Product Description

This guide to Belgium and Luxembourg features attractions from the art galleries of Bruges to the forests of Ardennes and the low-down on Belgian beers, including a top twenty list of brews, plus art and history essays, complete tours of World War I battlefields, and alternative perspectives on major cities and delightful small towns. For outdoors enthusiasts, the book contains plenty of advice on activities including hiking, cycling and canoeing. The authors also provide revealing background on art, history and politics.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1096225 in Books
• Published on: 2002-11-26
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .92 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 456 pages

Ingram
The Rough Guide to Belgium & Luxembourg gives readers all of the details on the best cities from Brussels to Brugges and then on to Luxembourg. Also included is information on the best hikes up the green hills of the Ardennes. 36 maps & plans.

About the Author
After years of travelling, Martin Dunford took up travel writing and co-founded the Rough Guide series. He is now Rough Guides' editorial director. Phil Lee has been writing for Rough Guides since the late 1980s - his other titles include Norway, Brussels, Mallorca, Menorca, Pacific Northwest and Canada.

Excerpt
Climate and when to go

Belgium enjoys a fairly standard temperate climate, with warm, if mild, summers and cold winters. Generally speaking, temperatures rise the further south you go, with Wallonia a couple of degrees warmer than Flanders for most of the year, though in the east this is offset by the more severe climate of continental Europe, and emphasized by the increase in altitude of the Ardennes. Luxembourg, too, has more extreme temperatures and harsher winters, often accompanied by snow. In both countries rain is always a possibility, and you can expect a greater degree of precipitation in the Ardennes and upland regions than on the northern plains.

As regards clothing, you should take heavy coats and gloves in winter, and lighter clothes and warm sweaters for the evening in summer. Some sort of rainwear is advisable all year round.