Explore one of Europe's best preserved medieval cities on a 7-hour day trip to Bruges from Brussels, and take a 4-hour guided walking tour on arrival. Take the train across country to discover the canals and architecture of the "Venice of the North."

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Duration 7 hours: Check availability to see starting times.
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Live tour guide: English, Spanish
Wheelchair accessible

Highlights

Explore one of Europe's most intact medieval cities on a day trip to Bruges
Discover hidden gems known only to locals
Learn the impressive trade and cultural history of a quaint medieval town
See dazzling architecture in the Grote Markt
Marvel at the Bruges Belfry and St. Salvator's Cathedral

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Discover one of Europe’s best-preserved medieval cities on a day trip to Bruges from Brussels, and explore the capital of Flanders on a 4-hour walking tour on arrival. Upon arrival, navigate the romantic cobblestone streets of Bruges’ historic center to experience the medieval architecture and canals of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in all their glory. Your guide will take you to see hidden gems known only to locals, and tell you why Bruges was at the forefront of western trade and art in the Middle Ages. Start your walking tour at St. Salvator’s Cathedral, before heading to the Grote Markt to speculate on the scale of the city’s mercantile history outside the Belfry. Get acquainted with legendary characters, such as Jan van Eyck and Hans Memling, who revolutionized Renaissance art in Flanders. Discover Europe’s 1st stock exchange at The Bourse. At the end of the walking tour, enjoy some free time for a drink at a café or bar, before joining your guide on the train journey back to Brussels, with an estimated arrival time for your evening meal plans.

Includes

Return train fare from Brussels to Bruges and back
4-hour walking tour of Bruges

Food and drink

Covid-19 precautions

Safety measures in place

The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds

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Despite there being charged baggage lockers at the train station in Bruges, it is recommended that you only bring what you feel comfortable carrying on a walking tour
No meals are included but your guide will be happy to point you in the direction of some great food spots
Please note that if you are doing the tour on a weekday (Monday - Friday), your guide will return to Brussels on the train with you. On Saturdays and Sundays, you can return to Brussels at your own time
Your tour may vary depending on what your guide thinks is best for your group
Children under 12 are welcome to join this tour for free. The local tour operator reserves the right to ask for a valid ID for children joining their tours

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Overall rating

4.6 /5

based on 136 reviews

Review summary

Guide
4.5/5
Value for money
4.4/5
Safety
4.7/5
Service
4.6/5

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Great day tour!

Our guide Peter was fantastic. He was knowledgeable and accommodating to all guests. Highly recommend this tour. There was no time to stop for a canal ride (well I guess if you skipped the hour long lunch time that was given you could have tried to take a canal ride), but you can always opt to stay after the tour and get a ticket home if you wish to stay longer.

June 18, 2019

Very knowledgable tour guide

The process of sign-in the tour before setting off was a bit confusing. A few tours of different languages and destination gathered at the same meeting point, it was an overload for the tour administrator to do the checking & counting by herself. The tour guides and the supervisor were proactive and helpful to rectify the issue, this was impressive. Tour guide was very knowledgeable, entertaining, and attentive to details. Very importantly, he was very careful not to create nuisance to the surroundings.

May 1, 2019

An excvellent tour with a very personable guide.

We found the tour to be very good and informative. The tour was sold as a 4 hour walking tour and due to the inclimate weather this was reduced to around 3 hours which was a bit disappointing. Once concluded the tour returned to Brussels. We elected to stay behind and make our own way back by train later in the day / evening and discover more of Brugge. Unfortunately despite the tour including train tickets the guide was unable to provide us with our return tickets and thus we had to pay again for tickets which we had already paid for. If the tour company receives a cheaper ticket so be it, but I would rather have paid a little more to have control of my ticket rather than having to pay another Euro 15 / person. This was the only negative to what was otherwise a great day out.

February 13, 2019

Brussels: Day Tour to Bruges with 4-Hour Guided Walk

Brussels: Day Tour to Bruges with 4-Hour Guided Walk

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Great day tour!

Very knowledgable tour guide

An excvellent tour with a very personable guide.

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