It is well worth checking at the hotels and hostels to see if you can purchase a Bruges card as this provides cheaper access to many of the city’s major attractions and museums. If you fancy something other than historic buildings and museums then why not try a trip around the centre in a horse drawn carriage or take a ride around the canals on one of the many tour boats. Nobody should visit Belgium... 

Bruges No evidence of a settlement where Bruges now stands is evident before the advent of Julius Caesar and his Roman army. The area was eventually claimed by the Franks in the 4th century and ran it as the country of Flanders and in the ninth century the Vikings invaded the area and the name of Briggie or port was first used and which later evolved into what is now known as Bruges. In the early 12th...