The hotel's new wing is uninspiring, but our five-night card got us a room in the original building, with a lovely balcony almost as large as the room itself.

My room had a twin bed, its own shower, sink and toilet, and a lovely balcony.

The newest branch of this excellent pizzeria has a full bar, swanky black and red seating and a lovely balcony overlooking Real de Guadalupe.

The most attractive section, lined with Victorian-era buildings featuring lovely wrought-iron balconies, runs from the junction with Buitensingle St .

A lovely outdoor balcony overlooks the sculpture garden.

There is also a small lovely balcony which provides a great view of a nearby castle "Porte de Hal", a beautiful park in front of the house and surroundings of a quiet Brussels suburbs.

And my lovely wraparound balcony (from which I could not have fallen if I'd tried) had a show-stopping view over Hyde Park and far beyond.

In the afternoons, when the museums shut down and the town took its siesta, I sat on my lovely vine-shaded balcony, fleshing out my notes, and in the process derived ideas for several other works to be attempted at some later date.