Travel and transport agencies Belgium

On these off-the-beaten-track bike tours, you'll discover magnificent street art murals and hidden parks in the three proposed cities: Brussels, Leuven and Mechelen. The emphasis will not be on dates or names of architects, but on fun and sharing, complemented by little anecdotes throughout the tours! All at your own pace. A host of guides, all enthusiastic and much appreciated by travelers, are on hand to ensure you have a great time on your bike, with the added bonus of a famous Belgian sense of humor!

Founded in 2009 and based in Hanoi, Agenda Tour is a reliable local agency offering professional and responsive services. Many interesting and original proposals enable you to discover Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and even Myanmar from new angles, and always with flawless logistical support. The site presents numerous ideas for authentic journeys through the mountainous regions of northern Vietnam. Numerous customer testimonials speak in favor of the agency.

Specialists in customized, cultural and thematic trips to Russia, Finland, Estonia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia... Alain and Loussine and their team will make you forget the usual paperwork to prepare your trips. Their tours are tailor-made to meet everyone's cultural wishes and to adapt to the budget you wish to plan for your trip. A guide and a private driver will also facilitate your travels.

Charleroi airport is the second largest airport in the country (after Brussels National) and is located in Gosselies, at the junction of the E42 (Paris/Lille-Namur-Liège) and E420 (Reims-Charleroi-Brussels) motorways. It hosts several low-cost airlines including Ryanair (including flights to Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Pau, Carcassonne, La Rochelle, Perpignan, Bergerac, Figari, Nîmes). Bus line A connects the airport to Charleroi-Sud station. A bus + train ticket (bulk ticket) to any Belgian station is sold at the airport.

By choosing Clio, you are opting for an original and enriching travel concept. The success of Clio trips is based on three principles. We propose an itinerary to help you discover the different facets of a country, a town or a region. We provide you with the information you need to better appreciate its history and heritage during a trip to an exhibition or a music festival. And we put you in a small group of people united by their common taste for cultural discovery.

Since 2005, this tour operator has been offering to discover many European countries by minibus (8 people). Robert Barbe, founder of the company, has an excellent knowledge of the destinations in the catalogue and acts as both driver and guide. He organizes departures from all cities in France and Belgium as long as 8 people can be grouped together in the region. This formula, very comfortable, allows to save several hours of tourism per day compared to trips organized in larger numbers.

Brussels International Airport (www.brusselsairport.be) is 30 minutes from Antwerp.

Belgian airlines Brussels Airlines offers a shuttle service between Zaventem airport and the centre of Antwerp every hour from until. Adult: 10 th, child (2 to 11 years old): 5 e. Information: & (0) 52 33 40 00 - www.brusselsairlines.com.

Approximately half an hour, a train connects the airport to Antwerp central station (change to the station of Brussels North). The journey takes about 1 hours and costs 7,40 e.

This parking lot with 1,382 spaces is accessible via the ring road tunnel. Coming from the highway from the south, after passing under the railway, you will come to a large traffic circle: take the boulevard to the left for 300 m.

Coming from the coast from the west, you will inevitably come to the ring road; take it to the right, until you reach the tunnel entrance. This is undoubtedly the most central and easily accessible, but it is more expensive than the parking lots on the outskirts of the center. Convenient if you need to unload your luggage as it is free for 1 hour.

Located near the central station, it offers 1,600 spaces and its low price includes a return bus ticket for 4 people. It is better to aim for and reserve this parking lot if you come in the middle or high season, when the city is saturated. Because the small parking lots are quickly full and you get tired of looking for a place. The historical center is then accessible on foot in 15 minutes or by bus from the station. Remember to find your parking place when you park, so that you don't have to look for your car for hours, given its size, it is easy to get lost!

Regular connections to Ghent (25-30 minutes, 2 trains per hour weekdays and weekends, €9.90), Ypres (35 minutes, 1 train per hour weekdays and weekends, €8.10), Bruges (45 minutes, 2 trains per hour weekdays and weekends, €10.80), Tournai (direct: weekdays, 30 minutes, 1 train per hour; trains with change in Mouscron: 1 hour, 1 train per hour weekdays and weekends; €8.10), Brussels (1 hour 10, 4 trains per hour weekdays, 3 trains per hour weekends, €16.50), Ostend (60 to 75 minutes, 2 trains per hour weekdays and weekends, €14.30) and Antwerp (direct: 1 hour 25, 1 train per hour weekdays and weekends; trains with change in Ghent: 1 hour 40, 1 train per hour weekdays and weekends; €19.50). Also trains to Lille (40 minutes, 1 train per hour weekdays and weekends, €6.70).

Heritage at risk. Thanks to its ideal location close to the French border, the town of Kortrijk was an important rail hub that was bombed in 1944, after the Normandy landings. The station and 1,800 buildings were destroyed during the war. In 1951, the station was rebuilt to plans by architect Pierre Albert Pauwels. Since 2015, the SNCB has been threatening to demolish the building to make way for a new station. In a bid to preserve this contemporary architecture and spur action, the station has been included on the 2023 List of Europe's Seven Most Endangered Heritage Sites, a program managed by Europa Nostra.

Trains to all major cities in Belgium. Three trains per hour in the week and two per hour on weekends for Brussels (about 1 hour; 14,10 €); two to three trains per hour, two per hour on weekends for Leuven (35 to 55 minutes; 10,30 €); two trains per hour, one to two per hour at weekends for Namur (45 minutes; 8,50 €); one train per hour and week-end for Tongeren (35 minutes; 4,40 €); one train per hour and week-end for Maastricht (30 minutes; 5 €); two to three trains per hour in the week and two per hour at weekends for Verviers (25 minutes; 4 €)…

Also trains for Germany and Thalys for Paris (via Brussels) 8 times a day. The journey lasts 2 hours or 3 hours depending on trains (rates: from 46 € one month before departure to € 88 on the day before departure). Some trains stop in Lille.

This is the big tour shop in Brussels. You can find everything in this beautiful master house at the end of the 19 nd sie in downtown. Impressive collection of guides, maps and books, terrestres, wall maps, cartography (the spe) for discerning travellers.

Bruges train station is about 1.5 km from the city center, in the T'Zand district. It offers numerous connections to other Belgian cities. If you're not too busy, you can walk to the center in just a few minutes, an ideal introduction to the city. If you have suitcases, take any bus marked "Centrum" and stop at the Markt. Alternatively, you can take a cab as close as possible to your hotel, as arriving at the Grand-Place doesn't necessarily get you any closer. The center is vast!

A bicycle rental system (yellow), available 24/7. More than 4,000 Villo's are available in 360 stations (including more than 50 in Brussels City). Subscription from one day to one year, according to different locations and payment options. You can borrow a bike from one of the rental stations spread throughout the city and when you are finished, you can drop it off at any station. A deposit is required, regardless of the type of subscription, but it is only cashed in if the bike is damaged. Super convenient!

For 60 years, Arts et Vie, a cultural association for travel and leisure, has been developing tourism open to knowledge and cultural and human discovery. The spirit of the trips is part of an associative tradition characterized by a friendly atmosphere, rich in encounters, heritage and civilizations of the world. All the tours are led by passionate guides, trained by the association, anxious to share their enthusiasm with the travellers. Five continents... sixty countries... to each his own!