Charleroi Airport Brussels South (CRL) to Westende

Meeting Point

Your driver waits at Starbucks inside Brussels South Charleroi Airport, holding a personalised name sign. The spot is easy to find once you have collected your luggage, so you can walk straight over and meet them.

The Drive from Charleroi to Westende

The route covers 177 km (110 miles) and typically takes 1 h 54 m. Most of it is motorway, heading west across Belgium towards the coast. Westende is not a route that is booked every day, but it is available on request just like any other. Allow extra time on summer weekends and public holidays, when coastal roads fill up with day-trippers, and on Friday or Sunday evenings when commuter traffic builds around Brussels and Ghent.

For smaller parties we offer a private taxi for 1-3 or 1-4 passengers. Groups of up to 8 travel in an 8-seat minibus, and there are also minibuses with 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56 or 64 seats. Choose the one that matches your passenger count and the luggage you are bringing, especially if you carry bulky items such as bicycles, strollers or beach gear.

Westende as a Destination

Westende is a seaside resort on the Belgian North Sea coast, part of the municipality of Middelkerke. It is known for its long sandy beach, a seafront promenade lined with apartment buildings, and a quieter feel than the bigger resorts nearby. Many visitors come for beach holidays, walks along the dunes and cycling along the coast. The Belgian coastal tram runs through the area, which is handy for day trips to neighbouring towns once you have arrived.

Where to Stay Near Westende

Westende itself is mostly a place of holiday apartments and smaller guesthouses, so for well-known, long-established hotels we point you to nearby Ostend, a short drive along the coast. Notable options there include:

• Thermae Palace Hotel, a historic hotel dating from the 1930s, close to the seafront and the Thermae Palace spa
• Radisson Blu Palace Hotel, a large seafront hotel on the Albert I Promenade
• Hotel Andromeda, a seafront hotel on the Ostend promenade

If you are booked into a holiday flat in Westende, give your driver the exact address in advance, as some seafront streets have restricted access or one-way sections.