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one-night stays, cash only, free Internet access and Wi-Fi, Waalsestraat 40, three blocks
southeast of Burg Square, tel. [phone], www.bedandbreakfastbruges.be , diel-
[e-mail] ).
$ Debruyne B&B, run by Marie-Rose and her architect husband, Ronny, offers three
roomswithartsy,moderndecor(checkouttheelephant-size yellowdoor—Ronny‚sdesign).
The glass walls in the breakfast room open to a cloister-like garden. The architecture is cool
but the hosts have genuine warmth (Sb-€65, Db-€70, Tb-€90, €10 more for one-night stays,
cash only, Internet access, free Wi-Fi, 7-minute walk north of the Markt, 2 blocks from the
little church at Lange Raamstraat 18, tel. [phone], www.bedandbreakfastbruges.com ,
[e-mail] ).
$ 't Geerwijn B&B, run by Chris de Loof, offers homey rooms in the old center. Check
out the fun, lofty A-frame room upstairs (Ds/Db-€75-80 depending on season, Tb-€85-90,
cash only, pleasant breakfast room and royal lounge, free Wi-Fi, Geerwijnstraat 14, tel.
050-340-544, fax [phone], www.geerwijn.be , [e-mail] ) . Chris also rents an
apartment that sleeps five.
$ Royal Stewart B&B, run by Scottish Maggie and her husband, Gilbert, has three
thoughtfullydecoratedroomsinaquiet,convent-style17th-centuryhousethatwasinhabited
by nuns until 1953 (S-€48, D/Db-€65, Tb-€85, cash only, pleasant breakfast room, Genthof
25-27, 5-minute walk from the Markt, tel. [phone], fax [phone],
www.royalstewart.be , [e-mail] ).
$WatersideB&B hastwofresh,Zen-likerooms,oneflooraboveapeacefulcanalsouth
ofthetowncenter(D-€80,€5moreonSat,continentalbreakfast,freeWi-Fi,15-minutewalk
from Burg Square at Kazernevest 88, for location see map on here , tel. & fax [phone],
mobile [phone], www.waterside.be , [e-mail] , run by Mieke of recom-
mended Pink Bear Bike Tours).
$B&BAM/PM sportsthreeultra-modern roomsinaresidential neighborhoodjustwest
of the old town (Db-€70, Tb-€90, €10 more for one-night stay, cash only, free Internet ac-
cess—mornings only, free Wi-Fi, 5-minute walk from 't Zand at Singel 10, for location
see map on here , mobile [phone], www.bruges-bedandbreakfast.com , info@bruges-
bedandbreakfast.com , artsy young couple Tiny and Kevin). From the train station, head left
down busy Buiten Begijnevest to the roundabout. Stay to the left, take the pedestrian under-
pass, then follow the busy road (now on your left). Just before the next bridge, turn right
onto the footpath called Buiten Boeverievest, then turn left onto Singel; the B&B is at #10.
Hostels
Bruges has several good hostels offering beds for around €16 in 4- to 12-bed rooms. Break-
fast is about €3 extra. The American-style $ Charlie Rockets hostel (and bar), a back-
packer dive, is the liveliest and most central. The ground floor feels like a 19th-century