Pre- and Post-Congress Tours
Pre-registration is required. You will have the possibility to sign up for the Pre- and Post-Congress Tours during the online registration process.
Antwerp, Itinerary of a Flemish Discovery – Monday, 2 October or Friday, 6 October 2023 – Full Day
Belgium’s second largest city, Antwerp is known as being one of the largest ports in Europe which, over the centuries, became fabulously rich due to maritime commerce with distant countries, its quaysides and warehouses fully stacked with the most noble of materials and exotic products. Antwerp is also an artistic centre and the town where Peter-Paul Rubens, Jordaens, van Dijck, and others lived. In addition, since the 15th century, it has been the largest diamond centre in the world with a worldwide reputation. We propose a walking tour during which we will conjure up the golden era of this metropolis. Rubens’ House, the Rockox House, Sint Carolus-Borromeus, will be visited, and each of these buildings will speak to us of artistic and economic splendor and effervescence.
Indicative program:
- 9h00 Meeting at Brussels Central Train Station with the guide.
- 9h30 Trip to Antwerp. The guide starts his/her introduction in the train.
- 10h30 Walking tour in the historical heart: The Steen, The Grote Markt, the Cathedral of Our Lady, etc.
- 12h00 Three courses lunch, drinks included (1h00).
- 13h30 Continuation of the guided tour and visit of the Rubens House (1h30).
- 15h00 Free time for shopping.
- 16h00 Return to Brussels with the guide (1h00).
Price per person: € 175 VAT included p.p.
The price includes maximum 6h tour, the 3-course lunch (drinks included), the tickets and guided tour of the Rubens’ House.
If fewer than 10 participants register for this tour, it will not take place.
Bruges, Itinerary of a Flemish Discovery – Monday, 2 October or Friday 6 October 2023 – Full Day
Indicative program: A stroll along the shimmering waters of the Minnewater, the silver thread of the canals, the sparkling white swans under a willow, the little white houses in the Beguinage. Here in Bruges, everything is poetry, romance, and undefinable melancholy. We have the pleasure of inviting you to join us for a guided tour in a Bruges that few visitors take the time to discover: the city of the Hanseatic merchants. With our guide, we will conjure up the boats and carriages bringing German or Italian merchants to sell spices from the Orient, wines from the Rhine, furs from Russia. In the bustle of the docks, we will find an atmosphere as cosmopolitan as the 16th century city: the largest port in the world! From the chapels to the busy docks, from the mansions to the great churches, we will follow the trace of those who made Bruges great.
- 9h00 Meeting at Brussels Central Train Station with the guide.
- 9h30 Trip to Bruges. The guide starts his/her introduction in the train.
- 10h30 Walking tour in the historical heart: The Begijnhof, the Markt, the Minnewater Park, the Burg, etc.
- 11h30 Boat tour on the canals (30 min).
- 12h30 Three-course lunch, drinks included (1h30).
- 14h00 Continuation of the guided tour (1h00).
- 15h00 Free time for shopping.
- 16h00 Return to Brussels with the guide (1h00).
Price per person: € 175 VAT included p.p.
The price includes maximum 6h tour, the 3-course lunch (drinks included) and the boat tour on the canals.
If fewer than 10 participants register for this tour, it will not take place.
Bruegel and the Marolles – Tuesday, 3 October 2023 – Half Day
The participants will discover the Marolles district of the 16th century and, more specifically, the emblematic character of the Brussels artistic culture: Bruegel. Pieter Bruegel, who lived in Antwerp, fell in love with the daughter of his master Pieter Coecke van Aelst. To allow the marriage, his future mother-in-law required the couple to live in Brussels. A few months after their engagement, it is in the church Notre-Dame de la Chapelle in the Marolles that their union was made official.
Duration
2 hours
Number of people per group
Maximum 10 participants
Meeting point
To be determined
Price per person: € 37 VAT included p.p.
If fewer than 5 participants register for this tour, it will not take place.
Brussels, the City Centre – Tuesday, 3 October 2023 – Half Day
We invite you to discover the “must-sees” of our capital. The Grand-Place, Unesco world heritage site, described as “the world’s richest theatre” by Jean Cocteau; the St. Hubert Royal Galleries and its technical achievement will immerse you in a real Kaleidoscope of Brussels.
Duration
2 hours
Number of people per group
Maximum 10 participants
Meeting point
To be confirmed
Price per person: € 37 VAT included p.p.
If fewer than 5 participants register for this tour, it will not take place.
Mysterious and Unusual Brussels – Tuesday, 3 October 2023 – Half Day
Discover the mysterious and unusual Brussels during an unparalleled walking tour. Join us and plunge into the dark side of the history of Brussels. Did you know that Brussels has secrets? What mysteries keeps the Knight Templar located on the Place Royale? Where are the traces of cannonballs coming from?
Duration
2 hours
Number of people per group
Maximum 10 participants
Meeting point
To be determined
Price per person: € 37 VAT included p.p.
If fewer than 5 participants register for this tour, it will not take place.