Brussels airport to Catalonia Forum

Hello good travellors,

looking for info on how to get from Brussels airport to the Catalonia Forum Hotel-using least expensive method of transit.

thanks all--also if anyone has ideas for inexpensive day trips from Brussels to Bruges/Antwerp and/or Ghent.

travelling in early October :-)

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It is near the %26quot;Ma Campagne%26quot; area, off Avenue Brugmann: ttp://www.hotels-belgium.com/

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As you can see from that map, Avenue Brugmann is served by the 92 tram, which I would suggest you catch at Louise, and get off at either the Ma Campagne or Darwin stop, see http://www.stib.be/appl/TimeTables/

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The easiest way to do that would be to take the airport train to Gare du Midi, which costs €2.90, then buy a STIB transport ticket from a machine or the metro station ticket office for €1.70 and take the metro (direction Simonis) to Louise, changing there to the 92 tram direction Fort Jaco; you put the ticket in the orange machine again on the tram just to mark the transit: total cost, €4.60

Admittedly this is not the least expensive method as it would be 60c cheaper to take the airport bus for €4 (buying ticket on the bus), which then includes all changes to STIB buses, trams, metro within the next 60 mins; but then you would have to get off the bus at Schuman, take the metro (direction Erasme/Roi Baudouin) to Parc, and the 92 tram from there.

Note: in case you compare this with previous information, STIB prices went up today.

Cheapest way of doing day trips to Brugge/Antwerp and/or Ghent is to do it yourself by train, especially at weekends when a return ticket costs about half of what it does during the week.

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thanks!g,

sounds complicated..would you recommend staying closer to city center? or is the Forum still a convenient hotel?

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If you don%26#39;t want to be travelling up and down from the centre by tram, look for a hotel near Gare centrale, then you can go there directly from the airport: Ibis %26quot;Off Grand%26#39; Place%26quot;, Novotel etc. are just a few minutes walk from there, look in the %26quot;Brussels Hotels%26quot; list on the left for comments on location.

Then it will only cost you the train fare, no additional bus, tram or metro.

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Thanks Gam!

getting close to my departure, as I have decided to stay at the forum, can you advise on the location of the nearest train statio for my daytrip adventures.

Much thanks!

M.

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