Szilvia GombolaBruges in a day
March 23rd 2008 00:02
It was 31 January 2006, I was leaving London for Sydney February 19 and I decided there was a couple of cities I wanted to visit before leaving. One of which was Bruges in Belgium. So many people said it was a beautiful city and as I love chocolate seemed like the perfect place to me. I had one day there so I had to make the most of it.
I arrived in Bruges around 2pm. It was freezing cold -1 degrees. After checking into my hotel I ventured outdoors, now what to do first. First I headed up to Market square to find a tourist map, when by chance I found a signs to a chocolate museum. The museum tells the story of chocolate and explains the difference in ingredients between good chocolate and run of the mill chocolate. Best temperature to eat your choc by the way is about 18 degrees.
Due to only having a day in Bruges, I needed to make sure I saw the main sites of the city. I bought a Bruges guidebook that had a walking tour of the city with the main sites and followed it. Being a small city it is quite feasible to walk around the centre in one day.
First stop was the Belfry tower in the market square. The Belfry is not a church or a town hall it is a symbol of Freedom building has been around since the 13th century. The tower is 83 metres high. A winding staircase of 366 stairs leads you to the lookout platform. Now I am fit but these stairs were scary they were so steep and narrow my shoulders were touching the walls on both sides. From the top, you can supposedly see for 12 miles in every direction. Unfortunately, due to the fog, I wasn't so lucky but at least I got some exercise.
I continued on my walking Bruges is a city of beautiful architecture and monuments there are also canal rides in the summer unfortunately when I was there the canal was completely frozen over.
Bruges is beautiful in the winter but I would recommend going in the summer if you can after a day of walking around the city in the winter it my face was stinging with the cold. It is definitely worth a visit but one day there should be ample to see the main tourist attractions.
I arrived in Bruges around 2pm. It was freezing cold -1 degrees. After checking into my hotel I ventured outdoors, now what to do first. First I headed up to Market square to find a tourist map, when by chance I found a signs to a chocolate museum. The museum tells the story of chocolate and explains the difference in ingredients between good chocolate and run of the mill chocolate. Best temperature to eat your choc by the way is about 18 degrees.
Chocolate dosn't make you fat
Due to only having a day in Bruges, I needed to make sure I saw the main sites of the city. I bought a Bruges guidebook that had a walking tour of the city with the main sites and followed it. Being a small city it is quite feasible to walk around the centre in one day.
First stop was the Belfry tower in the market square. The Belfry is not a church or a town hall it is a symbol of Freedom building has been around since the 13th century. The tower is 83 metres high. A winding staircase of 366 stairs leads you to the lookout platform. Now I am fit but these stairs were scary they were so steep and narrow my shoulders were touching the walls on both sides. From the top, you can supposedly see for 12 miles in every direction. Unfortunately, due to the fog, I wasn't so lucky but at least I got some exercise.
View of Market Square from Belfry Tower
I continued on my walking Bruges is a city of beautiful architecture and monuments there are also canal rides in the summer unfortunately when I was there the canal was completely frozen over.
Bruges is beautiful in the winter but I would recommend going in the summer if you can after a day of walking around the city in the winter it my face was stinging with the cold. It is definitely worth a visit but one day there should be ample to see the main tourist attractions.
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