Private Historical Tour: The Highlights of Bruges
Avoid crowds and enjoy a more enriching experience of Bruges than is typically offered by group tours. This private walking tour is exclusively for your party so, as you explore the city's sights, you'll have ample opportunity to talk with your guide and learn all about the city's intriguing history.
Highlights
- ✓Private tour, exclusively for your party: Ensures a personalized experience
- ✓Hassle-free pickup and drop-off from your Bruges hotel
- ✓Get insights into Bruges history and culture from your guide
- ✓Opportunity to glean local recommendations from your guide
What you'll see & do
- ✓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.
- ✓We visit the halls behind the bellfry and explain you the important role the tower has played during the Middle Ages.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓We venture into the garden of the Groeninge Museum, where some of the works of the biggest Flemish masters are on display.
- ✓We take you to the old Tanner's square, where the smelly business took place of greasing skins and turning them into leather.
- ✓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
- ✓Hotel pick up and drop off
- ✓Local guide
- ✓Professional guide
- ✓All Fees and Taxes
- ✓Private Tour
What's not included
- ✓Food and drinks, unless specified
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation 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!
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Private Historical Tour: The Highlights of Bruges
Avoid crowds and enjoy a more enriching experience of Bruges than is typically offered by group tours. This private walking tour is exclusively for your party so, as you explore the city's sights, you'll have ample opportunity to talk with your guide and learn all about the city's intriguing history.
Highlights
- ✓Private tour, exclusively for your party: Ensures a personalized experience
- ✓Hassle-free pickup and drop-off from your Bruges hotel
- ✓Get insights into Bruges history and culture from your guide
- ✓Opportunity to glean local recommendations from your guide
What you'll see & do
- ✓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.
- ✓We visit the halls behind the bellfry and explain you the important role the tower has played during the Middle Ages.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓We venture into the garden of the Groeninge Museum, where some of the works of the biggest Flemish masters are on display.
- ✓We take you to the old Tanner's square, where the smelly business took place of greasing skins and turning them into leather.
- ✓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
- ✓Hotel pick up and drop off
- ✓Local guide
- ✓Professional guide
- ✓All Fees and Taxes
- ✓Private Tour
What's not included
- ✓Food and drinks, unless specified
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation 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!
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.