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Private Historical Tour: The Highlights of Bruges

By Legends of Bruges Free & Private Tours
10 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is €175 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

Walk around Bruges with a private guide, explore the historic centre and travel back in time to the golden days of Bruges. On our journey through the beautiful heart of town our guide will tell you the stories of love, glory and fortune, but also of intrigue, war and conflict. Our guide can also advise you on where to eat and where to drink during your stay. By the end of the tour you'll know more than a local!

Activity location

  • The Markt
    • Markt
    • 8000, Bruges, Belgium, Belgium

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Pieter de Coninck en Jan Breydel
    • Markt
    • 8000, Brugge, Vlaanderen, Belgium

Check availability

DUTCH
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • Dutch
Language options: Dutch
Price details
€175.00 x 1 Adult€175.00
Total
Price is €175.00
ENGLISH
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
€175.00 x 1 Adult€175.00
Total
Price is €175.00
ITALIAN
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • Italian
Language options: Italian
Price details
€175.00 x 1 Adult€175.00
Total
Price is €175.00
SPANISH
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • Spanish
Language options: Spanish
Price details
€175.00 x 1 Adult€175.00
Total
Price is €175.00
FRENCH
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • French
Language options: French
Price details
€175.00 x 1 Adult€175.00
Total
Price is €175.00
GERMAN
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • German
Language options: German
Price details
€175.00 x 1 Adult€175.00
Total
Price is €175.00

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Hotel pick up and drop off
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Local guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Professional guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Private Tour
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Food and drinks, unless specified

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • If you have any questions or if you want to make a booking for more than 15 people, please contact us: bruges@legendstours.be
  • Please mention what time you would like to start the tour!
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

The Markt

  • 10m
We start here with an introduction about the history of Bruges and the role the city played as a trading hub in medieval times. We also go deeper into the troublesome relationship between the city of Bruges and the French king.

Belfort

  • 10m
We visit the halls behind the bellfry and explain you the important role the tower has played during the Middle Ages.

Gruuthusemuseum

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
This newly renovated city palace belonged to a wealthy family in Bruges, who held a monopoly on a specific part of the trade. Our guide will tell you all about it.

Sint-Janshospitaal

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
We make a stop at the magnificent hospital of St John, one of the oldest still exisitng hospitals in the world and one of the cornerstones of medieval society.

The Princely Beguinage Ten Wijngaarde

  • 10m
We'll take you for a walk into the picturesque beguinage, the biggest of its kind in the world, where a community of ladies have lived together for over 800 years.

Minnewater Lake

  • 15m
By the Lake of Love we tell you the storey of why we have swans on the canals of Bruges and how the city got into a conflict with Emperor Maximilian of Austria.

De Halve Maan Brewery

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
We stop in front of the brewery to tell you the storey of how the people of Bruges got the nickname 'Fools of Bruges' and to show you a piece of the beer pipeline that flows beneath our city.

Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
We'll tell you the storey of this iconic church, which is the 2nd tallest brick tower in the world and houses a statue by Michelangelo as well as the tombs of the last Dukes of Burgundy.

Groeningemuseum

  • 5m
  • Admission ticket not included
We venture into the garden of the Groeninge Museum, where some of the works of the biggest Flemish masters are on display.

Huidenvettersplein

  • 10m
We take you to the old Tanner's square, where the smelly business took place of greasing skins and turning them into leather.

Burg Square

  • 15m
After passing by the old Fishmarket, we end the tour on the Burg square, the political heart and birthplace of the city of Bruges.

Location

Activity location

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    The Markt
    • Markt
    • 8000, Bruges, Belgium, Belgium

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Pieter de Coninck en Jan Breydel
    • Markt
    • 8000, Brugge, Vlaanderen, Belgium

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