Beautiful Bruges and the Kerstbier festival

12th - 16th december

£845 PER PERSON. SINGLE ROOM SUPPLEMENT £452

(to be confirmed)

*asterisk indicates what is included in the price


Day One

Collection at 7am from Kew Gardens Underground and Overground station.

Crossing via *Eurotunnel we head straight to Bruges and check-in at the *Hotel Floris. After dropping off our bags we will make our way to the *Brouwerij De Halve Maan for a brewery tour and beer tasting in their cellars.


Day two

We will spend a day out near Kortrijk visiting *Brouwerij ‘t Verzet and *Brasserie de Ranke, stopping for lunch in between.


Day three

After breakfast we make our way to Essen, north of Antwerp where we will spend the day at the annual *Kerstbier festival. If you are a member of CAMRA please bring your card as you will receive a free beer token.


Day Four

On Sunday we take a leisurely drive to Vleteren to visit *De Struise Brouwers. After a quick lunch we then move on to Esen to visit *De Dolle Brouwers, home of the legendary Kerstbier Stille Nacht.


Day five

We’ll drive out to Watou and visit *Brouwerij St Bernardus where they produce my favourite Kerstbier before making our way back to the *Eurotunnel and our homeward journey to London.

 

 
Beautiful Bruges at Christmas

Beautiful Bruges at Christmas

Brouwerij ‘t Verzet

Brouwerij ‘t Verzet

Kerstbier festival, Essen

Kerstbier festival, Essen

De Dolle Brouwers, Esen

De Dolle Brouwers, Esen