What’s New in Belgium, Holland & Luxembourg.

1 The Best of Belgium, Holland & Luxembourg.

1 The Best Travel Experiences.

2 The Best Castles & Stately Homes.

3 The Best Museums.

4 The Best Cathedrals & Churches.

5 The Best Offbeat Trips.

6 The Best Outdoor Activities.

7 The Best Romantic Getaways.

8 The Best Deluxe Hotels.

9 The Best Moderately Priced Hotels.

10 The Best Restaurants.

11 The Best Cafes & Bars.

12 The Best Shopping.

2 Planning Your Trip to Belgium, Holland & Luxembourg.

1 The Countries in Brief.

2 Visitor Information.

Destination Belgium, Holland & Luxembourg: Pre-Departure Checklist.

3 Entry Requirements & Customs.

How to Get a Passport.

4 Money.

The Euro, the U.S. Dollar & the British Pound.

5 Travel Insurance.

6 Health & Safety.

7 Specialized Travel Resources.

8 Planning Your Trip Online.

Frommers.com: The Complete Travel Resource.

9 The 21st-Century Traveler.

Online Traveler’s Toolbox.

10 Getting There.

Getting Through the Airport.

11 Packages for the Independent Traveler.

Ask Before You Go.

12 Escorted General-Interest Tours.

13 Getting Around Belgium, Holland & Luxembourg.

14 Tips on Accommodations.

3 Suggested Benelux Itineraries.

1 Belgium & Holland in 1 Week.

2 Belgium, Holland & Luxembourg in 2 Weeks.

3 Belgium, Holland & Luxembourg for Families.

4 A Nature Lover’s Tour.

5 A Military Buff’s Tour of the Benelux.

 4 Planning Your Trip to Belgium.

1 The Regions in Brief.

2 Visitor Information.

3 When to Go.

Belgium Calendar of Events.

4 Getting Around.

Driven Crazy.

Fast Facts: Belgium.

5 Brussels.

1 Orientation.

Neighborhoods in Brief.

2 Getting Around.

Fast Facts: Brussels.

3 Where to Stay.

4 Where to Dine.

5 Seeing the Sights.

6 Sports & Recreation.

7 Shopping.

Belgian Specialties: Chocolate & More.

8 Brussels After Dark.

Puppet Shows: A Belgian Passion.

9 Side Trips from Brussels.

6 Bruges.

1 Orientation.

2 Getting Around.

Fast Facts: Bruges.

3 Where to Stay.

4 Where to Dine.

5 Seeing the Sights.

Tranquil Escapes.

Folklore Events in Bruges.

6 Shopping.

7 Bruges After Dark.

8 A Side Trip to Damme.

7 Ghent & Antwerp.

1 Ghent.

2 Antwerp.

The Diamond Trade.

8 The Belgian Coast & Ypres.

1 Ostend.

2 Knokke-Heist.

A Great (Small) Nature Reserve.

3 Oostduinkerke.

4 De Panne.

5 Ypres.

A Great Theme Park.

 9 Liège, the Meuse River & Hainaut.

1 Liège.

The Belgian Rome.

A Unique Château.

2 Huy.

3 Namur.

4 Dinant.

Sax Appeal.

5 Mons.

6 Tournai .

 10 The Ardennes.

1 Bouillon.

2 Bastogne & Han-sur-Lesse.

The Battle of the Bulge.

3 Durbuy.

Skiing the Ardennes.

4 Spa.

5 The Amblève Valley.

6 The Ostkantone.

Hautes Fagnes: A Great National Park.

11 Planning Your Trip to Holland.

1 The Regions in Brief.

2 Visitor Information.

3 When to Go.

Holland Calendar of Events.

4 Getting Around.

Fast Facts: Holland.

12 Amsterdam.

1 Orientation.

Neighborhoods in Brief.

2 Getting Around.

Bicycling in Amsterdam.

Fast Facts: Amsterdam.

3 Where to Stay.

Family-Friendly Hotels.

4 Where to Dine.

Secrets of the Rijsttafel.

5 Seeing the Sights.

Your Passport to Amsterdam.

6 Sports & Recreation.

7 Shopping.

The Lowdown on Delftware.

8 Amsterdam After Dark.

Smoking Coffeeshops.

13 Haarlem & Noord-Holland.

1 Haarlem.

Canalboat Trips.

2 Zandvoort.

3 The Western IJsselmeer Shore.

By the Side of the Zuiderzee.

4 The Zaanstreek.

Windmill Ways.

5 Tulips & Cheese.

6 Den Helder & Texel.

7 Castle Country.

An American Life.

14 The Hague, Rotterdam & Zuid-Holland.

1 The Hague.

2 Scheveningen.

3 Rotterdam.

Grand Harbor.

Windmills of Kinderdijk.

4 Delft.

5 Gouda.

6 Leiden.

Walking in Fathers’ Footsteps.

15 Friesland, Groningen & Drenthe.

1 Leeuwarden (Ljouwert).

2 The Eastern IJsselmeer Shore.

3 Sneek.

4 The Waddenzee Coast.

5 The Wadden Islands.

Walking on Water.

6 Groningen.

Canal Tours.

7 Exploring Around Groningen.

8 Assen.

A Moving Side Trip from Assen.

9 Emmen.

Stone Age Giants.

Vincent’s Vision of Drenthe.

16 Utrecht, Gelderland, Overijssel & Flevoland. 

1 Utrecht.

2 Amersfoort.

3 Apeldoorn.

4 Arnhem.

A Bridge Too Far.

5 Nijmegen.

6 The Hanseatic Towns.

7 Lelystad & the Noordoostpolder.

17 Zeeland, Noord-Brabant & Limburg.

1 Zierikzee.

2 Middelburg.

Mussel-Bound.

3 Bergen op Zoom.

4 Breda.

The Biesbosch National Park.

5 Den Bosch.

6 Eindhoven.

7 Maastricht.

Maastricht Carnival Capers.

8 Valkenburg.

18 Planning a Trip to Luxembourg.

1 Visitor Information.

2 When to Go.

Luxembourg Calendar of Events.

3 Special-Interest Vacations.

4 Getting Around.

Fast Facts: Luxembourg.

19 Luxembourg.

1 Luxembourg City.

Fast Facts: Luxembourg City.

A Visit to the U.S. Military Cemetery.

Touring the Valley of the Seven Castles.

2 The Luxembourg Ardennes.

Luxembourg’s Great Outdoors.

3 The Moselle Valley.

Appendix A: Getting to Know Belgium.

1 Belgium Today.

Famous, That’s All.

2 History 101.

Dateline.

3 Great Belgian Artists.

4 A Taste of Belgium.

Appendix B: Getting to Know Holland.

1 Holland Today.

2 History 101.

Dateline.

3 The (Un)Natural Environment.

4 Great Dutch Artists.

5 A Taste of Holland.

Appendix C: Getting to Know Luxembourg.

1 Luxembourg Today.

2 History 101.

Dateline.

The Mysterious Maiden Mélusine.

3 A Taste of Luxembourg.

Index.

General Index.

Accommodations Index.

Restaurant Index.