🇧🇪 Bruges + Ghent: A Tale of Two Medieval Fairytales

🌉 Bruges: The Frozen-in-Time Canals 1️⃣ Belfry Tower → Markt Square Climb 366 steps for red-roof waves crashing against Our Lady’s spire. Pose with bronze statues below! 2️⃣ Beguinage → Minnewater Lake Step into 13th-century nuns’ serenity, then follow canals to swan-dotted “Lake of Love”. 3️⃣ Basilica of the Holy Blood → Burg Square Touch a Crusader-brought relic, then find Europe’s tiniest medieval gate (whispering 800 years of storms). 🏰 Ghent: Gothic Grandeur 1️⃣ St. Michael’s Bridge → Graslei Frame the "Three Towers": St. Nicholas’ jagged spire + Belfry’s flying buttresses + St. Bavo’s needle. 2️⃣ St. Bavo’s Cathedral → Gravensteen Castle Decode Van Eyck’s Mystic Lamb under candlelight, then storm the Crusader castle’s spiral staircases. 🚂 Seamless Transport Brussels → Bruges (1h) → Ghent (30min) → Brussels Trains every 20-30 mins—no reservations needed! #Belgium #Bruges #Ghent #MedievalDreams