Historical Walking Tour: Discover the Past and Legends of Bruges with a Local Guide

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: 24 hours
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…
What's Included
  • All applicable fees and taxes included
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Stroll through Bruges with a local guide, uncover the historic center, and journey back to the golden era of Bruges. Our guide will share fascinating facts and tales of love, glory, and fortune, as well as stories of intrigue, war, and conflict. They can also recommend the best places to eat and drink during your visit. By the end of the tour, you’ll…

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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Hundredacrewoods
Sep 1, 2024
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - Our guide was AMAZING! I think his name was Sander. He mentioned that he was a high school history and philosophy teacher during the school year, and it showed! So much information, and so interesting! Husband and I had so much fun. Don't forget to tip accordingly, people!!!
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Michael
Aug 28, 2024
By all means. - Very pleasant, friendly and funny guide. He links Rotterdam and the tour with his own and other exciting stories and does not listlessly report on any dates that nobody can remember. Has included the participants very amusingly and paid close attention to everyone (eg When crossing roads). Tolle Tour.
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Z8246czlaurat
Aug 28, 2024
First & not the last Free Walking Tour, I hope. It was perfect. I recommend. - Thank you to Brecht for this group tour. It is with humor and happiness that we discovered many things about the city of Bruges.
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E2498tam_nicag
Aug 27, 2024
Meeting Bruges - Fantastic tour by Lorraine. Very interesting and entertaining. Lorena explains in detail the history of the city and has you hooked on the whole itinerary. We were with our kids who enjoyed it as much or more than we did. He also advised us on Gastronomy and Shopping in the city. Definitely to recommend everyone who visits Bruges
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Christellem783
Aug 25, 2024
To do without hesitation - Thanks to Gerard who made us discover Bruges for 3 hours.With many anecdotes and humor. A very good time very rewarding.A very nice way to understand the history of this beautiful city.
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O182uusamt
Aug 24, 2024
Very glad we booked this tour 👍🏻 - Our guide, Erik, was excellent. He was knowledgeable, interesting and friendly. In a little over 2 hrs, I felt I got a good summary history of the city and now really want to come back.
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Rachele107
Aug 22, 2024
Amazingly insightful waking tour of Bruges! - A wonderful insightful tour. Our guide Bram was incredibly knowledgeable of the area and history of Bruges. Bram was very friendly, humorous and answered everyone’s questions along the way. We wish we had booked earlier in our visit to Bruges as the tour showed us that we had only just scratched the surface of what was on offer! However, thanks to Bram, we now have an itinerary for the next time we visit!
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Sophiefl9318vr
Aug 19, 2024
Guided tour of Bruges - Great visit with Brecht , very friendly and humorous Guide. We learned a lot about Bruges. We came for the first time and are delighted.
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Chapinaciudadvieja
Aug 19, 2024
Local insights into beautiful Bruges - Energetic young tour guide providing history and local knowledge on Belgian cuisine and beer. Good mix of art history, architecture and on gastronomy- chocolates, waffles, Flemish stew, fries, mussels and more!
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X8085ty_
Aug 18, 2024
The best! - We did the morning free tour in Brussels. Our tour guide was Victoria. We learned so many things in such an easy way. Recommended!
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