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Sleep code
(€1 = about $1.40, country code: 32)
S = S i n g l e , D = D o u b l e / Tw i n , T = Tr i p l e , Q = Q u a d , b = b a th ro o m ,
s = shower only. Everyone speaks English and accepts credit
cards. Unless otherwise noted, breakfast is included.
To help you easily sort through these listings, I've divided
the rooms into three categories, based on the price for a
standard double room with bath:

$$$ Higher Priced —Most rooms €100 or more.
$$ Moderately Priced —Most rooms between €80-100.

$ Lower Priced —Most rooms €80 or less.

business-class hotels will have special rates during your visit. Ask
for the cheapest three-star place near the Grand Place. Historically
the Hotel Ibis Centre Ste. Catherine has double rooms with bath
and breakfast for €50 through the summer.
These seasonal rates apply only to business-class hotels.
Because of this, budget accommodations, which charge the
same throughout the year, go from being a good value one day
(say, a Thursday in October) to a bad value the next (a Friday in
October).

Hotels near the Grand Place
$$$ Hotel Ibis off Grand Place is well-situated halfway between
the Central Station and the Grand Place, the best of six Ibis
locations in or near Brussels. It's a sprawling, modern hotel offer-
ing 184 quiet, simple, industrial-strength-yet-comfy rooms (Sb/
Db-€145 Mon-Thu, €90-100 Fri-Sun and daily July-Aug, extra
bed-€20, breakfast-€13, non-smoking rooms, air-con, elevator,
Grasmarkt 100, tel. [phone], fax [phone], www.ibishotel
.com, [e-mail]).
$$$ Hotel Le Dixseptième, a four-star luxury hotel ide-
ally located a block below Central Station, is an expensive oasis
in the heart of town. Prim, proper, and peaceful, with chande-
liers and squeaky hardwood floors, its 24 rooms come with all the
comforts. Each is decorated with a different theme (Db-€200,
Db suites-€270, extra bed-€30, 25 percent off Fri-Sat and daily
July-Aug, see website for discounts, air-con, elevator, Rue de
la Madeleine 25, tel. [phone], fax [phone], www.ledix
septieme.be, [e-mail]).
$$$ Hotel La Madeleine, on the small square between
Central Station and the Grand Place, rents 55 plain, dimly lit
rooms. It has a great location and a friendly staff (S-€55; Ss-€78,