Things to do around Ypres
By Mike North, Evening Standard
Last updated at 16:37 05 November 2003
Holts Tours (0800 731 1914, www.holts.co.uk) offers an Armistice in Ypres trip (8-11 November), £425pp for three nights half-board in a threestar hotel, with return ferry/coach crossing.
Bridge Travel (Tel: 0870 191 7270; www.bridge-travel.co.uk) has a Flanders Fields daytrip for £33pp, departing Bruges by coach. Info on grave locations, see www.cwgc.org
Hotel Recour (Tel: 0032 5733 5725, www.pegasusrecour.be) in Poperinge, 10km from Ypres, is an 18th century herenhuis, combining country-house charm with Continental chic. Eight stylish suites, enchanting herb-filled terrace with superb French Med cuisine. Two nights from E260 pp; dinner from E55.
The region around Ypres is flat enough to explore by bike. Daily cycle hire from E5 (Leopold III, laan 16, Tel: 0032 57 21 72 82). Cycling Routes brochure available at www.westtoer.be
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