Travel guide to the Neolithic Flint Mines of Mons-Spiennes

travelling guideline:

1. Flint Mine Visits are only available by appointment in advance.

2. Due to the construction of a new visitor center, the attraction will not be open to the public until the end of 2014.

Tour route:

Six-day tour in Belgium:

D1 Brussels: Grand Place, City Hall, King's Building, Julien Statue, Church, Museum.

D2 Brussels → Ghent: old buildings, churches.

D3 Ghent → Bruges: Bruges Market, Borg Square, and boat tour.

D4 Bruges → Antwerp: Grand Place, Cathedral of Our Lady, Diamond Museum, Rubens House, etc.

D5 Antwerp→ Leuven: ancient city, University of Leuven.

D6 Leuven → Brussels: shopping, rest, return.

Best time to visit:

All seasons

Shopping recommendations:

(Belgium Shopping) Leather goods, jewellery, clothing, soldering utensils, chocolate, diamonds.

(Belgian cuisine) Various seafood and shellfish, Flemish reed pipes, Brabant pheasant, Ghent chicken soup, cheese shavings, roasted lettuce, Belgian beer.