Bruges Tour: Medieval City and Canal Cruise

Bruges is renowned as the quintessential medieval city and is often referred to as the “Venice of the North.” Discover the reasons behind these titles by exploring its streets and hidden gems with a knowledgeable guide. Conclude the experience with a scenic boat ride through its canals and an optional beer tasting.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Minnewater Lake - What does minnewater mean? This is the Dutch name for the lake, which is made up of two Dutch words: minne, which means both “common” and “love”, and water, which means “water”. Thus, the most correct translation would mean translating the word minne as “common”, since these were the “common waters, community waters, everyone’s…
What's Included
  • Guided tour of Bruges
  • Professional guide
  • Tasting of 4 beers
  • Boat ride through the canals of Bruges
  • City recommendations
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information
  • Groups of more than 24 people must use headphones, they can buy them for €1 directly from our guides
Location
Bargeplein
Bargeweg
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Kramseyct
May 8, 2025
Definitely Book This Tour! - We had Maria as our guide and she was fabulous! High energy, knowledgeable, friendly...perfect qualities for a tour guide! Saw so much during this tour and got some great recommendations for places to go/eat afterwards. Meeting point was easy to find too - especially since we took the train in from Brussels for the day ;)
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Cozumelaruba
May 7, 2025
Educational tour of the most beautiful city! - Our guide was informative and funny. Bruge is a beautiful city full of rich history and architecture. We loved every minute!
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Samira_l
May 6, 2025
Excellent tour providers... - Excellent tour providers and guides. Exactly as advertised. Walking tour in the language of your preference.
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Lover_liz
May 4, 2025
Good value & flexible - Offered good value. I like the fact that one could undertake the boat trip & beer tasting at a later time. The guide, JK was great. Very enthusiastic and informative
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Philippa_c
May 3, 2025
Highly recommend. Excellent way to see Bruges! - Excellent way to see Bruges, firstly on foot and then with a lovely 1 hour boat trip. Highly recommend and it’s amazing value! Both guides were excellent.
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Wanderer14448532666
May 3, 2025
Perfect mix - In summary: It was great!!! Started with a super interesting and entertaining city tour with the friendly guide “JK”! Completion: A beautiful boat tour through the canals and beer tasting in the beer museum. We found it great that the boat tour and the tasting could be made flexible and independent in time. 💯 Recommendation.
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Barbara_s
May 2, 2025
Great guide! - Our guide was very energetic and knowledgeable. She took us to one of the best chocolate shops. Boat ride was also very enjoyable.
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Ewaldk998
May 5, 2025
Mixed - Guided tour has been postponed several times - no excuse from the guide. Leadership even then very informative. Beer tasting - included in the booking as a service - did not take place.
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Leota_s
May 5, 2025
Hassles with boat tour and a not very knowledgeable guide - Tour quite interesting but was 2 hours nonstop walking. Tour guide Diane very nice but not real knowledgeable. Knew about specific stops but could not answer other questions about the city or history. She was a foreign student in Brussels. Would have much preferred someone native to Brugge. Boat tour was actually separate from tour itself. Was told by guide Diane all I needed was the Viator voucher QR code which I had previously taken a screenshot of. Instead it’s a separate booking number shown below the QR code which wasn’t on my screenshot. Had to find a public WiFi in order to download the full voucher info in order to take the boat tour (which was very interesting). Was a lot of hassle which could have been avoided if told in advance what was needed for the boat trip. Viator needs to remember not all foreign visitors have internet to look up info on the spot.
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Theresa
May 3, 2025
Lost in Bruges - We could not find our guide, we never received a text or phone call from the guide. It was a 2 hour tour, if they called or sent a text, we could have arranged another meeting place. I was very disappointed
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From $41
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).