From Brussels: Explore Bruges on a Guided or At Your Pace Tour
- 10 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Discover Bruges your way with a flexible experience combining sightseeing, free time and optional local experiences. Depending on the option selected, enjoy a guided visit or explore independently with a digital guide, plus a canal boat ride and/or Belgian craft beer tasting.
Inclusions
What's included
- Panoramic stop in Damme, depending on the day's itinerary
- Free time to explore Bruges at your own pace
- Guided visit of Bruges (ONLY included in the Guided option; NOT included in At Your Pace)
- Round-trip transportation by private air-conditioned bus
- Panoramic bus tour
- Interactive audio guide and digital map (ONLY included in the At Your Pace option)
What's not
- Food, drinks and any service not specified above
Itinerary
Depending on the option selected, enjoy free time to explore Bruges at your own pace with a digital city guide, a guided walking tour, a canal boat ride through the historic canals, and/or a tasting of 4 Belgian craft beers at Bruges Beer Experience.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
4.3
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Ratings come from 699 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
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5Loved it!
So nice to travel at our own pace and still get all the stories and information. It was a great day of sightseeing. Be sure to do the canal tour as well.
5Michelangelo Madonna statue
Excellent tour beautiful town and a place to see the Michelangelo Madonna
3You'd Be Better Off If You Speak Spanish
This was supposed to be a guided tour. It was, sort of. The English-speaking guests were presented a QR code on the way to Bruges that included a self-guided tour that you could play on your phone. The self-guided tour actually wasn't too bad once you figured out how to use it; however, that's not at all what I was expecting when I booked this tour. Regarding the human guides, their primary language was Spanish. Most of the people on the tour spoke Spanish, and it became obvious very quickly that the tour was geared toward them. Yes, narratives on the bus were given in both English and Spanish, but the guides had a very thick accent that often made it difficult to understand them when they were speaking English. Regarding the bus, there was not a toilet on board, so you'd better be sure you've gone before you take the trip. On the way to and from Bruges, the bus stopped in Ghent to drop off and pick up people who were going there. That added quite a bit to the travel time.
3Beautiful city but was...
Beautiful city but was disappointed that the guide had to speak multiple languages on the bus. Being the minority, we felt we didn’t get the full benefit of the guide.
5The Ultimate Chocolate Experience
If you are looking for the best places to buy your chocolate while in Bruges consider this tour and Oscar as your tour guide. He was patience, professional and very present throughout the entire tour. His information was valuable and thorough with a hint of humor periodically to keep things interesting.
5Beautiful sights, very...
Beautiful sights, very informative. Jaris was a great guide and offered mamy helpful suggestions for Bruges and Brussels
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- In the Carrefour de l'Europe square under the columns of the main entrance of the train and metro station, in front of the Hilton Grand Place hotel. Our guides will be wearing ID of Buendia Tours.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 50 travellers
- Operated by
- Buendía
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- You'll receive your confirmation instantly upon booking.
- Tour duration and sites may vary slightly from what's listed, as our guides tailor each experience to best suit your group.
- No meals included. Ask your guide for their favorite local food recommendations!
- On certain occasions, guides are required to use radio headphone systems. In such cases, a jack (3.5mm) connection is needed — we encourage you to bring your own headphones to help reduce disposable plastic waste and support a greener experience. For those without, disposable headphones are available upon request. (1€)
- For the safety of your little ones, children under 2 must travel in a suitable car seat. Children under 2 will not be allowed to board the bus without one. Please remember to bring your own car seat.
How it compares in Brussels
- Its from-price is 92% below the median of the 104 day trips we list in Brussels.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 4 of 104.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Brussels
Brussels, Belgium's capital and a seat of European institutions, pairs a gilded Grand-Place with comic-strip murals, Art Nouveau houses and waffle stalls.
The Grand-Place is the centre of old Brussels, a cobbled square ringed by gilded guildhalls and the Gothic town hall, whose spire rises over everything. A few streets away, the small bronze Manneken Pis draws a crowd. On the hill above, the Royal Palace and the Mont des Arts gardens look down on the lower town, while the Atomium, a giant model of an iron crystal built for the 1958 World Fair, stands on the northern edge.
Top-ranked sights in Brussels: Grand-Place (Grote Markt), Manneken Pis, Royal Galleries of Saint Hubert (Les Galeries St-Hubert).
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