Private Historical Tour: The Highlights of Bruges
Description
Walk around Bruges with a local, explore the historic centre and learn about the glorious past of our medieval city. On this tour, a local private guide will take you on a journey of discovery through the historic heart of the city and show you the highlights of medieval Bruges. He will tell you fascinating stories and ancient legends, and at the same time give you valuable tips on where to go and what to do in present-day Bruges. History and funny stories, legends and interesting facts, highlights and hidden gems — this tour has everything to make your experience of Bruges authentic and unforgettable!
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Itinerary
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.
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Important Information
- 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!
Reviews(340)
Hilde was a great tour guide. Very friendly, very informative, great tips. Highly recommended and very good German language skills.
Piet was exceptional. His knowledge and passion for his city shined through. We learned so much and discovered so many hidden gems! Highly recommend a tour with him!
This is a great introduction to Bruges and our guide, Victoria, was the best at this. I would recommend this tour to anyone visiting a place for the first time.
We really enjoyed this tour of Bruges. Aline was an excellent tour guide. Highly recommended!
This was a fantastic tour of Bruges. Martin was our guide and he was very knowledgeable and a lot of fun. We learned so much and couldn’t believe the 2 hours was over so fast. I would highly recommend this tour and you would be lucky to get Martin as your guide!!
Martin is extremely well prepared and interesting. He shares so many details that we would never have known. He has a great sense of humor and is very engaging!
We really enjoyed out one on one with our guide and he was very interesting, informative and patient with me taking many pictures. We saw many interesting and beautiful buildings, cathedrals and even went by a waffle restaurant, chocolate shop and had plenty of time to still look around.
Nice for 2 people and personalised. And from a local West Flanders professional. Better than from a visiting student - as some other tours do. Dankuwel Jonathan!
Excellent tour guide, Martin!!! You will enjoy all of his information and tid bits of Bruges!!! He is a treat...
Excellent command of history and culture, our guide, Aline, has excellent communication skills and grew up in Bruges. She brought her well behaved wire dachshund Tim who was quite friendly and charming.
