how to get from ireland to belguim

[dee2912]

hi i am looking to travel from ireland im from the north so either belfast or dublin to belguim i have no idea how to get here or what boat company will take me here so any help will be greatly apprecated heres my email

[Buenchico]

According to their website, there are no direct flights from Belfast International Airport, to Belgium:
http://www.belfastairport.com/en/content.asp?a rea=2&id=210

Similarly, there are no direct flights from George Best City Airport:
http://www.belfastcityairport.com/template1.as p?pid=39

Ryanair fly from Dublin to Charleroi Airport (which is just outside Brussels).
http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/
I've just checked a few dates and there are plenty of flights at �3.99 each way. With taxes and charges, that means a return flight will cost you �45.51.

The rail desk at Charleroi airport will sell you a 'bulk ticket' for just �10.50. That includes the 10 minute bus ride to Charleroi Sud rail station and then onbound rail travel to any station in Belgium. (For many destinations, that means taking a 45 minute train journey to Brussels Zuid and a connection from there).

So, excluding your travel to Dublin airport, you should be able to get anywhere in Belgium for under �70 return.

Chris

(PS: Your post mentions travel by ferry. Don't even think about it. There are no direct services from Ireland. You'd have to take a ferry to England (or Wales) and then a lengthy, and very expensive, rail journey to Ramsgate, followed by a ferry to Ostend. Stick with flying ; it's far, far cheaper and much, much quicker)

[phil87015]

I wouldnt recommend going by ferry. You should be able to get a flight from Dublin to Brussels, or from Belfast.
Getting a ferry means going from dublin bay, or dun larghie, to holyhead, then a train to london euston tube to either london bridge or waterloo victoria train to ramsgate ferry to zeebrugge, then train to brussels.
It is possible to go from holyhead to manchester, then manchester to hull, and catch the ferry from there to zeebrugge.