Tour OutlineThis truly epic Belgium gourmet & beer tour has been designed to show you the complete spectrum of beer culture that Belgium has to offer, from the illusive Trappiste monastic breweries, to the world renowned bier cafés of Bruxelles, Antwerpen and Bruges. We include brewery visits as well as beer-dinners at two of Belgium’s premier beer-restaurants, as well as learning about not just the beers of Belgium but also the culture, background, history as well as the geography of this incredible part of the world. We will visit every province in Belgium as well as along the way visiting every Belgian Trappiste monastery; we will also visit breweries representing every style of beer that Belgium has to offer, although unfortunately we cannot visit them all! Furthermore we will visit and overnight in the Bière de Garde regions of northern France, truly remarkable areas which we feel deserves their rightful place on this tour. The tour is typically 10-days in duration and starts and ends in Bruxelles or Düsseldorf, Germany. |
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Great Belgium Beer Tour (GBBT) |
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Tour HighlightsVisit all 6 Belgium Trappiste Monasteries Visit all 9 of Belgium‘s Provinces 4 Countries-Belgium, France, Netherlands and Germany Drink every style of Belgium beer Cafe Culture of Antwerpen and Bruges Bruxelles for 2 nights Beer Dinners Biere de Garde region of Northern France Saison Country Lambic Country Brewery visits The Ardennes
WW1 & WW2 sights Crusader Castles of Bouillon and Sedan
And much much more.......
*as outlined in Proposed Itinerary
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Included*All accommodation x 9 nights All Breakfasts x 9 All evening meals (dinner) x 9 (includes Den Dyver) Brewery fees Transport (within the tour) Minibus Tour leader/guide/driver A good time! *as outlined in Proposed Itinerary
PricesPrices €2150.00 for the complete 10-day tour. 10% discount when more than 6 persons Price is based on Double room
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Group Size4 minumum 6 maximum
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Outline Tour ItineraryThis Great Belgium Beer Tour starts in Düsseldorf or Bruxelles, we suggest you fly in the day before the tour and not spend tour-time getting over the flight! Start the tour fresh! The itinerary is long, unfortunately we‘re not sure how to shorten this awesome tour! Enjoy! Day 1 We start this incredible 10-day adventure at the Trappiste Abbey at Achel on the Belgium/Dutch border, we have the chance to have a look around the grounds of this abbey as well as trying some of their beers in the cafe where we can also see the small brewery behind glass surrounds. Our lunch stop is at another Trappiste monastery, Westmalle where after we watch a short film about the Trappiste monastic way of life, we can enjoy their fine cheese washed down with some beer! Antwerpoen is only a further 30 minute drive and after we check into our central hotel, we have some free time to look around this gorgeous town before meeting up later to see some of Antwerp‘s bier cafes and have some excellent cuisine at Pelgrom restaurant, an amazing restaurant in a cellar in Antwerp's old town. Maybe you want to explore further, maybe you want to retire, see you in the morning. Overnight– Hotel Cammerpoorte, Antwerpen Day 2 Today we head straight to the Bosteels Brewery in Buggenhout in East Flanders for a tour of this amazing brewéry followed by some of their excellent beer, Kwak and Triple Karmeliet on draught and maybe some Deus if we are lucky! We move on and check into our hotels in central Bruges around lunchtime, the rest of the day is yours to discover and meander around this amazing historic town, rightly recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. We meet up later for a beer dinner at Den Dyver, probably Belgium‘s premier restaurant for beer cuisine, last year 2007 it was voted Belgium‘s best and will maybe even get the award again in 2008, good luck! After our beer dinner (around 2.5 hours) we maybe have some time to check out some of Bruges bier cafes. Or maybe you just want to take some photos of this incredible old town at night. Sleep well! Dream well! Overnight– Hotel Ibis and Den Witten Leeuw, Bruges Day 3 We leave Bruges for a great day travelling across West Vlaanderen (West Flanders), an area steeped in history as well as some of the most diverse selection of beers in Belgium. After visiting Hill 62 and the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres, maybe you just want to look around the old town instead, we then go onto Westvleteren Trappiste Abbey where we can experience the beers, renowned for the label ’Best Beer in the World’, judge it for yourself! Great cheese as well. We have lunch at the Rohardushof, a typical Flanders cafe serving traditional Vlaams food (don’t judge it by the website!). Great food, great beer and the real Flanders. We then go over the border via Watou and into the Pas-de-Calais (French Flandres) region in France, famous for its Bière de Garde where we meet Daniel Thiriez and have a look around his Brasserie d’Esquelbeque. Again, great beers as well as some good unfiltered farmyard cider! We then drive the short distance onto Mont Cassel where we check into our hotel and have some free time to see this gorgeous town, if you have seen the film Chocolate then this town may ring a bell! Later on we meet up for some beer and excellent food at Denys‘ Estaminet Kerelshof for some typical Vlaams food and to listen to some traditional music. Overnight– Hotel Le Foch, Mont Cassel Day 4 Today we go out of France and into the Province of Hainaut (say I know!) and to the brewery famous for its Saison beer, Brasserie Dupont. We should have a tour here as well as some beer and excellent cheese after which we go onto Roeselare and the renowned Rodenbach Brewery for a tour and tasting of the beers. Part of Belgium‘s history and probably the largest collection of oak barrels in the world. The ‘sweet and sour‘ beers are pretty much unique in the world! We haven‘t forgotten lunch. There are 2 or 3 ‘frites‘ vans just outside Roeselare! After this we then head out on the motorway to Bruxelles where we will be for the next 2 nights. Tonight is a free night, maybe you want to meet up for a beer later in Delirium? Or just take in the atmosphere of this amazing town. Overnight– Hotel Ibis-St Catherine, Bruxelles Day 5 Today is a free day to have a look around Bruxelles and all it has to offer. |