Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery has something to offer for all the family, having been recently reopened to the public after a multi-million pound refurbishment with the galleries, facilities and services expected of a truly modern museum. As a result the Museum is proud to have been awarded the national title of "Museum of the Year" (Art Fund Prize 2012).

If you would like to pamper yourself with a spa treatment there are many resorts to choose from. One of them is Tamarind Springs Forest Spa, which offers you a unique experience with its location in an amazing natural setting. Here you can have a peaceful time among waterfalls and rock pools, as well as enjoy a massage treatment in an open-air pavilion.

You would almost miss them. Almost. Because as soon as you pass the entryway to the St. Servaas Basilica, you’ll figure out that it’s worth walking on. You’ll see for yourself that Maastricht doesn’t end at the Vrijthof. Sometimes you just have to take those few extra steps. That’s when Maastricht will surprise you with just how surprising the city centre really is. The Vrijthof has a number of little streets leading into it from all directions. They include Brusselsestraat, Grote Gracht, and De Kommel. Unlike the more idyllic boulevards in most of the rest of the city, these streets evoke a feeling of the urban, the artistic, the unknown. Here, students and locals come and go: artists, designers, professionals. It’s an area that’s moving fast: new shops, start-ups, young businesses, surprising concepts. Yet at the same time, it’s bursting with historic buildings, and is still very much a place where locals want to live. In truth, you can’t really describe the streets around the Vrijthof in a few words. It’s where local, university, business, authentic, forward-looking, and surprising Maastricht all come together.