Metropole Brussels

... with tourist traps. This is the historic hotel that we stayed in our last night in Brussels, upon our return from Bruges.  It's called Hotel Metropole, the style is French Renaissance, and is the city's only surviving 19th Century ...

... meaning we did not stay up there long! We stopped for a coffee in the Brouckére district before walking past the Hotel Metropole and down Passage du Nord to Rue Neuve, the shopping centre of Brussels. Walked along to Église Notre Dame du Finistére, an ...

... sell thier wares for a few pennnies.  Hope you enjoy the pictures.    Then we were off to Brussels to check into the Hotel Metropole.  Wow!  I think a picture will say it all.  Yes, that is a crystal ...

2nd July - After a green-friendly train trip on the Eurostar we arrived in Brussels. Having already been to Brussels a couple of times (and getting engaged), we skipped the usual touristy stuff, went off to the beer museum and then just relaxed at the ...

... and would have spent some more time with Rebeccah’s family. Finally, our flight took off at 10.30PM. We changed flights in Brussels and Chicago, before landing in Detroit. I booked a taxi for us in advance. We finally reached our home by the ...

... at the Dreams Hotel. $20 bought a decent room with all mod cons and a bathroom equally as good as one at the Metropole in Brussels. The welcome was great and the breakfasts are amazing and included free of charge. We have a choice of cooked eggs, french ...

... had its own cost (mashed potato and meat charged separately). On the way back, we walked past the Bolshoi Theatre and the flash Metropole Hotel, and through some of the back streets in Kitay-Gorod, the old town, then had a look inside a metro. Bought a ...