Do You Need an Excursion in the Port of Zeebrugge, Belgium? 

If you ever have a chance to go, it's a must do visit!

We were in Zeebrugge again just a couple months ago and we went to Ghent this time. We really do feel like this is one of those ports that it's easiest to do a cruise line excursion if you want to go to either Brugge or Ghent.

We're heading back there this fall. We absolutely love Brugge, but I think this time, we're going to head to Ghent and then we can do a comparison video between these two beautiful cities!

The port has lovely beaches, but not much retail/restaurants. The city of Brugge is really special. We will be heading back this fall too! We are going to go to Ghent this time so that we can really make a comparison between Brugge and Ghent. In Amsterdam, if you have time, make a reservation (at least a few months in advance!) at Den Silveren Spiegel. It is one of my favorite restaurants - in the world. It combines history, culinary perfection, and family style hospitality. We did a quick overview of Amsterdam if this is at all helpful to your planning. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-r_Sj1nvE0esW.htmle also did a video on Cherbourg. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ExvkA8YlQGc.html

The video was good or the port was good?? I hope both were great!!

This one should be on your must visit list!

That’s a great time of year - fewer crowds. But bring a jacket, it may be cooler. Enjoy!!

I'm so glad this was helpful. It isn't a huge city, but it will feel bigger if you're having to lug suitcases around it. We're heading back this fall. This really is one of those cities you'll be SO GLAD you're going to get to spend some time in. You'll love it at night - I hope you're there with someone you love or are ready to go and fall in love. It really is romantic.

We certainly didn’t mean to be deceptive. Zeebrugge does have a beach, but not as much retail and restaurant activity. People from surrounding cities will go there for the beach. Many cruise lines advertise Zeebrugge as the port for Bruges and we wanted to help travellers understand that it might, in fact, be easier to take a ship’s shore excursion rather than trying to manage transportation on your own. We don’t generally do the ship excursions, but we found that in this port it was easier, much more time efficient and not a lot more expensive. But if you’re staying in port, you’ll still need to arrange to get transportation out of the industrial port and to the beach.

We’re so glad it was helpful. We’ll be back in Zeebrugge next month and will make our way to Ghent this time. So watch for that as an option. Ps - this was one of our very first videos. We’d like to think we’ve gotten a lot better since then!😝😂

@@welltravelledlife I look forward to seeing the Ghent option! Thanks again for making these, and I'll be sure to check out others on your channel.

@@susandiekmann We did go to Ghent (and loved it!). We've got a whole series on the UK we're going to do before we make our Ghent video, but we would give the same general advice as we did for Brugge. It is probably easiest to book a ship excursion for either city. Ghent also offers boat tours which are a great way to see the city and get all the insider information at the same time.

@@welltravelledlife thank you!!

which did you prefer between brugge and ghent?

Yes! You are so right about that. We haven't been to a city or town in Belgium that we haven't enjoyed. And there really is such diversity in that small country. We love Antwerp, but it has such a different vibe from Bruges. And we thing Bruges feels quite different from Ghent - yet they're so close.

You're right. I'll have to improve my cruise vocabulary!! Thanks so much!!