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Flanders — 6 days (Brussels, Ghent, Bruges, Damme & Ypres)

4.3(20 reviews)6 daysStart and end in the trailhead
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Six days entirely by train, with a canal ride to Damme. Six days with a rail pass, canal-side guesthouses in Ghent and Bruges and the Ypres day included.

Cypress & Stone
Runs this trip
Walking / cultural tour
Six days entirely by train, with a canal ride to Damme
Group Tour
Join a fixed-date departure with other travellers

Top Highlights

  • Grand PlaceSix days across a country you can cross in two hours by train, which is why nothing here needs a car.
  • Magritte MuseumSaint Bavo holds the Ghent Altarpiece, which has been stolen, dismembered, hidden in a salt mine and is still missing one panel.
  • GravensteenGhent has as much medieval fabric as Bruges and a fraction of the visitors, largely because it kept working as a university city rather…
  • MarktBruges silted up in the fifteenth century and stopped being a port, which is exactly why it still looks like this.
  • Damme canalThe Last Post has been sounded under the Menin Gate every evening since 1928, with a break only during the German occupation.
  • Antwerp CentraalAntwerp Centraal is routinely called the most beautiful railway station in the world and is worth the stop on its own.

Itinerary

What's included

Included in the price

Accommodation
  • 5 nights accommodation as listed: hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Transport
  • Airport pickup and drop, private vehicle
  • All internal transfers by private vehicle
  • Bike hire for the Damme canal path
Meals
  • Breakfast daily plus the meals listed on each day
Guide
  • Trip leader throughout, 1 guide per 10
Permits & fees
  • A rail pass covering every journey on the itinerary
  • Saint Bavo, Gravensteen, the Bruges belfry and Groeninge entries
  • In Flanders Fields museum entry
  • All entry tickets and permits listed in the day-by-day

Not included

Insurance
  • Travel insurance
Optional
  • International or domestic flights to the start point
  • Personal expenses and tips
  • Flights to Brussels
Additional Services
  • 5% GST and any applicable TCS
  • Lunches and dinners not listed on a day
  • Beer, of which there is a great deal
  • Most lunches and dinners
  • A car, which would be a liability in all three cities

Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.

Where you'll stay

All accommodations are subject to change

Brussels Residency

Hotel

Day 1

Ghent Inn

Hotel

Days 2, 3

Bruges Inn

Hotel

Days 4, 5

What you'll eat

5 breakfasts and 2 dinners across 6 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 6.

  • DinnerServed on days 1, 4
  • BreakfastServed on days 2–6

7 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking

Operator

Cypress & Stone
4.3 (20)

Based in Ljubljana

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Customer reviews

Overall rating
4.3/5
Based on 20 reviews
Review summary
Food
4.1/5
Guide
4.1/5
Itinerary
3.9/5
Transport
4.2/5
Accommodation
4.2/5
Tour operator
3.9/5
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Nina Hoffmann – Lisbon2026-02-28 · Verified booking

Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Rooms were comfortable and the locations meant we could walk most evenings. The team read the group well and adjusted without making a thing of it. Worth every rupee.

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Daniel Okafor – Stockholm2026-02-28 · Verified booking

Hotels were a step below what I expected for the price.

Reply from Cypress & Stone

Thanks for writing this up. We've passed your note to the team.

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Meera Iyer – Chandigarh2026-02-28 · Verified booking

Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Meals were good throughout and the vegetarian options weren't an afterthought.

Reply from Cypress & Stone

Appreciate the honest feedback; we're looking at the pacing on that section.

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Hannah Lindqvist – Dubai2026-02-28 · Verified booking

Well paced over 6 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Recommended.

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Thanks for writing this up. We've passed your note to the team.

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Arjun Pillai – Indore2025-09-03 · Verified booking

Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time. Guides answered every question, including the daft ones. Worth every rupee.

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Ishita Ghosh – Lucknow2025-09-03 · Verified booking

Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it.

Reply from Cypress & Stone

Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.

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James Whelan – Zurich2025-09-03 · Verified booking

Hotels were a step below what I expected for the price. The team read the group well and adjusted without making a thing of it.

Reply from Cypress & Stone

Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.

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Sneha Kulkarni – Chennai2025-09-03 · Verified booking

Flanders done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. No complaints about any of the hotels — all of them well placed. Crew were professional without being stiff about it. Good value for what's included.

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