Antwerp
If you can put up with poor ventilation, some broken fittings and a few mosquitoes, the Ash's 12-bunk dorms are Antwerp's cheapest by a long way. Staying…
Must-see hotels in Belgium
Wallonia
If you want to make a full day of it in Han-sur-Lesse, this 41-room hotel makes a good base. Rooms are comfortably furnished, and it has a decent…
Brussels
With a location right on the fabulous Grand Place, Le Quinze offers recently revamped, budget-boutique-hotel decor. Views from the front rooms are truly…
Bruges
Two remarkably eccentric guest rooms with private bathrooms are overloaded with religious trinkets and all manner of arty bits and pieces. The house has a…
Namur
On a peaceful stretch of river happily away from the busy road, this modernised HI hostel partly occupies the attractive red-brick mansion that was once a…
The Ardennes
Bouillon's main camping site is layered down a riverfront hillside around 1.5km west of town via the N810. Facilities are clean but very dated, with…
Ypres
If you're driving, this out-of-town mock-Tudor-styled hotel is a great choice. It has genuine WWI trenches in the gardens and is ideally located for the…
The Ardennes
The 15 rooms here above a pleasant, unpretentious Italian restaurant have en suite bathrooms (though many are tiny), and have been renovated sufficiently…
Antwerp
A small, simple but pleasantly sited campground with 80 pitches across the Scheldt River, near Sint-Anna ‘beach’ and De Molen open-air swimming pool.
Brussels
If your taste is for opulence rather than minimalism, this could be the place for you. Rooms are done out in deep rich colours and piled with carvings,…
Northeast Belgium
A stylish, personal, two-suite B&B with beautiful terraces, helpful hosts and clean-lined rooms. Breakfast is included, and dinners around the large…
Ghent
This simple campground is in a recreational park with a pretty pond that's perfect for swimming and aquatic sports. It's located about 4km west of Ghent's…
Northeast Belgium
A spick-and-span youth hostel whose breeze-block-walled rooms all have private bathrooms but a limited number of powerpoints. Bring your own towel and a…
Brussels
The lobby bar and pool-table verandah are unusually hip for a hostel, but rooms are less glamorous and, from some, reaching the toilets means crossing the…
Wallonia
A pleasant riverside hostel. Zigzag down from the square beside the tourist office, cross the park and it’s the orangey-red building directly across the…
Ghent
Unusually calm yet pretty central, this inviting hostel is in a revamped a high-ceilinged historical house with virginal white walls, spacious bunk rooms…
Ostend
This HI hostel is smart, modern and minimal, but the dorms, even with their vivid colours, lack that airy, bright feeling. But there's an elevator, no…
Ghent
Behind a pseudo-medieval facade facing a picturesque willow-lined central canal lies this recently thoroughly renovated and spotless (though slightly…
Wallonia
This boxy hotel has pleasant if fairly generic furnishings, but the welcome is friendly, it has in-room kettle and coffee, and parking is only €2 per day…
Northeast Belgium
A campsite on the eastern edge of Grimbergen, a short walk via footpaths from the Tommenmolen watermill-restaurant.
Ghent
This 1863 townhouse has attractive belle époque, art deco and art nouveau touches, a comfortable communal lounge area featuring maps, globes and an…
Bruges
The Lybeer once had plenty of tatty edginess to it, but has recently been tastefully renovated. It’s handily central in a typical Bruges terraced house…
Brussels
Look out at the Manneken Pis from the window of Room 5 in this neat, unsophisticated, six-room B&B-style ‘hotel’, accessed by steep spiral stairs from an…
Bruges
The amazing location, budget prices and warm welcome at this self-styled gallery and B&B make it a winner. The super-generous breakfast includes pancakes.
Ghent
Owned by an interior designer, this B&B – set in a 1900 townhouse overlooking a tree-lined canal – has a special atmosphere and two 'angel' rooms.
Brussels
Not the most stylish option in town, but it's cosy, quiet and very centrally located, and has welcoming hosts. A bargain for the area.
The Ardennes
A riverside camping ground with simple facilities, located around 800m north of Durbuy towards Warre.
Ypres
Three luminous, comfortable rooms that are scrupulously clean but not overly fashion-conscious.
Wallonia
Just below town by the river, this has grassy sites separated by hedges. You get free entry to a nearby outdoor pool.
Wallonia
Chimay’s cramped campground is central yet relatively peaceful. It's about 800m southwest of the historic centre.
