• Tourist Information ‘Wandeltoetjes’ (guided tours) in Aardenburg, Oostburg, IJzendijke, Groede, Sluis, Nieuwvliet and Cadzand. These villages and small towns can tell you a lot about the past.

• Cheese farm ‘Ysenagel’, Oostburg

• ‘Visserij Museum’ (fishing museum), Breskens

• ‘Zeeuws Maritiem MuZEEum’ (maritime museum) and ‘Fort Rammekens’, Vlisssingen

• Hulst en Sas van Gent: historic fortified towns

• Phillippine: ‘Mussel town’ nr 1

• Axel: commanding views from de 60-metre-high water tower

• Terneuzen: shop till you drop in pedestrians-only town centre. You have a good view of the ‘Zeesluis’ (huge sea lock) from the Schelde Promenade.

• Antwerp: feast your eyes on its sophisticated centre, enjoy the museums (Antwerp is the city of Rubens), galleries and, of course, the convivial street cafés. It is only a 90-minute-drive from ‘Napoleon Hoeve’ to the centre of Antwerp. 

• Bruges: discover Bruges’ distinctive character, its canals, its historic centre and its art

• Ghent: admire the canals and magnificent architecture of its historic centre, have a taste of the famous and generous Belgian cuisine!

• Knokke: the ‘Las Vegas’ of Flanders’. Go shopping in the exclusive pedestrian shopping precincts and then have nice rest on the beach!