Latest Reviews for Bruges

Beautiful place where the local authority excels in ensuring it is kept that way. Minimum street furniture, road signs/markings. Satelite dishes not allowed. Looks much the same as it did in 16th century. Highly recommended. Go.

Beware of exhorbitant prices for eating out particularly around the Market Square. £5.00 for a coke and £6.50 for an Orange juice upsets the appetite. There are more reasonable eateries off the square.

You'll have no problems at all if you stay at this hotel. It is very well run and you would be hard pushed to find better and more centrally located accomodation.

We were on an assisted tour and stayed for 3 nights. Breakfast was included in the price and the range of both hot and cold food was outstanding in comparison to other European hotels we have used. Eat as much as you can at breakfast because once you hit the streets eating out is very expensive unless you buy frites and brochettes in the market square (green huts) which are good value.

A clean well maintained small city with lots to see and do. No buildings / monuments that really stand out but the whole of the city is of great architectual and historical interest. No football shirt crowds, obese, tatood or drunks to be seen. A safe environment with locals of all ages going about their businesses. No road rage driving and no blaring of emergency vehicle klaxons.

Had a 3 night stay at what was sold as a 4 star hotel. Booked deluxe room. Although pleasant certainly NOT a 4 star hotel. No bell boy and no lift meant having to carry luggage up steep stairs. Receptioniost had to double as bar man nor did we receive a very welcome. Breakfasts were continental and boring after a couple of days. Bedroom comfortable and clean but insufficient wardrobe space.No wall shower so lots of wasted water having baths. Very expensive bill for in house drinks and telephone calls.

Booked this holiday online and was particularly pleased with both the standard and location of the hotel. It had quite a swish lobby and was extremely central so no need to get buses etc. One tip - if you're staying at this hotel you can get a No 2 or 12 bus from the station to the main square and save yourself a few Euros on a taxi. All the staff were really friendly and they provided an excellent breakfast.

Went on a canal trip with a very quirky guide who spoke excellent English. Glad we decided to do this on the first day as the sun was shining and it was quite warm. Next day it was a bit gloomy and drizzly so trip wouldn't have been as good. The motto - carpe diem! Also went on a bus sightseeing tour, did lots of walking and eating and a bit of shopping besides.

Package cost £295 per person for three nights with Eurostar anf was well worth it. One small problem we had - it was quite confusing finding the connecting train from Brussels to Bruges. It wasn't signposted. You have to look for the train to Zeebrugge. Other than that everything was perfect.

When we arrived our rooms were not made-up from the previous occupant and there was a bucket of filthy tea-towels soaking in the corner. They made up the room, but the blankets still stank. Later that night we couldn't sleep as the rooms have NO HEATING and the whole hotel was FREEZING cold (We each had an itchy smelly blanket, one clean white sheet and one small pillow). The carpets are filthy throughout the hotel, the staff were indignant (particularly the hotel/restaurant manager). The rooms have no toilet in them, and you have pay to have a shower.

Breakfast is a plate of processed cheese and some ham. Also a basket of two bread rolls per person and some preserve. A glass of orange juice is brought to the table for each person and you can order a tea/coffee if you need one.

I will never stay here again - if the hotel was in England it would be closed down - DISGUSTING!!!! For 20 euro's more we could have gotten a beautiful hotel in the old town with excellent facilities. It's no surpise this place make you pay before you stay!

Also don't believe them is they say this place is just newly renovated - it is not - AVOID like the plague unless you want a sleepless night in a filthy bed!!!

What a wonderful city/town, the people are kind, polite and helpful, the buildings are incredible, we're not academics or architects but u won't believe the craftsmanship and detail thats gone into these buildings, with the canals as a perfect backdrop adding to the charming Bavarian like chitty bang bang atmosphere. Truly a must for creative souls with evidence of craft everywhere.

Must be 100 restaurants, mostly the same as british prices but if u walk around u will find some v.good bargains, like the coffee link cafe at the side of st. jans memlings hospital museum and down the tunnel. Our accomodation was nice too, not stayed in a chain like Novotel b4 but would recommend them, v.clean, polite staff, good variety for b'fast, family room and adequate warm bedding.

Would like to go back in the spring/summer though as Feb windchill v.cold. Hat and gloves advised. Well done Brugge...

From the moment we checked in, we found all of the staff to be extremely helpfull and friendly.

The hotel is on T'zand, which is a very short journey on the bus (just 1 stop) from the railway/bus station in Brugge.

We had booked a cheap deal (only £40 each return) with PandO ferries, from Hull. The hotel was booked seperately
The ferry booking included a return coach ticket into Brugge, which took about 20 mins from the port of Zebbruge.

Hotel was very easy to find but if you get lost there are so many friendly people willing to help you out with anything you want.

Our room was a twin, which was very clean with a nice little bathroom. My only gripe was the fact that it did not have any tea/coffee making facilities in, which for a 4* we were really expecting.
Breakfast was included in the price of our room (rm cost us £92 for the night)

Plenty of choice for breakfast, which was from 7am - 10am.

The bar area was very nice and the guy behind the bar in the evenings had us in stitches, really friendly.

Check out, for us was 11am, as we were not getting picked up for the ferry home until 17.30pm, the hotel let us keep our bags in the luggage room, which enabled us to go do some last minute shopping in the lovely chocolate shops.

If you love chocolate, like me (and most women!) You will love Brugge!!! Its chocolate heaven...

The christmas markets are nothing to shout about, but the atmosphere is lovely in the main square. There is an ice rink, which looks so magical when it is all lit up in the evening time. Make sure you take winter woolies with you, when we were there it was blooming freezing (well it was december!)

There are so many shops and museums, you dont know where to go first.
We wandered for miles, getting lost down little side streets, which was all part of the fun.

A must, is trying the chips and mayonnaise from the stalls in the market sqares. Delicious!!!!!!!!

The drinks and food are VERY expensive in the main square,(I have lived in Venice, so know to go away from tourist areas and find a place a few streets back from the main areas)

We found a lovely place to eat, which did the most amazing steaks (I think it was called the Chicken Inn) The steak melted in my mouth... YUM!!

All in all, a fantastic girly weekend, plenty to keep us occupied for 2 days and even came back with some money (unheard of on any of my other shopping trips)

Brugge is a lovely city and well worth the trip. I would love to go back in Summer.

Enjoy

Bruges hotels can be very expensive, so imagine our delight when we snapped this one up for just under £40 (it's a lot dearer in high season).

The hotel is in an old building, which has been thoroughly modernised, and is well situated in the historic old town of Bruges. In fact, it's only a few minutes stroll from the Grand Place and all its attractions. Although the hotel is central, it's in a quiet courtyard and so there wasn't much noise to bother us.

Ibis hotels tend to be pretty standard, and this one was no different. We had a twin bedded room with plenty of storage space and an en-suite toilet with bath - both were in good decorative repair and were spotless. The TV had around 30 channels, with the main British terrestrial channels being available too - no need to miss Corrie!

We didn't use the restaurant in the hotel, but it looked nice enough and the bar had a good selection of nice beers.

All in all, this hotel is a good choice for those looking for a centrally situated hotel in Bruges without breaking the bank.

We have just returned from Easter in Bruges and it was wonderful.

We stayed at the Ter Bruges Hotel which is about 10 mins walk from the main square and alongside a canal. Our accomodation was excellent. Our room was smallish but had great character, we had an original leaded window that opened out over the canal and typically flemish furniture. There was also a TV and radio. We also had a big bathroom with a large bath. All of which was spotless. Breakfast was served in the tastefully refurbished cellar (get down early for a window seat). Breakfast was buffet style with waitresses serving tea and coffee. There was a choice of several types of bread and rolls, meats, cheeses, boiled eggs, yogharts, fruit juices and cerials, and because it was Easter, chocolate eggs. The staff were all very helpful and spoke perfect English.

The only downside to this hotel was two very steep staircases which we had to climb to get to our room. This didn't bother us, but could be difficult for the less able.

We loved Bruges. A weekend wasn't enough to take in all the history, museums, art galleries, unique buildings and shops.

I am already planning my next visit back to Bruges and the Ter Bruges.