Place du Grand Sablon, Brussels, Belgium

4BradJill 5:00 PM Dec 15, 2017

Nice square for art galleries, chocolate shops, dining and sightseeing
Place du Grand Sablon is a nice square in the upper town. Here you find art galleries, high-end chocolate shops, restaurants as well as sightseeing. We recently stayed a few nights here during out visit Brussels and enjoyed being in this area of the city. Historically, Grand Sablon saw an upper class neighbourhood built up in more recent centuries around the historic Blessed Lady of the Sablon. The church is considered one of the finest examples of Brabatine Gothic architecture in Belgium and is a nice place to visit. Other quality sightseeing includes the small fountain of Minerva which was built on the square in 1751. There is also the very nice Petit Sablon garden just south of the church. Further area sightseeing includes the Royal Arts Museum complex just a few minutes away and the Grand Palace just a bit further. Further, the Grand Place (Grote Markt) and lower town are a mere 10 minutes away by foot. During our time at Place du Grand Sablon, we enjoyed visiting a handful of the chocolate shops such as Patrick Roger, Pierre Marcolini and the small Passion Chocolat and found the restaurant scene to be quite good. We enjoyed meals at La Pizza E Bella, Hispania Brasserie, Sablon Pop-up, L'Entree des Artistes and La Rabassier during our visit. In the end, we enjoyed our time spent on Place du Grand Sablon. This is an area of the city that we'd be happy to stay or at least spend some time during future trips to Brussels.

5Jack C 5:00 PM Oct 26, 2014

Visit During the Christmas Market!
Went during a christmas market and it was one of my favourite days of our trip to Brussels - there were four tents in the square, one for each of the Michelin starred restaurants in the city and then a champagne bar in the centre. The idea being that you could try some food from each of the restaurants (for a price - although as you can imagine the food was very impressive!) and then wash it all down with some champagne in the middle of a very pretty square. After we took a stroll around the many antiques shops which line the edge of the square and then found ourselves in the nice little wine bar at the southern tip of the square. I would definitely go back if there was another themed event on here during my next visit.