Bruges Guided Boat Trip: Uncover UNESCO World Heritage Site with a Local Guide
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Brugge
Uncover the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Bruges on a guided boat trip. Explore the historic center with a local guide and be amazed by the beautiful views and well-preserved medieval features.
Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • The Markt - The belfry is the most important building on the Grote Markt. This square is surrounded by guild houses with an ancient history.
What's Included
  • Map of Bruges
  • Chocolate tasting
  • Boat trip
Additional Information

Bruges is a quaint town with a substantial past. The entirety of Bruges’ center is recognized as Unesco World Heritage. Wandering through the historic heart of the city presents an incredible sight at each turn. Esteemed townhouses, scenic plazas, and strikingly grand structures paint a picturesque image. This medieval town has managed to immaculately maintain its unique characteristics. Taking a boat tour can offer a leisurely way to unveil its concealed nooks and crannies. Subsequently, the local tour guide will lead you to other highlights such as the Bonifacius Bridge, verdant courtyards, and charming bylanes.

  • dogs allowed
  • Be on time! The guide will escort you to the boat. If you’re late, you miss the boat.
Location
Historium Bruges
Markt
The Historium is located , on the Market square. The tour starts at the entrance gate. The Historium is a gray building with four Gothic arches. The guide will stand in front of the entrance.
Cancellation Policy

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

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D7836ouleem
May 27, 2024
Walking and Boat Tour of Brugge - Wonderful walking/boat tour (In English) around Brugge. Our Tour Guide (Leen) was extremely knowledgeable, friendly and engaging. She made everyone in the group feel welcome. For anyone visiting the city, this tour is recommended.
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Jacqueline
May 25, 2024
Perfect 2 1/2 hr tour of Bruges & a canal ride - Our guide of Bruges was fantastic...very knowledgeable of the city's history (& proud!), spoke loud & clearly, made sure all of us were together, answered questions that we had, & brought us to areas away from the crowds to talk with us. He was also very nice & friendly!
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Trevorstravels
May 19, 2024
Wonderful, informative tour 👍 - The group met our tour guides in the Markt. There were two groups which showed how popular the tours are. Our guide, Ann proceeded to tell us everything about all the places that we stopped at in a clear voice that we could all hear perfectly. We had roughly 5 - 10 minutes at each point of interest so there was plenty of time to have a breather. In the middle of the tour we had a boat trip lasting about 30 minutes along the beautiful canals, with commentary from our boat captain. After the boat trip there was some more walking including a chocolate 🍫 tasting in one of the numerous chocolatier shops. All in all a fabulous tour. We learnt things that not many guide books tell you. A fantastic way to see and learn about this beautiful city. Very highly recommended 👍👍
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Charley
May 19, 2024
A great tour - Fabienne was our guide and she was amazing. Very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. It was chucking it down with rain and she did everything to keep up the energy and help people stay dry as much as possible. We had a wonderful time! The captain on the boat trip was Dominic and he was also brilliant!!!
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Martinsa1590qc
May 18, 2024
Highly recommended, Bruges is a great city - Thank you, Eddy! It was a very nice and interesting city tour through Bruges with you. We really enjoyed being on the road with you. Highly recommended! Best wishes from Bavaria, Martin (...and the entire tour group) from Wald in der Oberpfalz
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Deanna_p
May 27, 2024
A bit long - Beautiful city. Informative tour. Boat guide was fantastic but the boat was crowded. Walking guide was knowledgeable, but always stopped to talk resulting in a tour which lasted 45 minutes longer than expected.
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Barneycat1970
May 24, 2024
Make sure you get the map! - This was a deep dive into all the history of the area’s buildings. The tour guide was very knowledgeable however, he needed a microphone. He was very hard to hear unless you were close to him. We didn’t get a map and the tour ended far away from where it started. We got lost trying to get back to the main square where we could get a taxi back to the port. The boat ride was great!
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Onair56019400386
May 16, 2024
Nice tour in a tourist hotspot - Bruges is a small old trading town worth seeing. Even during the week there are a lot of tourists around, which somewhat spoils the atmosphere. The guided city tour booked in German was only 2/3 in German. The associated boat trip was translated into other languages. The city tour explained historical Bruges between 1200 and 1850. The trading rights and routes that applied at the time, as well as the political and religious history. I would have liked to have seen a link to the present day. How do people live in Bruges and the surrounding area today? What makes life like today. The tour showed the most important spots, so that a good first impression of this beautiful city was created.
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Marilyn_s
May 15, 2024
Pricy 30 minute ride - Captain talked fast and most French. Price high for a 30 minute ride. Did enjoy ride, but value not there
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Anxious2
May 27, 2024
Take towel to dry seat if raining. Crowded - It was Raining, the seats were sopping wet, couldn’t see much for umbrellas, guide pushes for tips, nice to see nesting birds,
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