A weekend at the Belgian GP is a must for any F1 fan. This Leger package makes it easily accessible too.
Don't be under any illusions - it's a full-on experience with lots of travel.
Our journey started at 430am on the Friday being picked up in Dudley, getting to the hotel to the east of Brussels at 830pm local time. We had a few stops along the way to break up the journey though. We were told that the hotel restaurant would likely be closed by the end we got there, so took the opportunity earlier in the day to have a proper meal and pick up something to eat late in the day.
The Saturday in Belgium started early; the coach needed to leave by 730am, so it was a 630am breakfast. Breakfast was a hot and cold buffet, featuring: Bacon, eggs, sausage, hash browns, various breads, jams etc, cereal, croissants, juices, coffee, teas. More than enough choice for anyone.
The journey to the circuit was advertised as two hours, in reality it was closer to 3 hours due to traffic in the last mile to the circuit. On both days, we were dropped off a ten minute walk from the entrance at Le Coombes. It took about 15 mins of queuing to get through security into the circuit (NB - you cannot take your own alcohol in with you). Once inside, it was busy but we managed to get onto the banking at Kemmel and had a good view.
There were plenty of food and drink vendors inside the circuit, with captive audience prices. There were also water-stations to refill your own drinks bottles.
Our journey back was just over two hours, with some queuing on the coach to get out of the circuit. We stopped at a services on the way back to get food in case the hotel restaurant was closed again.
Sunday's journey there and back was much the same, except we set off 30 mins earlier to try and beat a bit of traffic. We also departed later to let everyone have longer at the circuit post-race.
Monday's journey home started, again, around 730am to allow time to get around Brussels in the rush hour. It also gave us about an hour at Calais duty free.
We were dropped off at our pick up point around 9pm on Monday, thoroughly tired but having really enjoyed the whole experience.
The drivers on the coach were great fun and very accommodating - full marks to them. The coach itself was OK for the length of the journey, I wouldn't liked to have done much more of a longer journey on it though.
My ratings:
Coach: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Leger staff: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Hotel facilities: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Hotel location: ⭐⭐⭐
Hotel breakfast: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Would I do the Belgian GP with Leger again? 100% yes.
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
