Historical Walking Tour: Discover the Past and Legends of Bruges with a Local Guide
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Embark on a historical walking tour of Bruges with a local guide and uncover the fascinating past and legends of this enchanting city. Discover the stories of love, glory, fortune, intrigue, war, and conflict that shaped Bruges. Get insider tips on the best places to eat and drink. Book now!
Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • The Markt - 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 - We visit the halls behind the bellfry and explain you the important role the tower has played during the Middle Ages.
  • Gruuthusemuseum - This newly renovated city palace belonged to a wealthy family in Bruges, who held a monopoly on a specific part of the beer trade. Our guide will tell you all about it.
  • Sint-Janshospitaal - 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 - 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.
  • De Halve Maan Brewery - We stop in front of the brewery to tell you the story 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.
  • Minnewater Lake - By the Lake of Love we tell you the story of why we have swans on the canals of Bruges and how the city got into a conflict with Emperor Maximilian of Austria.
  • Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk - We’ll tell you the story 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 - We venture into the garden of the Groeninge Museum, where some of the works of the biggest Flemish masters are on display.
  • Huidenvettersplein - 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 - After passing by the old Fishmarket, we end the tour on the Burg square, the political heart and birthplace of the city of Bruges.
What's Included
  • All applicable fees and taxes included
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Stroll through Bruges alongside a resident guide, delve into the city’s historical heart, and journey back to Bruges’ halcyon days. Our guide will share fascinating truths and tales of romance, triumph, and prosperity, yet also of conspiracy, warfare, and strife. Additionally, they can suggest places to dine and unwind during your visit. Upon wrapping up the tour, you’ll be more knowledgeable than a local inhabitant!

ESSENTIAL NOTICE: Our guides are volunteers who conduct tours in exchange for gratuities. The charge solely encompasses the expense of reserving via this platform.

Location
Markt 8000
Markt
We meet at the main square (Grote Markt) of Bruges, in front of the STATUE! Look for the RED UMBRELLA! IMPORTANT: Guides are volunteers giving tours for tips. Fee covers platform booking costs only.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Liza450
Jun 21, 2024
Great historical tour of Brugge - The guide Sam was very knowledgeable of his home town and very enthusiastic to share this with us. We had a great tour round visiting and looking at many artefacts, architecture and places of interest. This tour gave us a great starting point to go and explore and find places we found very interesting. I would suggest to take these tours early in your vacation so you can make the best of the area you are staying. I would highly recommend Legend tours as very quick and easy to book and find your guide.
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Louise2305
Jun 21, 2024
A great way to start your visit. - Excellent tour. Perfect way to start your visit to Brugge. Bram, our guide, was fantastic. He made it interesting and gave lots of tips for enjoying the city. Important to remember to tip fairly as we did but we noticed some people seem to take ‘free’ literally. A minimum of 10euro a head is fair or the guide is really working for nothing. It was well worth it when you consider the costs of other booked tours. We paid far more for a tour in an earlier town and it wasn’t half as good. The pace of the tour was reasonable and the walking not too hard for older visitors or children around 10.
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Njb1906
Jun 19, 2024
Amazing walk down Brugge’s rich history - What an incredible tour! Our tour guide was quite hilarious and very knowledgeable. I won’t think of neither Mad Max nor a clown sign the same ever again!
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Ericajoya4
Jun 18, 2024
Brugge walking tour - Great walking tour! Our tour guide Sam was amazing and funny - love the historical stories and he had great recommendations of places to eat/visit after our tour.
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Debbie
Jun 16, 2024
Great way to see Bruges in one day. - We love taking a walking tour on the first day in a new city. Our tour guide knew so much about the city’s history and was very pleasant. The day was rainy and the tour allowed us to switch to a different time in the same day. We really appreciated this flexibility.
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Amanda
Jun 15, 2024
Awesome experience, Great local guide! - Awesome experience, great local guide. Perfect for those who just don't wanna keep walking around or getting lost, or even draining your mobile battery with Google maps. The guide Patrick made it even more special giving us his particular impressions as a local. Definetly recommend staying more than 1 day so you have time to get to know better and from inside the places you will see at the tour.
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Mariya_s
Jun 14, 2024
Perfect and very informative tour in a most beautiful city of Europe - Extremely interesting tour, but was a little too long. Our guide had so much interesting information and was very passionate. But some people got tiered and left the tour before the end. So sorry for the guide
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Zirconium11
Jun 14, 2024
Fun walk with Brecht…unforgettable! - We are glad to have signed up with Legends and been assigned to guide Brecht. He is very knowledgeable in the history of Brugges as well as other relevant European histories. A solid 2 hour walk around many different places around Brugge and get to know many little intrinsical details about the city. Got to have some good stamina to keep up with Brecht though.
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Connector48443143645
Jun 14, 2024
Beautiful old Brugge - Brecht was our guide and was wonderful. A sense of humor, patient with picture taking and full of interesting history. Highly recommend
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Leecl5104wd
Jun 14, 2024
Educational tour to know history of Bruges - Our guide Brecht is very knowledgeable and humorous. Introducing us to the history of Bruges. He not only describes, but he show us photos of the artefacts.
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