Gems of Belgium

• Visit renowned painter Michael Borremans‘ outdoor oil portrait The Virgin, and the huge asymmetrical Market Hall
• Make your way to contemporary art museum S.M.A.K or the Design Museum & Minnewater Bridge

• Have a light breakfast and spend the first half of the day museum hopping
• Make sure to include the Groeningemuseum and a glimpse of Michelangelo’s Madonna with Child in the Church of Our Lady
• Visit the town of De Haan
• Rent bikes to peddle to Ostend on a scenic route along the sea that weaves through dunes and even a nude beach

Breakfast

• Drive over to Ypres to delve into the history of the Great War
• Visit the In Flanders Fields Museum in the ancient Cloth Hall
• Take a stroll and pet the head of the guardhouse monkey at City Hall as he promises luck to those in love

• Visit the Museum François Duesberg
• Quirky Durbuy with its cobbled streets on the banks of the river Ourthe is tailor-made to be a starting point for kayak adventures through the most stunning scenery of the wooded Ardennes

• Visit of old-school jam factory Confiturerie Saint-Amour
• After the tour, gather a picnic of artisanal Wallonian produce in their shop and eat it amidst the quirky elephant at Durbuy’s Topiary Park
• NightSpend your last night in Belgium on a beer discovery tour