FLEMISH CITIES EXPLORED Derek Blyth 1 873429 30 4 £12.95 320pp 50 plates 7 maps full indexes sewn pbk 187 x 127mm landscape The essential companion. Sunday Correspondent The best of all cultural travel guides. The Times No one should travel to Bruges without a copy. Val Hennessey, Daily Mail Derek Blyth guides us expertly... contains much that will be unfamiliar TLS Essential for any serious traveller's library. Sunday Correspondent An ideal travelling companion for the serious art lover. Geographical Magazine The historic Belgian cities of Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, Mechelen, Leuven and Ostend are some of the most beautiful and fascinating in Europe. The remarkable blossoming of Flemish art and architecture in the 15th century, and the rich history of a region at the crossroads of European history and trade have created an extraordinary diversity of sights in a relatively small area - not to mention an appetite for enjoyment that is revealed in some of the best cooking, brewing and general joie de vivre in Europe. Flemish Cities Explored guides the visitor through six cities on a series of walks that cover everything of interest from art galleries and museums to secret convents and convivial cafés. A clear and informative map accompanies each of the walks, together with illustrations of the beautiful, the quirky and the unmissable. There is comprehensive advice on choosing restaurants and hotels, and information on museum and gallery opening times. For weekend pleasure-seeker and serious art love alike, Flemish Cities Explored is the ideal travelling companion. A chance encounter with the Ghent Altarpiece more than twenty years ago sparked off Derek Blyth's exploration of Flemish cities and art. He now lives in Brussels with his family.