Experience the best of Bruges on a Private Tour with Boat Ride

Immerse yourself in the Belgian culture and fall in love with Bruges on a private tour with a boat ride. Explore medieval buildings, lively squares, and charming canals with a fun and entertaining guide.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Historic Centre of Brugge - You will visit the beautiful medieval town of bruges which is one of the most visited places on earth.
What's Included
  • 2 Hours Guided Walking Tour by Professional Guide
  • 1 Hour Boat Ride in Bruges
Additional Information

Despite its petite size, the city of Bruges is a treasure trove of sights and attractions, particularly within the confines of the Old Town. The city’s medieval architecture, bustling squares, and calm swans drifting along the canals will quickly endear Bruges to you. This city’s charming aura has earned it a spot among the most romantic destinations in Europe. Bruges is a terrific place to visit, whether you’re traveling alone or with a group of family or friends. Let our engaging and fun guide help you create unforgettable memories in Bruges. It’s one of the best ways to immerse yourself in Belgian culture and deepen your affection for the city of Bruges.

Location
Historium Bruges
Markt
Meeting point: Markt, voor Historium
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Chris_l
Jul 17, 2024
Entertaining and interesting. - Tour guide was entertaining. Her stories were engaging and kept us interested. There were some last minute scheduling changes, but all worked out in the end.
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Anthony_p
Jul 7, 2024
Great tour from Alvaro - Very informative, fun, funny, and kind. Alvaro had many great recommendations as well. We had a a blast.
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Cheryl_d
Jun 1, 2024
Great tour of Bruge - Learned so much about Bruce from our excellent tour guide Guido. The boat ride was fun too but learned more about the city during the tour.
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Allyson_c
Jul 6, 2024
Great guide but short boat ride. - Our tour guide was fantastic but the boat ride was only 32 minutes. Our guide had difficulty adapting to my limited mobility (request for a stop from time to time). He had a schedule and wanted to stay on it. But very nice and professional.
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Darcy_s
Jun 20, 2024
Walking History with a VERY Quick Boat Ride - We were thrown a loop when our cruise itinerary changed at the last moment to include Bruges. Luckily, we had been there once before briefly and had connections with friends on land that were able to book our tour for us. We even teamed up with a couple from the ship to enjoy the day together. We arrived early and were afforded time to peruse the weekly market in the square before meeting our guide, Carla. We strolled around the town for less than 2 hours where she told us of its history and answered all our questions. The pace of the walking might have been a bit fast as we had guests in our party with mobility issues and I'm afraid not everyone heard all the details of the tour. Because we didn't personally book this tour, we might have missed some details in the description. For example, our walking tour ended abruptly by putting us on the canal boat that was incredibly fast and not at all informational. A prerecorded commentary was played while the driver simply pointed. Overall, it was a nice tour considering no time to research options. I was disappointed with the canal cruise because we were packed in like sardines and couldn’t really get a great view of anything and went so fast that I felt like I had whiplash while looking around.
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Ginalhagen
Jul 5, 2024
Short of Amazing - Bruges is an enchanting city and should be a must stop if you are in Belgium. This tour included a 2 hour guided tour and a 1 hour boat ride. The 2 hour tour was led by Kathy a local who was born and raised in Bruges and shared the history of the city as we wound through the quaint streets. This tour would be worthy of a 5 star rating. The reason for the 3 stars is the boat tour was not provided and Kathy was not informed by Yo Tours (or Mike Myers) that this was supposed to be included. We saw the boat tours on our walk and it would have been the icing on the cake had it been included. When I called Viator customer service to ask why the boat tour has been excluded, our tour was already in progress, and Viator asked me to contact the 3rd party, Mike Myers. Of course this was unacceptable as Viator should take care of the issue. Our friends who joined us on the tour received a $30 refund for the boat ride. We have yet to receive an email or refund. Normally these tours can be reliable, unfortunately this one fell a little short.
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Fabian_g
Jul 6, 2024
Poor communication - I will start with the positives. Our guide for the city of Bruges was excellent. He gave us a very enjoyable two hours and lots of ideas to explore later. That part of our journey was an absolute five stars. The issue is with the operator of the tour called YO. They contacted us 90 minutes before our tour to tell us if they were postponing our tour by two hours. They asked us to do the boat trip first on our own and then we would be contacted where to go later. The 30 minute boat trip that was advertised is one hour was pleasant, but we could not understand the operator the boat very well, so that was a bit of a disappointment, thankfully when we did our tour, a lot of what was highlighted helped fill in the gaps for us. we finished the 30 minute boat ride and were told to meet the tour guide an hour later. We met him and our surprise. It was supposed to be a private tour and I included another couple on our journey. We don’t necessarily mind being with another group of people , but we have paid a premium for a private customizable tour where we felt we couldn’t make any changes to the itinerary. At this point, I have contacted Viator to let them know about the issue and as of this review, I’m still waiting on a resolution. I want to say again the tour guide was excellent , and he explained to me as part of a group of tour guides that are contract and don’t work for any particular operator, which is common and a lot of cities we visit. My wife and I have done several of these types of tours in the past, and this is the first time we’ve had this bad experience that threw off our entire agenda for the day as what was supposed to have been Midday turned into a late afternoon tour and pushback. A lot of things we wanted to do the following day.
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Rhonda_s
Jun 27, 2024
This is a scam - This is not what we got. I selected this tour, expecting a private tour. The guide was very difficult to find, I had to call her. When we dis find her she told us she had no idea about a boat ride. There were also two other groups of people With us. Not a private tour. No boat ride. Hard to find guide. We did get a 1.5 hour walking tour that was nice.....but not what I paid for.
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Danielle_k
Jun 26, 2024
Beware of this tour! - Though we paid for a 3 hr tour (2 hrs walking, 1 hr boat ride), we were informed when we arrived that the guide was not informed of the boat ride portion of our trip and thus, did not get to experience that part of the tour, which we were looking forward to the most. Very disappointing after contacting Viator that they had no suggestions on how to correct this when we called them at the beginning of the tour. Anyone booking this tour should be very wary of using this company.
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Becky_w
Jun 8, 2024
Yo Tours = Terrible - The tour guide never showed up for our tour. I called Viator and spoke to someone who assured me that Yo Tours would call me within ten minutes. We stayed at the meeting place until 10:45am and our tour guide was supposed to meet us at 10am. I never received a phone call from Yo Tours. I purchased tickets for seven people and expect to be reimbursed asap!
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