Start in Brussels, then spend two nights each in Ghent and Bruges before travelling to Antwerp on the final day. Add an Antwerp night for a longer visit.
Belgium · Published planning example
Open a day to read the plan and its spending notes.
Arrive in Brussels. Admire the illuminated Town Hall and baroque guildhalls on Grand Place. Try beef carbonnade flamande for dinner.
€100 for one whole private room, €45 for meals, €9 for local travel and €8 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €162.00
Take a suitable train to Gent-Sint-Pieters and include the journey from the station into the centre. After leaving bags, choose a castle time that fits. Adult Gravensteen admission is €15 before eligible reductions. End with a walk around Graslei rather than another rushed ticketed stop.
€100 for one whole private room, €45 for meals, €9 for local travel and €8 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €162.00
Choose the cathedral ticket for the visit you want. Some Altarpiece panels have photographic substitutes during restoration through spring 2027. CityCard Gent provides a €10 discount on the eligible Altarpiece visit, not free admission. Leave the rest of the day for Patershol, lunch and the canals.
€100 for one whole private room, €45 for meals, €9 for local travel and €8 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €162.00
Allow roughly 25 minutes on a suitable Ghent–Bruges train, then add the walk or bus into the centre. Choose the Belfry if the 366 steps suit you and a ticket is available. Leave time for lunch and a canal walk after storing bags.
€100 for one whole private room, €45 for meals, €9 for local travel and €8 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €162.00
Walk around Minnewater and the Sint-Anna streets, then choose one museum if you want an indoor visit. Sleep in Bruges again tonight. The move to Antwerp belongs to day six in this itinerary.
€100 for one whole private room, €45 for meals, €9 for local travel and €8 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €162.00
Take the booked train from Bruges to Antwerpen-Centraal and leave luggage somewhere suitable. Choose a short central walk or the Cathedral of Our Lady if its visitor hours fit. MAS is a separate local trip. Add an Antwerp night if you want time for both before travelling home.
No overnight stay; €45 for meals, €9 for local travel and €8 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €62.00
Start in Brussels, then spend two nights each in Ghent and Bruges before travelling to Antwerp on the final day. Add an Antwerp night for a longer visit. Match the main journeys to the room locations, then book the visits you most want. Keep arrival afternoons flexible.
Brussels · Ghent · Bruges · Antwerp. These guides explain local arrivals, admission choices and practical places to start.
The day figures add up to €872.00 for one traveller, before the extra costs listed below. The day notes show the stay, meals, local travel and small extras separately. A private-room allowance buys the whole room; divide that part only when sharing. A final day in these destinations has no overnight allowance. These are chosen spending plans, not measured averages or available room offers.
Add paid visits, day-trip transport, intercity tickets and airport journeys. Replace the stay line with your full booking cost, including taxes and cleaning. Do not add the city budget cards on top of these day amounts; they are an alternative way to plan the same spending.
Swipe to follow the full route.
Loading the map...
How to get from one stop to the next. Journey times are approximate; use the ticket and timetable links to choose a departure for your travel date.
Train · About 36 minutes
Buy the domestic ticket before boarding and check its date, route and class. Ordinary services do not require advance seat reservations. Use your travel date and eligibility for the current fare; the displayed range is an earlier planning estimate.
Compare this journeyTrain · About 22 minutes
Board a direct InterCity at Gent-Sint-Pieters for Brugge, the station name used for Bruges. The station is outside the medieval centre, so leave time to walk or take a local bus to your accommodation.
Train
Travel from Brugge to Antwerpen-Centraal. Direct InterCity services are available, and the SNCB planner also shows journeys with a change. Antwerp’s central station is a useful arrival point for walking into the city.
Base in Ghent and visit Bruges and Antwerp as easy 25-minute day trips to save hotel transfers.
Compare your room and daily spending choices in the cost calculator. Check each journey fare, including local transfers, and count tickets covered by a pass only once.
Change the days in each city, leave out stops, and update the estimate without changing the published itinerary.
