Bélgica y Luxemburgo 4 (Lonely Planet-Guías de país nº 1)

by Helena Smith, Mark Elliott, Catherine le Nevez

Pese a su reducida extensión estos dos países tienen muchísimas cosas que centros históricos y lugares reconocidos por la Unesco, cuevas cuajadas de estalactitas, un gran patrimonio postindustrial, los canales de Brujas, la moda de Amberes, los espumosos de Luxemburgo, las cervezas trapenses, el chocolate, las patatas fritas, los campanarios, los castillos, los locos carnavales… el viajero se sorprenderá con la abundancia de tesoros escondidos que albergan estos dos países y que, sin duda, esta guía ayudará a descubrir.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Reference, Belgium, Guidebook

Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 2001

About the author

Helena Smith is a freelance writer and photographer who specialises in independent travel and community projects.

Reviews

[Sandra Vel · Rating 3 out of 5]

(Guía en inglés) Me ha servido durante un roadtrip por Bélgica, especialmente para inspirarnos sobre los restaurantes.
(No he usado la parte sobre de Luxemburgo).

[Liviu · Rating 5 out of 5]

For my just completed week-long travel to the Benelux (Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg) I looked through all the available guides and I finally decided on this one and the analog for Belgium and Luxembourg as they fit best my needs - as usual Rick Steeves' guides are the most entertaining in writing style but they have a potentially major flaw as they talk at length about what the authors feel are the highlights and their choices may not coincide with yours - when they do like in Spain their guide is best but when they don't like in Switzerland or here I look for other options


While drier in style, the Lonely Planet was excellent as it suggested a few places I may not have considered otherwise - they have a top 10 attractions in the Netherlands and top 15 in the Belgium/Luxembourg - to start the guides, they have great geographical orientation, both with country maps, regional maps and city maps including an Amsterdam pullout and they talk about many, many places - yes shorter than the fewer places described in other guides, but enough to decide if you are interested further and today with the world on the cell phone, what is needed is awareness of a place as afterwards you can research it at leisure anywhere; the maps with numbered highlights proved extremely useful in the cities I visited (Rotterdam and Luxembourg especially as there just walking around the city and taking in the super modernistic buildings in Rotterdam and the two tiered old city of Luxembourg is an experience in itself, but also Brugge - here the whole old city is an experience so it doesn't really matter where you go, Hague - here the old city is smaller so easy to see, Utrecht and Amsterdam - this one didn't really work out for me, as big cities go being far away from Milan or Madrid, while from its museums, the Van Gogh is special but Rijksmuseum pales compared to Prado or Uffizi, though the maritime museum is cool as it has a real VOC ship one can visit - the collection itself is ok, the naval Museum of Madrid better, but the VOC ship and getting a feel for how the long voyages in the 1600-1700's went are worth the price)

The other highlight of the 2 guides discussed here was the smaller places - especially for Belgium and its Ardennes region and Luxembourg and the Moselle valley - due to lack of time I didn't visit all I planned but a castle (Bouillon), a scenic drive and a few picturesque villages were all found out from the guide - and then there was the Waterloo museum and battlefield with a good description in the Belgium book (this one I would have visited without any guide mentioning it of course)

Overall - excellent for my needs as they have shorter description of many places, good opening highlights and maps

[María López Moreno · Rating 2 out of 5]

(Edición en inglés) Es un libro centrado en Bélgica, +85% del libro.

Lo compré para preparar un viaje con mis padres por Luxemburgo (país). La verdad que está desactualizado y no aporta grandes conocimientos/curiosidades del país. Por ejemplo, algunos de los establecimientos mencionados ya no existen, y el transporte público lleva siendo gratuito en Luxemburgo desde 2020.

A título personal veo un claro sesgo anti-catolicismo y gran carga de leyenda negra contra el imperio español. Triste que estos patrones se repitan incluso en una inocente guía de viajes.

[Nick · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read the eBook version. Formatting was unattractive and I needed more maps, orientation, and agenda ideas than specific hotels or restaurants.

[Susan Towles · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are a lot of routes that it gives the best tips to where to stay, when and how best to make the most of your trip. It also includes basic cost and discounts on some places.

[Zamir Markovsky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative book, halped me plan my trip to Belgium perfectly.

[Jorge · Rating 2 out of 5]

The suggested itineraries lack any detail, some tips would be helpful. Entertaining but historically inaccurate too often

[Debra · Rating 3 out of 5]

its amazing how the gorgeous monuments and parks of brussels is ruined by the knowledge that the beauty is paid for with slavery, unbelievable brutality of the Congo rubber trade.. all because one prince had a fancy for travel books...

[Victoria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Useful guide to Belgium, but the Luxembourg section is really quite rubbish. Bearing in mind, it is actually a country, there is barely more than a few words, most of which are outside Luxembourg City. Hopefully it is being updated in the LP/BBC rebrand.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's no secret that I love Lonely Planet and the Belgium & Luxembourg guide is no exception. It was really helpful for planning my trip, made it easy to figure out which areas I wanted to visit & how much time to spend there.

[Mikko Kääriäinen]

*****

[Marilyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ah, les Lonely Planet ! Le meilleur ami du voyageur :p

[Brandy · Rating 5 out of 5]

WHEEEEEEEEEE.
boooooooo I am back from my trip