Benelux European Tour

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How would you like to visit Europe’s dream cities in a week? With Benelux Tours, it is possible to visit nearly 10 famous European cities in 5 countries you have dreamed of. We traveled to many cities, especially Paris, Amsterdam, Cologne, Luxembourg, Brussels and Bruges, in a short period of 1 week.

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Benelux Tour

The tour of the Benelux countries was a tour that passed quickly like everything beautiful, while leaving deep memories that embellish our dreams and will not be forgotten for the rest of our lives. Although it was tiring to participate in the standard and extra trips on the tour, adding new ones to the places we visited and saw took away this fatigue.

İçindekiler / Index

We share with you our impressions of the full-length Grand European Tour that covers 5 countries in total, namely Holland-Amsterdam, Belgium-Brussels, France-Paris, Germany-Cologne and Luxembourg.

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What you need to do before this trip, which highlights Europe’s historical cities and natural riches, was mentioned in detail in our article titled “Procedures to be Done Before Going to a Abroad“. You may also want to take a look at the “Must Have in Your Baggage on Your Air Travels” article.

You can find answers to your questions about telephone usage during travel abroad and abroad, line selection, mobile phone tariffs abroad, in our article titled “Telephone Usage Abroad“. In these articles, you will find the answers you are looking for about Passport and Visa procedures, flight tickets, tour-hotel reservations and how to prepare your luggage. We strongly recommend that you read it.

Şanzelize Caddesi — Champ Elysees Boulevard – Triumphal Arch

The Tour Begins

The tour company we bought Benelux European Tour had two tour options from Istanbul Atatürk Airport. We chose the THY flight package and after the necessary check-in procedures, Passport and Security checks were done 3 hours before the flight, we boarded the TK-1957 flight numbered Istanbul – Amsterdam at the gate number 209 and after about 3 and a half hours of flight, we set foot at Schiphol airport for 7 nights and 8 days. We have successfully completed the airline transportation, which is the first step of our tour.

Benelüks Avrupa Gezisi — Benelux Tour Before Flight Everything is ready.

After the luggage procedures of 39 people participating in the Benelux European Tour, we got on our tour bus waiting outside the terminal. As soon as we stepped out of Amsterdam Schipol Airport, we encountered a frigid weather. We did not feel cold thanks to the warning our tour guide made about the weather 1 day before departure. After meeting our Croatian bus captain Due, we moved to our seats on the bus. Since the tiny member of our group also joined the tour with us, we occupied the rear 5 seats.

uçak koltuk ekranı altitude bilgisi — ..and the plane takes off

Our tour bus wheel turned and we headed for Belgium. For now, let’s give brief information about all our sightseeing points. We will have detailed articles about each destination in our next articles.

The dancing houses of Amsterdam, the magnificent buildings and stone walls of Bruges, the long water channels of Paris, the Painters Hill (Montmartre) and of course the Eiffel Tower, the fabulous castles of Luxembourg, the meeting point of Germany-France and Luxembourg lands, in short Wondering what places you need to know and see about the Grand European Tour Benelux?

Day-I Brussels City Tour (Recap)

We reach Brussels city center after traveling approximately 200 km on A2 highway in the south direction towards Brussels, Belgium, which is our first stop after Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. In addition to panoramic tours with the tour bus, we continue to visit the locations in the tour plan by giving short-term photo breaks.

We start our Brussels tour with Heysel Stadium. The Atomium Statue, which was built with a scientific theme for the Expo-58 fair in 1958, is undoubtedly one of the first places to visit. When you go a little further south from the Old Brussels town square from the area where the Grand Palace, City Museum, Beer Museum, Chocolate Museum, Clothing Museum and Lace workshop are located. You will see masterpieces from the Louis era, the Belgian Parliament, the famous Royal Palace with its garden, the Chinese and Japanese Pavilions.

You will see Notre Damme Cathedral and next to it the sheltered stone building belonging to the Belgian Central Bank after a panoramic tour in the newly built area of Brussels (like 4-levent in Istanbul). We wrote a lot about Brussels and Belgium in our blog post called “Places to Visit in Brussels“. We guess you will read it with curiosity.

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Brüksel St.Michael Katedrali

Notre Dame dönemi Gotik tarzda Brüksel St. Michael Katedrali.

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Belçika Kraliyet Sarayı

Monarşi yönetim şekli ile yönetilen Belçika'nın Kraliyet Sarayı.

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Çin Pavyonu, Brüksel

Belçika' nın ünlü Çin ve Japon Sarayları

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Brüksel Japon Sarayları

Day – II Brussels, Bruges & Paris Journey (Summary)

After staying for 1 night in Brussels, we set off for the city of Bruges, the capital of the West Flandra Province of Belgium. Brugge, in the west of Belgium, takes you on a time journey that takes you away from the present and back centuries with works from the medieval age.

Water canals and gondolas, Public Market, the famous Market Square, Notre Dame Church, Bellfort Bell Church and Watchtower, Beer Museum are undoubtedly one of the places to visit. We have visited all of these places and we have given a large place for you in our Belgium Brugge article. Speaking of Brugge, we should not forget the famous fish soup, handmade chocolate and unique beer.

After our trip to Bruges, we set out to Paris and in the afternoon we reach Paris, the capital of France, more precisely of Love and Romanticism. After seeing the panoramic city tour, Napoleon Memorial Tomb, Concorde Square, Champs Elysees (Champs Elysees) and the glittering Eiffel tower at 22:00 at night, we move on to our hotel in Paris d’Orleans district. We shared the details of the first day we spent in Paris in our article titled The Most Popular Places to Visit in Paris.

Symbols You Will See in the Benelux European Tour and Their Meanings:
On the historical monuments you will see during the Benelux Grand European Tour;

“LL” Double L Symbol Historical Artifacts

The double “L” symbol leaning back to back is the symbol of that work II. It shows that it was made during the Louis era.

“NN” Double N Symbols of Historical Artifacts

If you see two “N” symbols back to back, that work’s II. It means that it was made in the Napoleonic era.

Historical Artifacts with the “RF” Symbol

The “RF” symbol you will see occasionally indicates that the work was built in the Republic period.

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Bruj Su Kanalları

Bruj kentinde bir dönem ulaşım ve taşımacılık amacıyla kullanılan Tarihi Su Kanalları bugün turistik gezi turları için kullanılıyor.

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Brugge Su Kanalları

Brüj Su Kanalları

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De Burg Square, Brugge

Belediye Binasının hemen önünde bulunan ve birçok tarihi olaya şahitlik etmiş De Burg Meydanı.

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Brugge Su Kanalları

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Bruj Aziz John Hastanesi

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Çan Kulesi, Bruj

Bir orta çağ şehri olan Bruj' un en yüksek tarihi yapıtı olan Çan Kulesi veya diğer adı ile Gözetleme Kulesi.

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Paris Concorde Meydanı ve Dikilitaş

Paris Concorde Meydanı, Place De LA Concorde.

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Paris Zafer Takı ve Şanzelize Bulvarı Gece Manzarası

Paris Zafer Takı ve Şanzelize Bulvarı Gece Manzarası kesinlikle görmeye değer.

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Eiffel Kulesi Gece Manzarası

Eyfel Kulesi Gece Işık Gösterisi

Day III Paris Masterpieces and the Eiffel Tower (Recap)

We left the hotel we were staying in Paris d’Orleans zone and set off with our tour bus in the early hours for the Eiffel Tower and Paris Canal tour. After a short journey, we came to the Eiffel Tower. We could only reach the tower, which was covered with a glass cage, after 2 security calls. We took the elevator to the 2nd floor and from there we had the opportunity to see all parts of Paris.

Then we moved towards Montmartre hill, the only hill of Paris. We went up the hill with the Finicular and the Sacre Coeur Church greeted us first. After passing the prison and the basilicas, we came to the painters’ place in the wooded area between the restaurants. You can eat fish soup, onion soup and mussels at the restaurants here, and you can have waffles or pancakes for dessert.

Our third stop was the Benlux Shopping Centre and the area where the Paris Masterpieces are located. After our trip here, we took a canal tour on the Paris Seine River for about 1 hour. After the canal tour, our last stop was Paris Notre Dame Church. From here we returned to our hotel by tour bus. You can read the rest of our article on the Most Popular Places to Visit in Paris.

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eiffel-kulesi-sen-nehri

Eyfel Kulesinin İkinci Katından Dürbün ile Paris cadde ve sokaklarını izlemek harika bir duygu.

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paris-eyfel-kulesi

Eyfel Kulesinin önündeki yeşil alandan Eyfel Tower manzarası.

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Paris Ulusal Deniz Müzesi

Paris Ulusal Deniz Müzesinin Eyfel Kulesi üzerinden görünüşü.

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Paris Cadde ve Sokakları

Paris Cadde ve Sokaklarında Haussmann imzasını görülmektedir.

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Ressamlar Tepesi

Ressamlar Tepesi resim yapan sanatkar.

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Paris Sacre Coeur Bazilikası

Paris Sacre Coeur Bazilikası, Ressamlar tepesi yani Montmartre bölgesinde bulunan ve her yıl yaklaşık 10 milyon turistin ziyaret ettiği hristiyanlar için önemli bir ibadethane.

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Paris Sacre Coeur Bazilikası

Paris Sacre Coeur Bazilikası içerisinde Baba oğul kutsal ruh resmedilmiştir.

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Paris Notre Dame Katedrali

Paris Notre Dame Katedrali 2019 da çıkan talihsiz bir yangın sonucu büyük hasar görmüştür.

Day – IV Paris Eiffel Tower and Louvre Museum (Abstract)

La Tour Eiffel

We are on the 3rd day of our 4th stop in Paris of our tour. This day is a free day, meaning we can freely go wherever we want. We did not enjoy it yesterday in the Eiffel Tower due to rain and weather. For this reason, we asked our tour guide and he told us on the map how to get to the Eiffel Tower from our hotel by metro. We found it like we put it with our hands, without getting lost. I say without getting lost because there are exactly 14 subway and suburban lines in Paris.

We got off at the “Bir Hekim” stop closest to the Eiffel Tower and went towards the area where the tower was located. In the space in front of the tower, we took the famous “holding eiffel” photographs on the grass. Frankly, it was not as easy as it seems, it pushed me a little.

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Paris Metro İstasyonu

Paris metro ağı dünyanın en eski ve en yaygın metro hatlarından biridir.

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Eyfel Kulesi Manzarası

Eyfel Kulesini el ile tutar gibi öz çekim fotoğrafları çekmek için en uygun yer burası.

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Ulusal Deniz Müzesi Eyfel Kulesi MAnzarası

ulusal Deniz Müzesi önünden havuzlu Eyfel Kulesi manzarası.

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Deniz Müzesi Havuzu

Deniz Müzesi Havuzunu farklı bir açıdan gören Paris manzara fotoğrafı.

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Deniz Müzesinden Eyfel' e Bakış

Ulusal Deniz Müzesinin balkon kısmından Eyfel manzarası.

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Paris' te Gün Batımı

Bir gün daha biterken Paris' te Sen Nehri üzerine düşüyor güneşin son ışıkları.

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Paris Metro İç Kısmı

Paris metrosunun iç kısımları bizdekilere kıyasla biraz dar. Ancak seferler sık olduğu için yığılma olmuyor.

Louvre Museum

We passed the Pont Dlena bridge in the northwest of the Eiffel tower to the National Maritime Museum. After getting enough of the view of Eifel from the Maritime Museum, we took the metro and set off towards the Louvre Museum.

The Louvre Museum is what most people know as the “Louvre Pyramid” or “Glass Pyramid“. Unfortunately, the day we visited, we found out that the Museum was closed and we had to settle for external shots.

Louvre Müzesi - Cam Piramit — Louvre Müzesi – Cam Piramit

After leaving the Louvre museum, we walked to the area where Notre Dame church is located, and we ended the Paris part of our tour by returning to our hotel with the help of the metro. For this day, we have made a note in our notes as “the day we are most tired“.

Day – V Luxembourg City Tour and Remich Schengen Trip (Summary)

Luxembourg

Our Luxembourg trip started in the early morning. Although he greeted us with the heavy rain, he saw us off with its sunny scenery. Be sure to check out our article “Preparations Before Going to Luxembourg“. For Luxembourg, which is located between Germany-France-Belgium, we can say that the most interesting feature is the Money Box of the European Union.

Luxembourg is in the capital city of Luxembourg. It would not be wrong to say Switzerland of the EU. Because there are exactly 141 Banks. Yes, you did not hear it wrong, it does not have a Bank Branch, it has 141 independent banks.

Lüksemburg Kent Meydanı — Lüksemburg City Center

We saw the castles told in fairy tales in our childhood. The most magnificent of these castles, whose dome parts have pointed towers, is home to a famous bank. In addition to the fabulous castles, we saw historical bridges in the arch structure built on the valley where the deep Alzette River, which you can rarely find in Europe.

Historically, Luxembourg was not ruled by a King or Emperor, but by the Duchy. He appointed the Duke as King of Belgium. The Duchy system continues today, albeit symbolically, but the country is governed by the Parliamentary System.

Let’s count the important works of Luxembourg and leave the details to our article called “Places to Visit in Luxembourg“. Major attractions in Luxembourg; The Duke’s Palace, the City Museum, Notre Damme Cathedral, Passerelle Bridge, Pont Adolph Bridge and just after the National Bank Museum, Constitutional Court Building, Petrusse Valley, Luxembourg Train Station.

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Lüksemburg Notre Dam Katedrali

Lüksemburg'da bulunan Gotik Mimarı Eserlerden Notre Dam Katedrali

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Lüksemburg Dükün Sarayı

Lüksemburg Devlet Sisteminin bir parçası olan Dükalık ile yönetilmektedir. Dükün Sarayını Görmektesiniz. Lüksemburg Dükünün Eşi Düşes hanımefendi yönetimde söz sahibidir.

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Lüksemburg Pont Adolf Köprüsü

Pont Adolf Köprüsü Lüksemburg' un simge tarihi yapıtlarından biridir.

Remich-Schengen

After saying goodbye to Luxembourg, we continued towards Remich-Schengen zone. As the name suggests, Remich-Schengen is where the Schengen Border Agreement is made. You can be in the Remich-Schengen area within 20 minutes on the territory of 3 countries. In a pedestrian way. The places you will see here are the Schengen 3 Star Monument, the Schengen Member Countries Monument, the imutation boat that the Schengen Agreement was signed, the European Museum, the Eiffel tower miniature, the Moselle River that draws the border between Germany and Luxembourg and Remich Shopping Stores where you can shop very cheaply and with almost zero tax.

You can follow the details about our Remich-Schengen trip in our blog post “Remich-Schengen Attractions“. From here, we move to the hotel where we will stay in Luxembourg.