BUS TOUR + CHOCOLATE WORKSHOP with ACTIVE PARTICIPATION

Description and conditions

In addition to the standard visit lasting around sixty minutes, participants are invited to become apprentice chocolate makers, rubbing shoulders with the employees for another hour or so to make any chocolates they fancy. Participants pour the chocolate into the moulds of their choosing, add decoration and pack them.
The advantage of this type of visit is that participants are able to play an active role in the various stages of chocolate production at our workshop. Rather than spectators, they become chocolate makers, with a license to let their imagination roam free. Ideal for company seminars, team-building drives or for simply stimulating the curiosity of students and teaching them how we make one of Belgium's most famous products

Duration: 2-2.5 hours + time of bus transfer.
Number: 15-30 people per group (if more participants: price on request, capacity till 100 persons).
Days: on request.
Transport: Luxury minibus (max.33p) included (area Brussels Capital Region), with an introduction by our guide on the way to the chocolate maker.
Languages: English, French, Dutch, German, Spanish, Italian Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Greek

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Timetable:

1. Welcome and workshop presentation
2. From cocoa to couverture chocolate
3. Personalized chocolate and mould design
4. Demonstration of praline production
5. Group activity
6. Presentation of the various options open to the participants
7. Chocolate making by each group on the basis of the furnished ingredients

Budget: On request

A GUIDED VISIT TO THE ATOMIUM

Example timing:

14h15 : departure with our (mini)bus (region Bruxelles-Capitale) cap. 20 pax and with our guide (itinerary : Place Poelaert, Botanique, Royal Palace, Japanese Tower, Atomium).

15h15 : visit of the Atomium.

16h15 : departure of the Atomium

17h00 : back at the l’Hôtel (Brussels Region) and end of our program.

Price: on demand

DISCOVER BRUSSELS LIKE YOU NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE…by minicoach

Here is a guided tour with a difference, one you will never forget.

By private minicoach + driver + guide, maximum 20 participants (other volumes: price on demand) you will discover the old & new Brussels like you never thought possible.

We start our visit at the Central Station, South Station or from your Hotel or seminar centre (Brussels Region).
We drive to the beautiful St.Michael's cathedral, the world-famous Atomium, the Chinese pavilion and the Japanese tower, the magnificent Palace of Justice, the Royal Palace and the cinquantenaire/ European district.
Time-hallowed churches and ancient houses jostle each other in the forgotten lanes of the lower town that is also crowded with markets and quarters from a bygone era. From the Marolles through the Sablon to the Dansaert district, they include the onetime home for lay sisters (Béguinage) and the fish market.

Midway, say “Stop” to the driver so that everyone can down a pint of good, old Belgian Beer (one beer/participant is included in our price).

Duration: 3 h
Date & timing: to agree.
Price: on demand.

Additional possibilities (price on demand):

- guided visit of the Grand’Place, Ilot Sacré and the Royal Galleries St-Hubert (walk),
- visit of an art gallery, museum or artisan or to the European Parliament,
- chocolate workshop
- lunch or dinner in a typical restaurant

BRUSSELS CONDENSED…. Discovering Brussels in one day…

A condensed way to discover Brussels with Sterkmans Events.

Possible scenario & timing:

10h00: We start our visit at the Central Station, South Station or from your Hotel or seminar centre (Brussels Region) with our bus & guide. We drive to the beautiful St. Michael's cathedral, the world-famous Atomium, the Chinese pavilion and the Japanese tower, the Sablon district, the magnificent Palace of Justice, the Royal Palace, the Cinquantenaire and the European district.

12h00: Drink (a Belgian beer, soft, coffee or tea) at a traditional pub.

12h40: Visit (walk): Ilot Sacré & Royal Galleries

13h15 Lunch (individual choice): one traditional course + 1 glass of wine or beer + coffee or tea

14h45: Visit (walk) the Grand’Place & Manneken Pis (walk).

15h30: departure by bus (whole group) for:

Visit of an artisan brewery + tasting of gueuze,
or
Chocolate workshop with tasting different pralines,

17h30: back at the Central Station, South Station or at your Hotel or seminar centre (Brussels Region)

Languages: in English, French, Dutch, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Japanese, etc…

Price: on demand

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AN EXCLUSIVE AFTERNOON :
BELGIAN ‘ART NOUVEAU’ AT TOP LEVEL

© Jeep Novak

© BITC - Olivier van de Kerchove

© Paul Louis

Date & timing to agree and under reserve of availability.

Timing example & scenario:

16.00 : departure from your hotel or office (Area Brussels-Capital) with our minibus and short introduction.

17.00 : arrival at the Hotel Solvay ( Louise avenue) and guided visit of the house by one of our best guides specialized into art-nouveau.

The Hotel Solvay in Brussels

What we are talking about is, without any shadow of doubt, one of Europe's rare gems of Art Nouveau, whose external and internal architecture complement each other in perfect harmony.
Everything in this edifice takes the breath away: the central staircase illuminated by magnificent working in glass ... the wrought iron ... the chandeliers ... the fireplaces and wall-linings with overlapping outlines.
The Solvay Hotel reflects the attention to detail and the studied care that Victor Horta brought to this complete work.

18.00: return to your hotel or office (Area Brussels-Capital)

Total price: on demand

Total duration: + - 2,5h.

Languages: French, English, German, Japanese, Italian, Spanish or Dutch (other languages on request)



© OPT - J.P. Remy