Visit Antwerp with your private driver guide. Your tour will begin with a pickup at your Brussel's hotel and then you'll be off to visit Antwerp. Home to the Flemish Baroque painter Rubens, the city is all about fashion, design, art, diamonds, picturesque galleries, beautiful gardens, and world-class shopping.
Visiting the Rubens House , you can learn more about Sir Peter Paul Rubens. He designed and lived in the Palazzo Rubens and it is a place to get close to the world where he lived. The Baroque artist was a talented painter, architect, diplomat, and scholar.
The Jewish Heritage is important in Antwerp and Jewish Antwerp shares the diamond center of Antwerp called Diamondland. More than 80% of the city's Jews are involved in the diamond trade. The Antwerp Diamond Museum is the largest diamond museum in the world.
You can get an Antwerp Fashion Map from the Flanders Fashion Institute and this will serve as a guide to the nicest insider shopping places in Antwerp. Fashion statements are throughout this city and there's a reason for this. The Antwerp Six was a label given by the British Press to a group of fashion designers who graduated from Antwerp's Academy of Fine Arts between 1980-81. Their break through was in 1986 and since then, Antwerp has been at the forefront of the fashion industry. The Antwerp Six were Walter Van Beirendonck, Ann Demeulemeester, Dries van Noten, Dirk Van Saene, Dirk Bikkembergs, and Marina Yee.
Of course, the MoMu (the Fashion Museum) is an important place to there. There is a collection of over 25,000 items, inlcuding clothing, accessories, shoes, and lace dating back to the 16th century.
Let us fashion a day to Antwerp for you. Contact us to tell us your preferred date and how many are in your group and book your tour to Antwerp.