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Historical Walking Tour: Legends of Bruges
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Bruges
About
Walk around Bruges with a local guide, explore the historic centre and travel back in time to the golden days of Bruges. Our guide will tell you interesting facts and stories of love, glory and fortune, but also of intrigue, war and conflict. He or she can also advise you on where to eat and where to drink during your stay. By the end of the tour you'll know more than a local!
IMPORTANT NOTE: Our guides are volunteers who offer tours for tips. The fee only covers the cost of booking via this platform, please bring cash to reward the guide if you enjoyed the tour.
Highlights
2 hours and 15 minutes
Offered in English & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 15 minutes
Offered in English & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
All Fees and Taxes
Gratuities
Meeting Points
Departure
Pieter de Coninck en Jan Breydel
Meet at the statue on the square.
IMPORTANT: Guides are volunteers giving tours for tips. Fee covers platform booking costs only.
Return
De Burg
Important Information
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Wheelchair accessible
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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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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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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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.
15 minutes
2
Belfort
We visit the halls behind the bellfry and explain you the important role the tower has played during the Middle Ages.
10 minutes
3
Gruuthusemuseum
This newly renovated city palace belonged to a wealthy family in Bruges, who held a monopoly on a specific part of the beer trade. Our guide will tell you all about it.
10 minutes
4
Sint-Janshospitaal
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.
10 minutes
5
The Princely Beguinage Ten Wijngaarde
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.
10 minutes
6
De Halve Maan Brewery
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.
10 minutes
7
Minnewater Lake
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.
15 minutes
8
Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk
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.
10 minutes
9
Groeningemuseum
We venture into the garden of the Groeninge Museum, where some of the works of the biggest Flemish masters are on display.
5 minutes
10
Huidenvettersplein
We take you to the old Tanner's square, where the smelly business took place of greasing skins and turning them into leather.
10 minutes
11
Burg Square
After passing by the old Fishmarket, we end the tour on the Burg square, the political heart and birthplace of the city of Bruges.
15 minutes
Historical Walking Tour: Legends of Bruges
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Bruges
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About
Walk around Bruges with a local guide, explore the historic centre and travel back in time to the golden days of Bruges. Our guide will tell you interesting facts and stories of love, glory and fortune, but also of intrigue, war and conflict. He or she can also advise you on where to eat and where to drink during your stay. By the end of the tour you'll know more than a local!
IMPORTANT NOTE: Our guides are volunteers who offer tours for tips. The fee only covers the cost of booking via this platform, please bring cash to reward the guide if you enjoyed the tour.
Highlights
2 hours and 15 minutes
Offered in English & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 15 minutes
Offered in English & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
All Fees and Taxes
Gratuities
Meeting Points
Departure
Pieter de Coninck en Jan Breydel
Meet at the statue on the square.
IMPORTANT: Guides are volunteers giving tours for tips. Fee covers platform booking costs only.