Belgium recommendations please

[SquirrellCook]

This is a place near Theux. Their is a lot of other stuff in the area. Big Dam with viewing tower. Campsite just along the road.

 

[jacquigem]

There used to be a really really good market every saturday on the Grote Markt which is the large paved area outside the In Flanders Fields Museum.

Walk through the gate and down Menenstraat and you can`t miss it, don`t know what`s happened to it since Covid though

Quite a few East European food stalls that were " off the scale " so to speak, couldn`t get enough of the spiced chicken and pork jumbo sausage with herbed boiled new potatoes which we took back to the motorhome and reheated.

The Dutch guy on the next pitch came over and asked what we was cooking because he could smell it then went straight to the market and bought some as well

Thanks , will look out for that

 

[jacquigem]

This is a place near Theux. Their is a lot of other stuff in the area. Big Dam with viewing tower. Campsite just along the road.


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Thanks , that looks interesting will check it out

 

[jacquigem]

We`ve stayed on Jeugdstadion Ieper a few years back when visiting the Menin Gate, only a 10 minute walk to the gate and centre from the campsite.

Simple basic site with and automated check in process, the staff only turn up for an hour or two per day, but you do need to book.

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Yes stayed here 26th August (wedding anniversary) . Top spot , easy walk into town via Menin Gate. Plenty of Belgian beer , steak and frites, ceremony. Top recommendation thanks.

 

[colinm]

1/2 HR from Bruges and you are at the Netherlands town of Sluis which is a nice little places, and not many miles further there are some decent coastal areas.

 

[mark61]

Hi , got a couple of appointments in Ypres and Ghent a few days apart so wondering how to spend the time . Been to Brussels, Ostend and Westende so would like something new. Don't mind an hour or so travelling and prefer country or coast to cities. Don't mind cheap camp sites or Aires if Wilding not available. Thanks in advance for any recommendations.

Plenty to do in and around Ypres for a couple of days, especially if you like WW stuff. Hill 62, etc.

Great little site recommended by Wooie and as said, perfect for Ypres. Stayed there a couple of handful of times since overnighting was stopped on Leopold.

I've never booked, but no doubt wiser to book.

Just be careful who you bump into there.

 

[jacquigem]

1/2 HR from Bruges and you are at the Netherlands town of Sluis which is a nice little places, and not many miles further there are some decent coastal areas.

Thanks Colin, looks interesting but we are on our way South now so will put it down for next Time.

 

[UFO]

Not quite between Ghent and Ypres but we stayed near Thieu in 2013. 50.47124, 4.08826. It's on a ship canal. Big modern shiplift a short walk away and a Victorian era, I think, one on the old canal close by. Google streetview shows vans there in 2020.

 

[jacquigem]

Thanks for that , we have ended up at Dentergem. Great quiet site , 10 euros and fantastic beer from the nearby cat brewery ,8 %,