enjoying its beauty, guests of Belgium begin to explore the surroundings and plan where to go from Brussels on their own. There are many options, especially since it is a stone's throw from here not only to the Belgian province, but also to some European capitals.
Useful Tips
When planning your travel in Belgium on your own, do not forget about the possibilities of getting discounts on travel on public transport:
- The GoPass for travel by train is available to all tourists under the age of 26.
- If you are deciding where to travel from Brussels without spending a lot of money, choose the weekend for a trip. From 7 pm Friday until the same time on Sunday, all train tickets will cost half the price.
To the diamond capital of the world
This is how Antwerp is unofficially called - a city in Belgium, where the skill of diamond cutting originated several centuries ago and was passed down from generation to generation. Today, diamonds are expensive in Belgium and it is better to postpone their purchase until better times, but to get acquainted with the unique architecture of the Diamond Quarter is a nice plan for a weekend excursion. Other local activities include a trip to the Antwerp Zoo and the city's aquarium. The price of the issue is from 15 to 20 euros.
A trip to Antwerp from the capital will cost 15 euros on weekdays and much cheaper on weekends. For train timetables and stations you need, visit www.belgianrail.be.
Lay down to the bottom?
The slightly weird, but very popular film "Lying Down in Bruges" made this city quite famous among the tourist fraternity. Every self-respecting traveler, choosing where to go from Brussels, now looks towards this old town from the 15th century.
You can go here by car, but problems with parking, as elsewhere in the Old World, alas, cannot be avoided. That is why the best option is a train from the railway station of the capital of Belgium, departing in this direction approximately every 30 minutes. The price of the question is about 15 euros, the travel time is no more than an hour. Trains run to Bruges and from Brussels International Airport. The ticket will cost a little more than 20 euros, and the journey will take an hour and a half.
Among the main attractions in patriarchal Bruges are an overview of the surroundings from the Belfort Tower (8 and 6 euros for full and youth tickets, respectively) and an excursion to the family brewery Brouwerij De Halve Maan. Tasting is included in the ticket price (about 7 euros).
Cycling paradise
Fans of active travel, even in leisurely Belgium, have something to do at their leisure. The city of Limburg, a short hour away from the capital by train (a full ticket costs about 25 euros), is famous for its abundance of cycling routes and the Japanese Garden, where you can relax after kilometers winding along the ancient streets. Two-wheeled friends are rented here right next to the railway station.
