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Private Guided Historical Walking Tour in Bruges, Belgium
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19 Ratings
Brugge
Discover the rich history of Bruges on a private guided walking tour led by a local historian. Explore the city’s highlights, learn fascinating facts and legends, and immerse yourself in the local customs and culture.
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- The Markt - We start the tour here with an introduction to the history of Bruges and the role the city played as a trading hub during the Middle Ages
- Belfort - We walk through the market halls of the belfry and tell about this tower that dates from the Middle Ages
- Gruuthusemuseum - Here the history of one of the most important families of the city during the Middle Ages is told. At this stop there is a break and you can go to the toilet.
- Sint-Janshospitaal - we stop at a hospital from the 12th century and focus on sick care
- The Princely Beguinage Ten Wijngaarde - We take you to the beautiful beguinage, where a community of ladies has lived together for more than 800 years.
- Minnewater Lake - At the minnewater we can enjoy the beautiful view
- De Halve Maan Brewery - We tell the story of one of the two city breweries and the underground beer pipeline
- Almshouses Rooms Convent - we enter a 15th century almshouse and show what is hidden behind the facades
- Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk - we tell the magical story of our dear lady church
- Rosary Quay - After we cross the romantic boniface bridge, we walk along the picturesque rose hat quay
- Burg Square - We end our tour in the most beautiful and oldest square of the city, 200 meters from our starting point
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What's Included
- Inclusive of all fees and taxes
Additional Information
Embark on a privileged walking journey with a native historian and skilled tour guide who has spent his entire life in Bruges.
This tour serves as a perfect introduction to Bruges, showcasing major attractions while shedding light on significant facts, folklore, and traditions unique to the region. Where feasible, we’ll visit a medieval domicile or present a local’s perspective on the city life.
Location
Markt
we meet at the central statue on the grand market of bruges
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Sarah_s
Aug 2, 2024
Medieval Times Come to Life - VIGOR CLIUS is an excellent guide. His love of Bruges coupled with his wealth of knowledge made the tour. Walking the streets he brought the city to life in medieval times. He showed us details easily overlooked. I highly recommend this tour for a day in Bruges.
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Pascal_b
Jun 19, 2024
Super local born and bred guide A+++ - Raphael is a local born and bred guide with a rich knowledge of the history of Briges as well as personal anecdotes that make the story come to life. A good listener as well so as to make the tour customized to our interests. Saw the high spots over 2 exhilirating hours. Would highly recommend the tour and Raphael in particular.
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Robert_c
Jun 15, 2024
Fantastic, Thorough Tour - My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed this tour. Our guide as extremely knowledgeable and very enthusiastic about Bruges. We couldn’t have had a better experience. We saw and learned about the history of Bruges that one book would not have covered. Highly recommend.
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Chuck_r
May 23, 2024
Wonderful guide in Bruges - Dmitri was a wonderful guide. He also works as an elementary school teacher and he is a gifted story teller. He was hugely informative and totally charming. He made the tour come alive. We were sorry to see it end. Recommend Dimitri most highly. You’ll be glad you picked him
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Russell_h
May 20, 2024
Great tour to start your visit to Bruge, even if you have little time. - We had been told that Bruge was a beautiful, must-see city, but we had only one day there. Our private tour (four of us) with Coen was just what we needed: a knowledgeable and personable guide with an obvious interest and education in the history of the area. He listened to our questions and answered them, rather than depending on a prepared tour speech. We felt that in our 2.5 hours we saw a lot of Bruge and learned much about the history of the city and its early importance to the world economy. We highly recommend this tour.
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Ashley_c
Apr 25, 2024
Incredible Tour - Amazing! Koen did a fantastic job - one of our absolute favorite tours. Very knowledgeable and we loved the intimacy of our small group. Highly recommend!
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Susan_b
Apr 24, 2024
Historic tour given by a native! - Raphael, our guide, had lived in Brugge all his life and was able to provide some additional historic information during our tour. It was one of the best tours we have ever taken! Raphael was so proud of his city and his passion for it made the city of Brugge come alive for us.
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Christina_s
Apr 9, 2024
Engaging local historian with great recommendations! - Koen was wonderful! He was so engaging and was able to really put the history of Bruges into perspective for our family. He was adaptable and patient with our younger children and was happy to give us more information and answer all questions. His passion and knowledge made this tour a must do! I'd suggest doing this tour earlier in your trip if possible because he had so many wonderful local suggestions that could have helped us better prioritize our visit.
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788beckys
Oct 25, 2023
Fantastic tour and guide! - Our family had the good fortune of taking Koen's tour through Bruges in June, and we highly recommend it! He kept us interested in the history, architecture, stories and unique facts about this beautiful city throughout the entire tour. We learned quite a bit in the 2.5 hour tour, but I think we could have spent days with him and would learn only a fraction of what he knows about Bruges. We would love to return there again, and when we do, we plan to contact Koen. Koen, thank you for making our visit to your city so memorable!
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R2486hnkevinw
Oct 16, 2023
Brugges tour - Koen was an excellent and knowledgeable guide, with an encyclopedic understanding of Brugges, friendly and flexible, the best guide I have ever had in Europe, highly recommended.
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