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Arrival, information and accommodation
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Bruges'
train station
is twenty minutes' walk or a short bus ride southwest of the town centre. There is a
hotel booking
service, operated by the tourist office, just outside the station (April-Sept Mon-Sat 10.30am-1.15pm & 2-6.30pm; Oct-March Mon-Sat 9.30am-1.15pm & 2-5.30pm; tel 05038 8083). You can also book accommodation at the
tourist office
in the city centre at Burg 11 (April-Sept Mon-Fri 9.30am-6.30pm, Sat & Sun 10am-noon & 2-6.30pm; Oct-March Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm, Sat & Sun 9.30am-1pm & 2-5.30pm; tel 05044 8686,
www.brugge.be
), where there's also a bureau de change, useful maps and bus timetables. You can access the
Internet
at The Coffee Link, Mariastraat 38 (Mon-Sat 10am-9.30pm, Sun 1.30-6.30pm,
www.thecoffeelink.com
; a?¬5/hr). There are several
unofficial hostels
with dormitory beds and limited supplies of smaller rooms, including the
Bauhaus International Youth Hotel
, fifteen minutes' walk east of Burg at Langestraat 135-137 (tel 05034 1093,
info@bauhaus.be
; A?5-10/$8-16/a?¬9-18), and the first-rate
Passage
, Dweersstraat 24 (tel 05034 0232; A?5-10/$8-16/a?¬9-18). A laid-back option in the old town is the
Snuffel Sleep In
, Ezelstraat 47-49 (tel 05033 31 33,
www.snuffel.be
; A?5-10/$8-16/a?¬9-18; take bus #3 or #13 from the station to the first stop after the market place). There's a
HI hostel
,
Europa
, 2km south of the centre at Baron Ruzettelaan 143 (tel 05035 2679; A?5-10/$8-16/a?¬9-18; take bus #2 from the train station) and a cluster of routine but reasonably priced
hotels
west of Markt around 't Zand: try the
Speelmanshuys
, 't Zand 3 (tel 05033 9552; A?15-20/$24-32/a?¬27-36). Alternatively, try the cosy
Cordoeanier
, Cordoeaniersstraat 18 (tel 05033 9051,
www.cordoeanier.be
; A?15-20/$24-32/a?¬27-36), or the tiny
Het Gheestelic Hof
, just west of the Burg at Heilige Geeststraat 2 (tel 05034 25 94; A?25-30/$40-48/a?¬45-54). There's an all-year
campsite
,
St Michiel
, 3km southwest of the train station at Tillegemstraat 55 (tel 05038 0819); take bus #7 from the train station and get off at the junction of St Michielslaan and Rijselstraat. Other useful information
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