Lille, Reims, or Bruges
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Lille, Reims, or Bruges
Hi, I am planning a family trip and want to end up in northwestern France or Belgium to meet up with my sister and her family. I am looking for a place to stay for 2-3 days that will be fun to explore with 3 teenagers. We will be driving from Lyon (or there abouts), and will stay in an AirBnB or VRBO, and will have a car. At this point, my thinking is to find a place to stay in Lille, Reims, or Bruges, but would love your experienced suggestions. Thanks!
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Reims
The centre is old and even has a forum, Carnegie library and cathedral.
To the south are a series of rivers/canals with some good cycling/walking etc
Bruges, similar but smaller
Lille, some interesting museums but... nah even after a lot of recent investment
The centre is old and even has a forum, Carnegie library and cathedral.
To the south are a series of rivers/canals with some good cycling/walking etc
Bruges, similar but smaller
Lille, some interesting museums but... nah even after a lot of recent investment
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I presume you meant you wanted to end up in northeastern France, didn't you? You said northwest. It's hard to say without knowing what the kids would find interesting, you might consider Amiens also or Ghent. Bruges, after all, is up on the north coast.
I really liked Nancy in France, which is on a main route from Lyon. It really depends where you are going in Belgium, though, if you want to minimize being off track.
I really liked Nancy in France, which is on a main route from Lyon. It really depends where you are going in Belgium, though, if you want to minimize being off track.
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Any town east of the Paris meridian can be considered to be in the east,but it's true that Lille is only referred to as being in the north rather than northeast. The Grand-Est region covers northeast France.
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I suppose teenagers would find more appeal in Ghent over Bruges, being a university town, but in our opinion, holds little of the charm of Bruges. None of our six teenage grandchildren would be particularly interested in any above, but history ranks very low in their fields of study.
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Hi, I am planning a family trip and want to end up in northwestern France or Belgium to meet up with my sister and her family. I am looking for a place to stay for 2-3 days that will be fun to explore with 3 teenagers. We will be driving from Lyon (or there abouts), and will stay in an AirBnB or VRBO, and will have a car. At this point, my thinking is to find a place to stay in Lille, Reims, or Bruges, but would love your experienced suggestions. Thanks!
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