Bruges, UNESCO World Heritage Site

With the city center closed off to cars, all the stunning beauty and culture of this unforgettable city can be easily explored on foot, by boat ride along quiet canals, or by horse-drawn carriage over cobblestone streets. Although Bruges is a small city, it will easily take more than one day to explore all of its architectural and artistic treasures, folklore, chocolate shops, lace boutiques, and local restaurants.

The historic center of Bruges is on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites and is teeming with places of interest. Bruges is so magical that it's akin to a film set. This seems appropriate given that the 2008 film ‘In Bruges’ was filmed on location in the city. This film, starring Ralph Fiennes and Colin Farrell, features two hit men holing up in the city after a difficult job. While the film's characters used rather 'colorful' language to describe Bruges, the filmmakers were considerably more gentile. "On visiting Bruges, you could see that it would be an additional character in the story; the city had such a heightened atmosphere and it's so picturesque, whichever way you pointed a camera it was going to look extraordinary." Producer Graham Broadbent