Experience the best of Bruges on a Private Tour with Boat Ride with a local

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Best of Bruges a Private Tour with Boat Ride

2 hours 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Make the most of your time in Bruges with this private walking tour that takes in the major sights in just a few hours. Meet your guide for a scenic stroll through the old town to learn about the city’s history as you admire highlights like St Bonifacius Bridge and Belfort. Break up your walk with a scenic boat tour past some of the most romantic corners of the city.

Get your bearings in Bruges without the hassle of following a map
Learn about the history and architecture from an engaging local guide
Admire the city on foot and on water with a scenic boat cruise
Customize the itinerary and pace with a private and personalized tour

What's Included

Local Guide

Train Ticket to and from Bruges
Alcoholic Beverages
Gratuities
Private transportation
Snacks

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Historium Bruges
Markt 1, 8000 Brugge, Belgium
Meeting point: Markt, voor Historium

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Historic Centre of Brugge

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

St Bonifacius Bridge

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Boattour Bruges

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Minnewater Lake

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Poortersloge (Burghers’ Lodge)

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Belfort

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

De Halve Maan Brewery

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Infants must sit on laps
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Not recommended for pregnant travelers

Most travelers can participate
Near public transportation
Not wheelchair accessible
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Reviews

4.5

25 reviews

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Wonderful tour and history of Bruges!

Bethany_L, Apr 2024

Great tour, the guide showed us all around and gave us wonderful facts about Bruges. I absolutely adored this city.

Informative and fun

KELLY_P, Mar 2024

Informative overview of the history of Brugge while walking through a historical fairy tale like landscape.

Great tour of Bruges.

Kathy_B, Oct 2023

Our guide Guido was wonderful. His knowledge of history and fun trivia about Bruges was amazing. This is an excellent tour to understand Bruges.

wonderful tour

Lita_L, Jul 2023

The tour was informative and Pascale was a wonderful guide, an easy and relaxed personality and made our 2 1/2 hr tour enjoyable. Thank you.

Good but Overpriced

Doug_S, Jul 2023

This is private so only your group. Not necessary. $150 per person is way too much for a 2 hour stroll through the city and then a 30 minute boat ride at the end. Guide was good and we learned some interesting stuff, but my 18 year old and 14 year old got bored quickly. We had to book this one as the other one that is much cheaper that is the group option was booked for the time we wanted. Enjoyed tour but again it was overpriced for what we got.

Good overview of the...

Marianna_C, Jun 2023

Good overview of the highlights of Bruges. Marten explained well and was a knowledgeable guide. Enjoyed this tour.

Bruges

Joan_D, Jun 2023

Our guide was knowledgeable and great. Her English was really good too. Our tour was jam packed! We really enjoyed our time in Bruges.

Lovely Bruges

Timothy_R, Jun 2023

We had a wonderful guide, Margaret. We walked and viewed many beautiful places. She avoided the highest tourist areas and showed us a few secrets. Took us to her favorite chocolate store with traditional candies. Enjoyed lunch together. Opted not to do boats as so crowded. Loved this introduction to Bruges and we know we want to return and see more of Belgium.

Nice Person, but Below-Average Tour Guide

Jameson_C, Jun 2023

Two problems, one major, one less so: 1. Werner was very nice, but tours are slotted for a particular time -- most people have schedules, even on vacation -- and this one only met it because I asked for it to end. We were supposed to get a 90 min. tour and 30 min. boat ride. After two hours, 15 minutes, I asked when the tour was going to end. Werner said, "I only have about 30 more minutes or so." That would have put the total tour at 3:15 (including the canal boat ride). The tour was good, but too discursive and scattered: too much information unrelated to Bruges, Belgium, or the Middle Ages. If we'd stayed on topic (and on time), it would have been a better tour. 2. The tour charged &300+ for a "private tour." It wasn't private. If we'd wanted a group, we could've paid less than a 1/4 of what was charged.......

Response from Host, Jun 2023

Dear James thanks for your feedback, and we are sorry to hear this, in private tours you have an option to state your interests at the beginning of the tour itself so that the guide can plan the tour according to your interests, we noted that you did not share any interests and thus the guide focused more on the historic part that is the mostly liked by people, we confirmed that the our was indeed private for you.

Great, quick tour of Bruges

Brett_S, Jun 2023

We had a great trip with Godfrie! He was wonderful and shared a load interesting knowledge about Bruges with us.

Celebrating our 35th Anniversary in Bruges

Bradley_I, May 2023

Nicole was extraordinarily knowledgeable on Bruges history and the sites throughout the town. She made us feel like she was a friend guiding us through the town.

Disappointed

Steve_E, May 2023

The tour guide failed to show up at the designated location. We waisted an more than an hour of time and still waiting on a credit for what we paid.

Response from Host, May 2023

Dear Steve, thanks for your feedback, this never happens this tour is one of our most popular tours, we checked and noted that the guide had indeed waited for you, and tried to reach you as well but was unable to, we believe you waited at the wrong meeting point.

Well done

apcdenh, May 2023

Good informative and enjoyable tour Recommend this tour Our guide was very knowledgeable thoughtful Had a great time

Great walking tour with Ann

David_F, Apr 2023

Ann was very informative and friendly and an excellent guide. She was very knowledgeable and had excellent insights into the history of Brugge (she is a native).

Pierre was extremely knowledgeable!

James_M, Mar 2023

Learning about the history of Bruges through the eyes and experience of someone who lives in Bruges was fascinating.

👍👍

Chris_M, Mar 2023

Pierre was personable and knowledgeable, in short a great guide to spend a morning with. We very much enjoyed our tour with him a learned quite a bit.

Great Tour

Danielle_G, Jan 2023

Our guide was excellent and showed us more than we would have found ourselves. Very knowledgeable about the history of Brugge. Ended the tour on the boat ride which was beautiful. Would highly recommend!

Our guide was...

Erin_M, Oct 2022

Our guide was knowledgeable, interesting and answered all of our questions. A+ experience. Beautiful walk and canal ride.

Love it!

Kathleen_P, Oct 2022

Great way to enjoy Bruges! So much history to enjoy! Our guide was fabulous - the boat tour was a delightful way to enjoy another element of the sights!

Memorable, Insightful and fun!

drewsoinski, Oct 2022

Lode was terrific he was patient, knowledgeable, punctual and knew the city well. It made the trip memorable. He gave us time to shop and took us to seldom visited places in the city. So fun!