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This was one of the best trips I've taken recently.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, Australia, September 2006
It was so beautiful and so interesting, but I think that it is too much to do both Ghent and Bruges in one day. Given the choice, I would definitely spend the entire day in Bruges!
Reviewed by: Kathryn B, United States of America, August 2006
Our tour guide was a little odd, but the places were fantastic.
Reviewed by: Marc W, United States of America, August 2006
It was a great pity we did not spend much time in Bruges, we had absolutely no free time and were allowed to visit one church only. Then we were taken to some chocolate shop which was definitely not the best and then an overpriced restaurant. We got one hour free in Ghent, and it was not enough to see the beauty of the city. But there were also some nice points - the guide was nice and helpful, the boat trip in Bruges was great and we saw all from Bruges in rush.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, Ireland, May 2009
Great places to visit, but not enough free time in Bruges whereas we were cut loose in Ghent with nothing to do or see except trudge from church to church, which at the end of the day was too tiring.
Reviewed by: Susan R, United States of America, April 2009
While the cities are beautiful, our guide was too busy taking cigarette breaks to spend much "quality time" with us. My guess is that he was chosen because he could speak in three different languages. So the explanations of the various sites were very short. We had a few hours to check out Bruges on our own, but our guide did not even stop by the tourist office to get us a map of the town. We were truly on our own. I had high expectations for this tour but was very disappointed.
Reviewed by: Chris E, United States of America, June 2008
Driver & bus were fine. The courier was awful. Certainly not suitable for dealing with the over 65 age group.
Reviewed by: Tony O, Ireland, April 2008
It was a good tour, however we should be given more than 45 minutes to see Ghent. That is not even adequate time to thoroughly see the St. Baaf Cathedral. The time was not well managed with 45 minutes in Ghent and about 6 hours in Bruges.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United States of America, March 2008
Bruges was definitely more enjoyable than Ghent. It would have helped to see the castle in Ghent as opposed to just driving by it. The guide, though knowledgeable, could have been more friendly and helpful.
Reviewed by: Nitu V, India, January 2008
In the best of situations, it would be difficult to see both Ghent and Bruges in a single day, but this tour did about as good a job as could be expected. The only shortcoming was that the guide had to present in three languages so that information was somewhat limited per language.
Reviewed by: Robert B, United States of America, April 2007
Ghent was OK, but loved Bruges. Half day was not enough for Bruges, but our guide was not that great. His English was hard to understand plus he was not efficient in handling the group, otherwise we enjoyed the trip.
Reviewed by: Anuraj K, United Kingdom, April 2007
The tour bus was comfortable and our guide was very nice. But I was expecting to be able to wander around Bruges and Ghent more. She took us to a restaurant and chocolate shop that she picked out.
Reviewed by: Kimberly C, United States of America, October 2006
It was very disagreeable to eat and buy where the guide told us to do so, not giving us the time and opportunity to decide for ourselves. The guide had to give his explanations in 4 or 5 languages because although we paid for an English or Spanish tour, there were people who only spoke French, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish or English in the same tour. The explanation was very poor and brief.
Reviewed by: Luis P, Mexico, June 2008
We had a bad experience with the tour leader.
Reviewed by: Prapatsorn N, Thailand, June 2007
