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Bruges - A Walk Into The Fairytale Town

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Dear readers, here goes the next pick from my Europe Travel – Bruges. This is a very famous city in Belgium known as Venice of the North for its picturesque canals. You will understand this once you take the 30-minute canal ride in Bruges. After seeing places in and around Amsterdam, when we asked our customers or contacts in office, which is the best place to visit next. Most of them recommended us to take this Bruges tour. They call it Brugge in Dutch. We booked this tour with the same tour group since we had traveled with them earlier to Dutch Countryside. Reporting time at the main office in Amsterdam Central was at around 9 am in the morning. Without any delay, we started on time with our fellow travelers and another enthusiastic tour guide. Travel duration by bus to Bruges is around 3 hours. We reached Bruges at around 12 PM. We got down from bus and started following our guide. As we started walking, it suddenly started pouring. We took out our umbrellas now and

Amsterdam - A Journey Across The Magical City

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Amsterdam is the capital of Netherlands and is one of the most popular and fascinating destinations of Europe. I have already covered the Dutch countryside tour in my earlier blog that has its own splendor. In this blog, I will be taking you on a tour around Amsterdam city and giving you all the important pointers to keep in mind while planning your tour. Best time of the year to visit - This city can be visited throughout the year but the winter months (November through March) might be too cold for walking or cycling. The warmest of the months are from June through September. I got an opportunity to visit this city during both the times. Moving around in Amsterdam – Amsterdam has a very good public transportation that includes trams, buses, trains, metros, ferries and off-course bicycles to move around the city. All you need to do is take a GVB day pass (approximately around 8 Euros) from any ticket counter of station or in the information center, which is right outsid