excl. Breakfast - HRS Rating: 8,02/10 - This boutique hotel is a peaceful heaven decorated ... more
in English country style. From the bright lounge, over the Brighton restaurant to the interior garden, everything is breathing elegance and charm.The boutique ho...
The Stanhope Hotel was inaugurated as the first 5-star hotel in Belgium and offers a range ... more
of elegant rooms in a city centre location. After an extensive renovation and enlargement of the property in the last few years, the hotel now consists of 108 g...
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Location. Set in a former 19th century townhouse, the Stanhope Hotel in central ... more
Brussels, Belgium, is three blocks from the Royal Palace, the European Parliament and the greenery of Parc du Bruxelles. The British inspired hotel is within one and a ha...
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Location. Set in a former 19th century townhouse, the Stanhope Hotel in central ... more
Brussels, Belgium, is three blocks from the Royal Palace, the European Parliament and the greenery of Parc du Bruxelles. The British inspired hotel is within one and a ha...
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Advantages: easy to get to, the Grand Place Disadvantages: Mannakin Pis is dissapointing, takcy tourist shops
Question
What does one do when you want to celebrate finishing the taught part of a Masters degree and want to go away but are so broke even the cheapest trip to Spain is not an option?
Answer.
Book a very cheap flight for a mini break to Brussels the capital of Belgium. I did this in June 2003 and I had a great time.
I flew with Ryanair from John Lennon airport in Liverpool to Charleroi airport in Brussels. Or so I thought it was in Brussels. It was near enough an hour from the airport to Midi railway station. The connecting bus is a rip off at 10 euros. Since there were four of us on the way there we took a taxi that cost us 35 euros. The airfare was really cheap. It only cost £20 for a return fare including all taxes.
Due to the European Parliament Brussels has cheap hotels at the weekend instead of during mid week. We were ...
duskmaiden 27.06.2003 (30.08.2009)
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Advantages: Location, size, quality service and comfort Disadvantages: Some will not like the limited facilities
I was fortunate enough to stay at Le Meridien, in Brussels a few weeks back after winning a competition. It was a novel situation all round as I would not normally be able to afford to stay at this quite exclusive establishment on my travel and subsistence budget and, even if I were I would be too busy to appreciate my surroundings. I do visit Brussels a lot for work and have stayed in many hotels (I reviewed the Welcome Hotel a while back and this remains one of my personal favourites for my business trips) but this was a nice change and most people enjoy a little bit of luxury once in a while.
Ownership
The Le Meridien chain is managed by the US based Starwood Group. This also includes the Sheraton, Westin and St Regis chains amongst others. They operate 888 hotels worldwide, 499 are managed and the balance are franchised ...
Advantages: Stunning architecture and lots of lovely different beers and chocolates Disadvantages: Not a huge amount of well known attractions
Although Brussels is the capital of Europe, it's often overlooked as a city break location due to it being sandwiched between its more famous neighbours, Paris and Amsterdam. Having lived and worked in Brussels for a year as a student, I have a rather fond regard for the place. I'll freely admit that it has not got as many well known attractions nor the je ne sais quoi of Paris. Indeed, neither has it got the same canal like prettiness or red light risquéness of Amsterdam. However, Brussels has a quaint charm all of its own, superb architecture and buildings, and let's not forget all that gorgeous chocolate and beer.
***SPEAKING THEIR LANGUAGE***
Belgium has a population of 11 million people split between Flanders in the North (where they speak Flemish) and Wallonia in the south (where they speak French). Although Brussels is ...
Bollinger28 21.08.2005 (26.08.2005)
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