Bruges Boat Trip
The Canals and Inland Waterways of Belgium
A once in a lifetime trip! – October 3 – 15, 2012
This spectacular 11-night canal tour will include 5 nights in Ghent, 5 nights in Namur and 1 night in Brussels.
Sponsored by the Canal Society of New York State and Inland Waterways International
Spend 13 days and 11 nights traveling with the Canal Society President, Tom Grasso, and Euromapping CEO David Edwards-May, across Belgium visiting and cruising a wide range of canal structures and several strikingly beautiful, medieval towns. Get the inside stories from experts and leading personalities on current issues of the Belgian waterways and the country as a whole.
Highlights:
- Magnificent UNESCO World heritage Belfry in Namur and UNESCO World Heritage town of Bruges, plus stunningly beautiful Ghent, Antwerp, Ypres, and Namur, with their magnificent waterways, medieval architecturally-rich city centers and shopping.
- The Trench of Death – on the western front near Diksmuide
- Grote Markt and Lakenhalle (Cloth Hll) in Ypres – now restored after near total destruction in WWI
- In Flanders Fields Museum in the Lakenhalle telling the story of WWI and the Ypres Salient
- Cruise some of the numerous canals and waterways – in Flanders, Wallonia, and Brussels
- Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp and Brussels on foot and by water, and Ghent, Antwerp and Harbor Tours
- Wonderful shiplifts on the old and new Canal du Centre between Mons and La Louviere
- Spectacular Lanaye north of Liege, with its 3 locks and striking beauty of the deep limestone cut
- Optional – bicycle a portion of the old 300-ton Charleroi – Brussels Canal
- Cruise through the magnificent Sambre Valley above Namur
Your cost for the Belgium trip is just:
$3,361 per person double occupancy—Please book by February 29, 2012 based on minimum 25 people – mobility required
$4,298 per person single occupancy—Please book by February 29, 2012 based on minimum 25 people – mobility required
This price includes:
Hotels and breakfast, all dinners, 5 lunches, deluxe motor coach ground transportation, 7 boat trips, 4 museums/visitors centers and 25 other site visits, detailed color guidebook, taxes including 19% VAT, all tour guides.
Not included: air fare, 6 lunches, public transport fares.
Airfare:
Transatlantic flights
$783 - $845
Round-trip airfare (approximate, tax-dependent) Delta Airlines from New York (JFK) $783.05, Albany $837.05, Syracuse $845.05, Rochester $837.05, Buffalo $837.05, connecting through JFK for flight to Brussels on Wednesday, October 3
and return from Belgium on Monday, October 15 through New York (JFK)
Air transportation arrangements through Van Zile Travel Service
Questions?
Contact annemichelle@vanzile.com
Booking:
To secure a place of the tour, send 30% deposit - $1008 or $1289, by check only – payable to Canal Society of New York State to:
Tom Grasso
233 Overbrook Road
Rochester, NY 14618
Questions?
Contact tgrasso1@rochester.rr.com
Click here to see a detailed itinerary with photos
Click here to download a printable (PDF) flyer
or the letter to the members from Tom Grasso