Brussels - 1st May from 302 €

Total price From 604 €

Created: Tuesday, March 11, 2025 - Departure: Tuesday, April 29, 2025

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About the destination

From its breathtaking medieval centre to its 21st-century temple to Surrealism, the new Magritte Museum, Brussels offers the visitor a great deal more than just beer and chocolate and is resoundingly unlike its unfortunate staid image as the home of EU bureaucrats. Indeed, Brussels is a creative, dynamic city. Its compact city centre is clustered with bars, restaurants and museums set along cobbled streets. Inevitably, most tourists head to the Grand-Place. With its ornate Flemish guild houses, impressive Town Hall and buzzing atmosphere, it would be difficult to find a more beautiful square in the whole of Europe. It deservedly is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is the city’s crowning jewel. Wander next to the nearby Royal and Sablon districts teeming with art galleries and antique shops. Throw away your map and meander down a myriad side streets, discovering flea markets, art-deco houses and boutique stores. The Bruxellois take pride in their self-effacing, intellectual sense of humour, underpinned by a strong appreciation of the bizarre. The city has a long-running love affair with the Surrealist art movement, pioneered by René Magritte, and with classic comic strips, epitomised by Hergé's boy hero, Tintin. There's a telling irony in the fact that the city's best-known landmark is the Manneken-Pis, a tiny statuette of a urinating boy. Meanwhile, all of this sits alongside world-class collections of art, fabulous cooking including mussels, frites, waffles and whelks, some of Europe’s best and unique beers (literally, there are thousands of varieties), and master-chocolatiers. The city’s cultural calendar is packed with events for everyone from the massive, raucous Foire du Midi street fair every July teeming with stalls and fairground attractions to the legendary Christmas Market that takes centre stage in the Place Sainte Catherine with 240 stalls, a skating rink, a big wheel, and numerous rides. One of the biggest events is Art Brussels, showcasing the city’s edgier, creative side and a hub for art connoisseurs from around the globe. If you’re a Euro-loving national, check out the European Quarter, centered around Schuman and the Berlaymont. Its liveliest part is the Place du Luxembourg: all its bars fill up around 6pm on week days with some of the 20,000 diplomats, politicians and civil servants who reside in the city after Brussels became the centre of international political following WWII. Open your eyes and you’ll be pleasantly surprised by all that Brussels has to offer.

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Included services

29 Apr

Departure transport

Departure

Ryanair - FR2123 - Operated by: Lauda Europe Ltd

05:50 - Zagreb, Zagreb (ZAG)

07:45 - Charleroi, Brussels South / Charleroi (CRL) Alternative airport

0 PC Nonstop

Transport: FR2123 Operated by: Lauda Europe Ltd

Cabin Class: Economy

29 Apr

Accommodation

4 Nights

Flat Hotel Midi 33

Brussels - At 1.2 km from the centreROOM ONLY33 Boulevard Du Midi, Brussels 1000 Classic Apartment,1 Queen Bed,NonSmoking

Make use of convenient amenities, which include complimentary wireless Internet access and a television in a common area.Buffet breakfasts are served on weekdays from 7 AM to 10 AM and on weekends from 7 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee.Featured amenities include a computer station, express check-out, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometer. Midi Market - 0.4 km / 0.2 mi Cantillon Brewery - 0.5 km / 0.3 mi Halles de Saint-Gery - 0.9 km / 0.5 mi Manneken Pis Statue - 0.9 km / 0.6 mi Place du Jeu de Balle - 0.9 km / 0.6 mi Brussels Stock Exchange - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi Editions Jacques Brel - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi Brussels City Hall - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi National Museum of the Resistance - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi La Grand Place - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi MIMA - 1.2 km / 0.7 mi Law Courts of Brussels - 1.2 km / 0.7 mi St. Catherine's Square - 1.2 km / 0.8 mi Rue des Bouchers - 1.3 km / 0.8 mi Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert - 1.3 km / 0.8 mi The nearest airports are: Brussels (BRU-Brussels - National) - 17.4 km / 10.8 mi Charleroi (CRL-Brussels South Charleroi) - 54.6 km / 33.9 mi Antwerp (ANR-Antwerp Intl.) - 46.6 km / 29 mi. A stay at Flat Hotel Midi 33 places you in the heart of Brussels, within a 15-minute walk of Manneken Pis Statue and La Grand Place. This aparthotel is 1.3 mi (2.1 km) from Church of Our Blessed Lady of the Sablon and 1.4 mi (2.3 km) from Cathedral of St. Michael.. Make yourself at home in one of the 50 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring kitchenettes with refrigerators and ovens. Your memory foam bed comes with Egyptian cotton sheets. 43-inch LED televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Conveniences include laptop-compatible safes and separate sitting areas, as well as phones with free international calls.

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03 May

Return transport

Return

Ryanair - FR2124 - Operated by: Lauda Europe Ltd

09:35 - Charleroi, Brussels South / Charleroi (CRL) Alternative airport

11:25 - Zagreb, Zagreb (ZAG)

0 PC Nonstop

Transport: FR2124 Operated by: Lauda Europe Ltd

Cabin Class: Economy