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Airlines

often the cheap ones fly to the smaller regional airports so check how far away they really are from the main city that you want to go

www.ryanair.co.uk
www.whichbudget.com
www.airstop.be

The Two closest airports are

Brussels Airport (1hour drive or train from Bruges)- www.brusselsairport.be

or Lille Airport(45 min drive from Bruges) - www.lille.aeroport.fr

Also Brussels Charleroi - is about 1hour20mins drive from Bruges


Maps and Directions

to find out where places are
www.viamichelin.co.uk

or

www.mappy.co.uk

Trains/Ferries

to get to the UK (Dover or Folkstone) - with a car
www.eurotunnel.com
www.seafrance.com
www.poferries.com


or go by train without a car
on the eurostar
www.eurostar.com

for ferries from Zeebrugge to Edinburgh (Rosyth) in Scotland - www.superfast.com

for deals on crossing the channel try - www.taxistop.be

Often the TGV - fast trains have great deals to go places - France etc
www.tgv.com

for deals from Paris to the Med www.idtgv.com


for timetables of trains all over europe try
http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en
but they dont have the prices - but its good for times and connections if you have people flying into other airports like Paris or Frankfurt and they want to train to Bruges

for trains in Belgium
www.b-rail.be

Other

Travel with Kids

www.travelforkids.com