# A night for two in Bruges, with a canal-side hotel and a long dinner, an hour from Brussels A boat along the canals, the Minnewater at dusk, a tasting menu at Bruut, a night in a half-timbered house over the water and the empty city first thing in the morning. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/bruges/itineraries/one-night-for-couples-from-brussels · Revisado: 2026-11-13 Dónde: Bruges By day, Bruges belongs to the groups. At night, when the coaches and day-trippers have gone, the canals are left lit up and silent, and at eight in the morning the Rozenhoedkaai is all yours. That is the reason for a couple to stay the night here: nothing more special is needed than being inside the city when everyone else leaves. This plan adds a hotel with rooms looking onto the water and a long dinner, the celebrating kind. ## What does it cost? WhatHow muchNote Boat along the canals€1530 minutes, pay at the landing stage Dinner at Bruut€145Nine-dish menu, without drinks Belfry€15–16With a booked slot Bourgogne des Flandres€16Tour with one beer Relais Bourgondisch CruyceDepends on dateAsk for a room with a canal view ## Where to stay? The Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce is the half-timbered house that appears in every photo of the meeting of the canals, by the Rozenhoedkaai. It has sixteen individually decorated rooms; the ones that make the break worthwhile are the Canal view and Superior canal view categories, with the water right in front. Breakfast is served in a lounge that also overlooks the canal. If you'd rather have a garden and private sauna than water, the Hotel Jan Brito, in a 16th-century house 500 metres from the Markt, includes an hour of sauna per stay. ## Where to have dinner? Bruut is the dinner of the trip: a historic house on Meestraat, overlooking the canals, and a nine-dish surprise menu for €145 that changes with the seasons. It is only open Monday to Friday and asks for a deposit when you book. If your night falls at the weekend, De Vlaamsche Pot serves home-style Flemish cooking in a small dining room, over-14s only, on Saturday and Sunday from 12:00; and Cambrinus serves dinner until 22:00 every day. ## What if it rains? The boat depends on the weather. If it isn't running, spend the afternoon at Choco-Story, on Sint-Jansplein, an hour and a half with a demonstration and tasting, or bring the brewery forward to the first day. The night walk copes well with drizzle: with the ground wet, the reflections in the canals are even better. ## El plan ### Day 1 · 10:00 · Train to Bruges An hour from Brussels. Drop your bag at the Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce, on Wollestraat, three minutes from the Markt. ### Day 1 · 11:30 · The Burg and the Holy Blood The loveliest square in Bruges and the chapel of the relic, free. ### Day 1 · 12:30 · Lunch at Cambrinus Flemish food and beer by the Markt, no booking on weekdays. ### Day 1 · 14:30 · Boat along the canals Half an hour from the Rozenhoedkaai, right in front of the hotel. ### Day 1 · 16:30 · The béguinage and the Minnewater The lake of love in the low afternoon light and the béguinage already silent. ### Day 1 · 19:00 · Dinner at Bruut Nine dishes of modern Flemish cooking in a house on the Meestraat canal. Book ahead. ### Day 1 · 21:30 · The canals at night From the Groenerei to the Rozenhoedkaai and Wollestraat, with the bridges lit up and almost no one around. ### Day 2 · 09:00 · The belfry first thing With the opening slot, before the queues: 366 steps and the city at your feet. ### Day 2 · 10:30 · Sint-Anna and the windmills The locals' Bruges, along the eastern ramparts. ### Day 2 · 12:30 · Pralines at The Chocolate Line A box to take home from Dominique Persoone's shop. ### Day 2 · 14:00 · A beer over the canal The Bourgogne des Flandres tour ends on its waterside terrace. Afterwards, the train to Brussels. ## Un consejo más When booking, ask for the canal-view room in writing: at the Relais it is what makes the stay, and with the flexible rate you can cancel free of charge up to seven days before. ## Cuándo no ir Coming on a Saturday without sorting dinner: Bruut is closed at weekends and the good tables in Bruges fill up. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### What to do in Bruges as a couple? The boat along the canals, the Minnewater at sunset, a long dinner and the night walk along the Rozenhoedkaai, and the belfry first thing the next day. ### Which romantic hotel is there in Bruges? The Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce, with rooms over the canal, or the Hotel Jan Brito, with a Renaissance garden and private sauna. ### Which day is best for the break? A night from Monday to Thursday: Bruut is open and on weekdays there are fewer visitors than on Saturday. ## Dónde dormir if you're flying - **Hotel Jan Brito**: A restored 16th-century mansion on a quiet street inside the city walls, about 500 metres from the Markt and a few minutes from the Rozenhoedkaai. It is an official four-star hotel with a Renaissance garden hidden behind it. The rooms and the house Classic standard rooms in the main building, junior suites with period details and a duplex suite opening directly onto the garden. Breakfast, hot and cold, is served in the old library. Each stay includes an hour of private sauna and hammam, by booking. There is a gym, bikes for hire, a locked bike garage and a 24-hour reception. If you come by car The hotel is outside the restricted traffic zone, which makes it easier to reach. It has private parking 250 metres away, for 25 € per 24 hours, by booking and with entry via a car lift. Go to reception first. With a dog Dogs and cats are accepted on request, at 20 € per animal per night and up to two per room depending on the category. - **Snuffel Youth Hostel**: Snuffel is a youth hostel on the Ezelstraat, north-west of the centre, about ten minutes' walk from the Markt. It is also a neighbourhood bar: young people from Bruges come for a drink on its terrace in summer and for the gigs, talks and stand-up on the calendar, almost all free. The rooms Private doubles, with or without bathroom, and rooms with four, six and eight beds. It takes groups of up to 120 people. Getting there From the station, the bus to the centre and ten minutes on foot, or twenty-five minutes' walk. By car, Bruges restricts traffic in the centre: leave the car at the station car park. - **Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce**: The Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce occupies one of the most photographed houses in Bruges: the half-timbered façade leaning over the water where two canals meet, next to the Rozenhoedkaai and three minutes from the Markt. It has just sixteen rooms, each decorated in its own way, with antique furniture and works inspired by painters such as Botero, Chagall and Klimt. Which room to ask for The ones facing the canal head-on are the ones that make the trip: they are called "Canal view" and "Superior canal view". The rest overlook the front courtyard or are small with a bathtub, quieter and cheaper. All have air conditioning, Vispring beds, wifi, and coffee and tea brought up to the room free of charge. Breakfast is served in a lounge overlooking the canal, among Persian rugs and tapestries. Getting there and parking It is on Wollestraat, inside the pedestrianised centre. If you come by car, the hotel has a locked garage 150 metres away, at €30 a night, with a charging point; it must be booked in advance. Reception is open day and night and stores luggage. Before booking With the flexible rate, you can cancel or change free of charge up to seven days before, always by email; within that week the full stay is charged. The non-refundable rate is charged on booking and cannot be changed. ## Dónde dormir without a car - **Hotel Jan Brito**: A restored 16th-century mansion on a quiet street inside the city walls, about 500 metres from the Markt and a few minutes from the Rozenhoedkaai. It is an official four-star hotel with a Renaissance garden hidden behind it. The rooms and the house Classic standard rooms in the main building, junior suites with period details and a duplex suite opening directly onto the garden. Breakfast, hot and cold, is served in the old library. Each stay includes an hour of private sauna and hammam, by booking. There is a gym, bikes for hire, a locked bike garage and a 24-hour reception. If you come by car The hotel is outside the restricted traffic zone, which makes it easier to reach. It has private parking 250 metres away, for 25 € per 24 hours, by booking and with entry via a car lift. Go to reception first. With a dog Dogs and cats are accepted on request, at 20 € per animal per night and up to two per room depending on the category. - **Snuffel Youth Hostel**: Snuffel is a youth hostel on the Ezelstraat, north-west of the centre, about ten minutes' walk from the Markt. It is also a neighbourhood bar: young people from Bruges come for a drink on its terrace in summer and for the gigs, talks and stand-up on the calendar, almost all free. The rooms Private doubles, with or without bathroom, and rooms with four, six and eight beds. It takes groups of up to 120 people. Getting there From the station, the bus to the centre and ten minutes on foot, or twenty-five minutes' walk. By car, Bruges restricts traffic in the centre: leave the car at the station car park. - **Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce**: The Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce occupies one of the most photographed houses in Bruges: the half-timbered façade leaning over the water where two canals meet, next to the Rozenhoedkaai and three minutes from the Markt. It has just sixteen rooms, each decorated in its own way, with antique furniture and works inspired by painters such as Botero, Chagall and Klimt. Which room to ask for The ones facing the canal head-on are the ones that make the trip: they are called "Canal view" and "Superior canal view". The rest overlook the front courtyard or are small with a bathtub, quieter and cheaper. All have air conditioning, Vispring beds, wifi, and coffee and tea brought up to the room free of charge. Breakfast is served in a lounge overlooking the canal, among Persian rugs and tapestries. Getting there and parking It is on Wollestraat, inside the pedestrianised centre. If you come by car, the hotel has a locked garage 150 metres away, at €30 a night, with a charging point; it must be booked in advance. Reception is open day and night and stores luggage. Before booking With the flexible rate, you can cancel or change free of charge up to seven days before, always by email; within that week the full stay is charged. The non-refundable rate is charged on booking and cannot be changed.