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Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides
Top 10 Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp & Ghent
Whatever you plan to do - whether you are travelling first class or on a limited budget - make sure you experience the very best of Belgium's four great historic cities with this quick reference pocket-sized guide. From the top 10 best art nouveau buildings in Brussels to the top 10 chocolate shops, and greatest Flemish artists - this guide features the insider knowledge that every visitor needs. Discover unmissable museums and galleries, Belgian beers, stimulating galleries, liveliest bars and clubs, and the best restaurants to suit every budget and much more. With a free pull-out map, this is your guide to the 10 best of everything. Save time, discover the 10 best of everything to see, buy, do, taste and avoid. 'Thank goodness for "Top 10" guides.' - "The Mail on Sunday".
144 pages, Paperback
First published February 16, 2004
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Displaying 1 - 12 of 12 reviews
July 21, 2020
Great little book!
Excellent choices for the traveler with minimal time to spend. Definitely the best highlights, book does the research for you.
Excellent choices for the traveler with minimal time to spend. Definitely the best highlights, book does the research for you.
February 15, 2022
Love these little books. The info is concise and the maps included have saved us a time or 2!
June 23, 2024
Bruxelles ma belle
March 17, 2025
I borrowed this as an ebook from my local library and used it as a quick “second opinion” that our itinerary included the highlights.
December 13, 2010
I've used the Eyewitness Top 10 guides to a number of cities, this one most recently. The series is well designed; it can genuinely be fitted into a pocket, has good maps and is not heavy.
Being Top 10 Guides, they are not intended to be the most detailed guides on the market. If you are travelling only for a long weekend they will provide all the practical information you are likely to need and more in the way of activities than you could possibly do at about half the price of the bulkier comprehensive guides. If you are staying longer, then a comprehensive guide may be what you want.
With regard to this volume specifically, I had two days of playing tourist in Brussels and it served me well - I still got lost three times in two days in the maze that is Brussels old town, but not so severely as to feel stressed...whether another book has more detailed maps of the very centre of Brussels I can't say. A seperate Metro/Premetro map would have been useful, too.
I was able to plan my "hit list" of activities easily and even found a much needed English language bookstore...it's a branch of Waterstone's.
Being Top 10 Guides, they are not intended to be the most detailed guides on the market. If you are travelling only for a long weekend they will provide all the practical information you are likely to need and more in the way of activities than you could possibly do at about half the price of the bulkier comprehensive guides. If you are staying longer, then a comprehensive guide may be what you want.
With regard to this volume specifically, I had two days of playing tourist in Brussels and it served me well - I still got lost three times in two days in the maze that is Brussels old town, but not so severely as to feel stressed...whether another book has more detailed maps of the very centre of Brussels I can't say. A seperate Metro/Premetro map would have been useful, too.
I was able to plan my "hit list" of activities easily and even found a much needed English language bookstore...it's a branch of Waterstone's.
March 20, 2015
I'm quite a fan of Dorling Kindersley, and I've used their 'Eyewitness Travel' books in the past. As my travel plans only include two of the four places in this Top 10 guide I haven't read everything in this edition. Also, this is a library copy, and unfortunately the free pull-out map is missing.
I'm now reading the DK 'Belgium & Luxembourg' guide.
I'm now reading the DK 'Belgium & Luxembourg' guide.
April 19, 2009
A great series of guides if looking for a place to begin your exploration of the great cities of the world. If your time is limited, these guides help you to select the important places/events you may not want to miss. Certainly helped in our online searches for information.
May 20, 2014
As travel books go, this one is pretty surfacey, but it does give a nice overview of what the highlights are in Brussels, Antwerp, Bruges, and Ghent. Also includes some nice maps (which I love) and some nice but very tiny pictures.
July 30, 2009
Plenty of pictures, which is helpful, and lots of maps and info. but arranged in an inefficient manner, in my opinion.
October 21, 2018
Love these series of books. This edition needs to be updated as I think it leaves out some key information you need to make your trip easier and safer. But the walking tours are fantastic.
May 28, 2022
Mainly read Brussels sections
July 8, 2014
The information is very sketchy and the lists are absolutely useless.
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