THREE DAYS OF MUSICAL AND CULINARY HIGHLIGHTS IN BELGIUM
As home to the national opera La Monnaie in Brussels and the Vlaamse Opera in Gent, Belgium has two houses at the forefront of the European music scene. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Idomeneo, re di Creta” offers you opera of the highest calibre; primadonna Edita Gruberova performing the title role in Vincenzo Bellini’s tragedy “Norma” promises to be a memorable experience, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin”, inspired by the writing of Aleksandr Pushkin, is sure to send every woman’s heart racing. Belgium also ranks among the best in Europe in culinary terms, too. Did you know, for example, that Parisian gourmets are fond of popping over to Brussels when they really want to experience sublime dining?
Travel Programme:
1.4.10
Flight with SWISS from Switzerland to Brussels; transfer to Hotel The Dominican in the city centre; in the evening performance of “Idomeneo”, re di Creta” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at La Monnaie.
2.4.10
Morning tour of Brussels followed by lunch at a renowned Brussels restaurant. Afternoon at your own disposal. Evening concert performance of Vincenzo Bellini’s tragic opera “Norma” at the Palais des Beaux-Arts.
3.4.10
Morning at your own disposal. Afternoon journey to Gent and tour of the city’s rows of houses by boat. Attend performance of “Eugene Onegin” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky at the Vlaamse Opera in Gent. Return journey to Brussels.
4.4.10
Midday transfer to airport, return flight to Switzerland aboard SWISS.
Included in the price:
- Round trip travel with SWISS in Economy Class between Switzerland and Brussels
- Airport taxes and fuel surcharges
- 3 nights’ accommodation with breakfast at first-class Hotel The Dominican in Brussels
- Excursions and transfers according to programme
- Admission to concerts (best available category)
- Welcome cocktail with snacks
- 1 lunch in Brussels, wine and beverages included
- 1 dinner in Gent, wine and beverages included
- All musical highlights are enhanced by the expertise of our resident musicologist Dr Roger Cahn from/to Zurich
- Detailed travel documentation
Price* per person from/to Zurich:
Basic programme from CHF 3,250
*Price per person in double room. The availability of double rooms for single use is limited and subject to a surcharge of CHF 390.
Programme subject to change.