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Royal Palace (Palais Royal)

Place des Palais, Brussels, Belgium
02/551-20-20
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Ranked #36 of 180 attractions in Brussels
Type: Castles, Historic Sites
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 June 2013 NEW

The Royal Palace has very good architecture and it is a very good place to take photos. Its gardens are also very good and I liked the designs on the wrought iron gates. It is too bad that there are no regular tours in the palace for the public to see what is inside.

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 May 2013

Such a grand place to see. This palace was simply stunning, a must see for all those visiting Belgium. It's hard to take a bad photo of this place unless you have a broken lens. Every angle looks fantastic.

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Porto, Portugal
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2 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 May 2013

Dreadful frontage. For a king's palace, you'd expect something a little more tasteful. Another ugly monster, like the Palais de Justice.

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 April 2013

It was a nice building, facing a very lovely park and you should definitely go to see it. It is probably about a 5 minute walk from the Museum of Fine arts, so worth a little detour. I love castles and palaces and this one is very big, however you can't go inside just like our own here in England... More

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Keerbergen, Belgium
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 February 2013

During the summer holidays, you can visit the Royal Palace, only a short walk from the Grand Place, and it's free! You will be visiting countless rooms, some are huge, most of them containing temporary artwork collections. An awesome room is the one decorated with millions of Thai beetle wing cases... just an amazing effect... Only a pity the King... More

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Hollywood, Florida
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 February 2013

great place, beautiful to walk and see the architecture of the amazing building. If you in luck and get a climpse of functions within it will make visit even greater.

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 31 December 2012 via mobile

The palace is very grand and worth the walk, or metro. The park opposite is worth the visit as well as the art museum and a really beautiful church just down the road.

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 November 2012 via mobile

The Royal palace is a little away from the hearth of Brussels,but it really worth the visit. And after the visit just in front of the Palace there is a big park where you can relax yourself.

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Belgium
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 November 2012

This very nice building, worth a visit is still used for official events with the King. However foreign people perhaps think that the KIng (Royalty) is living here. This is not the case. The Royalty is living at the Palace in the suburbs of Brussels at Laeken (close to the Atomium)

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 October 2012

Part of understanding Belgium is to understand the royal history. There is no better place than the Royal Palace to get this flavour.

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