2 Best Sights in Belgium

Antwerp's zoo houses its residents in style. Giraffes, ostriches, and African antelopes inhabit an Egyptian temple and a thriving Congolese okapi family grazes around a Moorish temple. In part, this reflects the public's taste when the zoo was created 170 years ago. Today, animals are allowed maximum space, and much research is devoted to endangered species. The zoo also has sea lions, an aquarium, and a house for nocturnal animals.

Probably the biggest reason Belgians come to this part of Wallonia is to visit the huge safari park in the grounds of a former Cistercian abbey. Look out for its botanical garden and some 7,000 animals spread over 160 acres, with everything from fish pedicures and ice-skating to the largest Chinese-style garden in Europe to keep families entertained.