Withlocals Bruges Private Tour: Explore City Highlights and Hidden Gems

Discover the best of Bruges on a private tour that takes you beyond the typical tourist attractions. Explore city highlights, uncover hidden gems, and indulge in a local treat with a knowledgeable local guide.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • The Markt - The market square was used as a marketplace since 958 and is today a large square located in the heart of the city ringed by banks and many guild houses.
What's Included
  • Private Tour
  • Local Guide
  • 1 local drink/tasting
What's Not Included
  • Drinks & food
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Price for the entrance tickets to landmarks are not included (we will only visit them from outside)
Additional Information

This is more than just a city tour; it’s the ultimate Bruges experience! Learn about Bruges through a tour that gives you a comprehensive overview, showcasing major attractions, uncovering secret spots, weaving tales, and even including a local delicacy - this tour has it all!

Say goodbye to massive tourist groups and swarm of crowds; it is time to experience Bruges through the lens of a local. Explore key landmarks like Burg Square, The Markt, De Halve Maan, and discover hidden treasures and city secrets with the assistance of an expert local guide. What’s more, a local delicacy is provided for your enjoyment.

Withlocals Highlights & Hidden Gems Private City Tour™ is signature to Withlocals and is available in major cities globally. We engage with local guides who are compensated fairly. We support local economies by solely offering locally sourced items and avoid over-tourism by limiting our tours to small, non-intrusive groups. Our tours promote carbon neutrality and veer off the typical tourist beaten paths.

  • Private tour: only you & your local guide
  • CO2 Neutral: all tours carbon emissions are offset
Location
Markt 1
Markt
In front of Historium Bruges
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Joseph
Aug 6, 2024
Delightful gem not to be missed if travelling in Europe. - Bruges is a delightful city, full of life and delights. It’s very walkable and easy to navigate. Can’t recommend it highly enough.
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Adrienne
Jul 14, 2024
Great day in Brugge with Artur! - I booked a private tour with Artur. He customized it to provide what we needed and for the time we needed. Artur is very attentive and thoughtful. We all appreciated his storytelling skills. He was enthusiastic and engaging. We appreciated everything he prepared for us!
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Beatricecj8309mp
Jun 26, 2024
wonderful tour of Bruges! - We really enjoyed our tour with Tom. He was friendly and sincere from the moment we met him. We left the tour with so much interesting information about Bruges that left us wanting to return for a visit! The pace of the tour was perfect. The sights were varied and interesting. We can highly recommend Tom as a local guide. He is kind and very good at what he does. Thank you!
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Susan_b
Jun 3, 2024
The only way to see Ghent! - Sebastian was a wonderful guide. His experience and stories truly brought Ghent to life for us. The private tour was an incredible way to learn the history of not only Ghent but also Belgium and more! It was such a special day!!!
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Czeto
May 17, 2024
Worth the cost. - Ann, our guide was very knowledgeable and personable. She brought Brugge to life. She recommended spending more time at the sights we only had time to pass by.
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Therese_b
May 12, 2024
Great tour and wonderful tour guide! - Our guide was fabulous. We learned so many interesting details about Bruges. Great tour. Highly recommended. .
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Lisabw2882ng
May 7, 2024
Fantastic tour! - Nathan was wonderful. He catered the tour to our preference, but also told us so many interesting facts about the history of the city and its people. We feel in love with Bruges by watching the movie “In Bruges” so we came from the United States to see it firsthand. Nathan showed us where scenes from the movie were filmed and also told us things about the filming of the movie. He surpassed our expectations! Thank you, Nathan!!
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Thomas_w
Apr 26, 2024
Artur was very... - Artur was very knowledgeable and pleasant. He brought history to life. He also pointed out great restaurants and places to visit our next day.
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Fiona
Apr 25, 2024
Hidden Gems Indeed - Artur was friendly and his enthusiastic delivery of the history of Brugge was a pleasure to behold. Artur made us welcome and we had a great time. I'd been to Brugge a couple of times before but he took us places and gave us the history of areas I had never explored. He was happy to answer any questions and a change to his timetable was accommodated by Artur contacting me well in advance and offering to pick us up at the station if necessary. To top it all off he took us to a fantastic waffle house as a result I've had my mind changed about this Belgian delicacy. Thank you Artur and if we are ever here again we'll certainly book another of your tours.
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Sallydb5534qw
Jun 21, 2024
Occupy Wall St meets Bruges - Most reviews of this tour are very positive, naming particular guides. But we got a former Occupy Wall Street protester - an American (Mike?) - who gave as the most bizarre “history” of Bruges. He saw Masonic symbols in all the churches, built long before Freemasons came to Belgium, railed at the “mafia” figures he alleged were behind Bruges’ decline (naming as chief villain Louis de Gruuthuse, a fascinating figure of whom he told us nothing). He gave a totally false account of the legend of the city swans and missed pointing out things like the tomb of the wife of Maximilian even when we were in the church in which she lay. Also missed: the significance to the city of the relic of the Holy Blood. Nor did we get an explanation for the astonishing rise of Bruges, or much else, including its art. We were not offered the advertised sample of food or drink, and Mike (?) did not accompany me to the Michelangelo statue because he had forgotten his wallet and presumably free pass. In fact, we even paid for a small gift he wanted for his son. We did get a lengthy account of his own history, which was not what we paid for, and he was a couple of minutes late besides. All that said, Bruges is so lovely that nothing can spoil it and Mike showed us some nice things and was perfectly pleasant. In fact, he googled for answers to questions we asked about what we saw, and adopted the tour to our wishes as we went. My tip: I’d you take this tour, see if you can get one of he guides who gets the rave reviews.
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