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Press Release: Not your average weekend

Friday 8th August 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Enjoy a long weekend exploring all that buzzing Brussels has to offer this August and take advantage of our free bedroom upgrade offer at the Hilton Brussels City – from £149 per person for 2 nights.

Get that Friday feeling and swap the office for the Eurostar to Brussels. On arrival take a transfer from the station and arrive at the modern 4* Hilton Brussels City in style where you can spread out in your upgraded Deluxe bedroom. Soak up the atmosphere of Brussels before treating yourself to an Italian fine dining experience at Bocconi Restaurant in the historic Hotel Amigo. But make sure you reserve your table in advance as this place is popular.

After a leisurely Saturday morning breakfast take a scenic tram ride out to the Royal Museum for Central Africa where you can see African masks, learn about colonial Congo and discover African fauna, such as the original savannah elephant that featured in the 1958 Brussels Expo. In the afternoon head back to the centre of Brussels and hit the chocolate shops around the glittering Grand Place before enjoying traditional Belgian fare at the atmospheric Aux Armes de Bruxelles restaurant.

On Sunday pay a visit to the futuristic Atomium, another legacy from the 1958 world fair, and enjoy the various exhibits celebrating its 50 year anniversary.  Find nirvana in the Pavilion of Temporary Happiness or learn more about the events of the 1958 fair itself at the fascinating exhibition “Expo 58. Between Utopia and Reality.”  End your short break with a relaxing ride on the Eurostar back to London.

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Notes to Editor:

Price quoted for the Hilton Brussels City. Price valid for arrivals before 31st August 2008. Free upgrade for arrivals in August 2008 from Guest to Deluxe bedroom (subject to availability) including a bigger bedroom, bathrobe and a seating area. For further dates and prices please see www.railbookers.com  
Eurostar trains run from London St Pancras International or Ebbsfleet International to Brussels Gare du Midi (Zuid Station).
Eurostar runs from London St Pancras International to Brussels in approximately 1 hour 51 minutes.

Times Green Spaces competition:

 

Nominate your favourite Green Space from anywhere in the world in The Times Green Spaces competition and you could win a five-night trip for two to Venice via Zurich and Turin with Railbookers. For your chance to win visit http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/holiday_type/green_travel/article3668108.ece and get your nominations in before September 1st 2008.

Railbookers:

 

Railbookers tailor-makes short breaks and holidays to Europe by Eurostar and rail, including handpicked quality hotels.

 

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