Explore Brussels with a guide for an overview of the city’s history and culture. In addition to navigating the winding streets for you, your guide provides facts and anecdotes rarely heard by visitors, as well as inside tips to use during the rest of your trip. This walking tour is recommended for both first-time and returning visitors who want a deeper understanding of the city.

Get an inside perspective on Brussels’ history and culture
History-focused tour: Learn little-known facts and anecdotes
Go with a guide: Visit top landmarks and hidden gems
Leave with tips and recommendations for the rest of your trip

What's Included

At the end of the tour an info session is held in order to help you to organize your journey in Brussels.
Snacks

Drinks

Meeting And Pickup

Meeting point

Grand Place
Grote Markt, 1000 Brussel, Belgium
Meeting point is the Grand-Place. We meet in front of the city hall, in front of the main gate. The guide has a GREEN & RED umbrella.

End point

Place Royale
Pl. Royale, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
TOUR ALSO AVAILABLE IN FRENCH (on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays) - Please select the option : visite en français
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

Traveler Photos

Traveler Tips

If you want to get to know this wonderful city this tour is the way!

Reviews

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314 reviews

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Very knowledgeable and friendly tour guide!

evelyn_l, Mar 2023

The guide is very knowledgeable and told us history of many buildings along the way. He also let us taste transitional waffles and chocolates. At the end of tour, he shared recommendations of other places to visits and eat in Brussels. It’s a very good tour and I definitely would recommend it to my friends.

Best thing I did while in Brussels

Phoebe_T, Mar 2023

This is my favourite thing that I did while visiting Brussels. The guide was kind, engaging and super knowledgeable. They get to know you and give you personalised information and suggestions based on your interests and the interests of group. You'll learn about and see everything from interesting architecture and history to chocolate and waffle delights. This tour had it all! The guide also gave us personal suggestions for the rest of our trip. Loved this so much and would highly recommend it to anyone visiting the city!

BEST thing to do in Brussels!

Kimberly_S, Mar 2023

Our guide, Sancar, was amazing! He was so interesting and entertaining, and covered so much information on our tour. For me, the highlight was how he treated the group. He made sure we all knew each others’ names, and he knew all of ours, plus our country of origin. I was traveling solo that day, but felt like I was amongst friends for the tour! Also, do this early in your visit, so you know the best places to see during your stay in Brussels.

Exactly as expected

Rebecca_F, Feb 2023

Sancar was a great tour guide, very passionate and keen to share his knowledge. We were a small group and he took the time to speak to us individually. Really nice that he shared what else to do for the rest of our trip, places to go/avoid in the time we had. Thanks again, would recommend!

Brussels the humble jewel

umakaranth, Feb 2023

My guide was absolutely fantastic. I was the only person signed up but he went ahead and made it a great experience. Gave me so much wonderful information and genuinely interested and respectful. I had great tips from him without having the need to ask specifically. He understood what i needed and at one point we had a great discussion about society, culture and politics as well. I would highly recommed him. Very humble, kind and well informed

Worth it!

KirbyM, Feb 2023

More than worth it! Wonderful history, fun stories, and well planned little eats along the way. Loved the humor of the guide.

Worth every euro

stephmmcdonald, Feb 2023

Sancar was a great guide - we learned a tremendous amount of the history of Brussels in a short period of time.

Sancar is a brilliant...

Derek_C, Feb 2023

Sancar is a brilliant tour guide full of local knowledge! Really enjoyed the tour with him and our group would recommend to anyone visiting Brussels.

Informative and interesting!

Malcolm_C, Jan 2023

We were in Brussels for a day before the tour and thought it was eclectic but nothing to see. This tour showed us the deep history and political importance of the town with key sites we had just walked passed without notice the day before.

A great day in Belgium!

behnaz_p, Jan 2023

Very knowledgable tourguide, Answering all questions, and also, offered us a very delivious waffle and high quality Belgium chocolates, Highly recommended!

A must do in Brussels

ANDREW_G, Jan 2023

I had the pleasure of being guided by Sancar. It was worthwhile doing this as it gave me a general sense and history of the city. This helps provide context if you intend staying for more than a day. He was open to answering any questions I had. Recommend this!

Guide and the entire...

MarvinRayB, Jan 2023

Guide and the entire walking tour is amazing! We covered pretty much all the tourist attractions in Belgium. Definitely will recommend to friends!

Book this tour today!

Karla_W, Dec 2022

Sancar was a lovely guide. Personable and extremely knowledgeable. He was generous with his time and, even though it was a very cold day, it was barely noticeable because the information was so interesting! I wouldn't change a thing and you shouldn't hesitate to book his tour.

Excellent tour. Sancar...

Jesse_F, Dec 2022

Excellent tour. Sancar was a brilliant guide. Very informative and funny. Definitely recommend this tour.

Excellent walking tour in the heart of Brussels.

Adrian_Q, Dec 2022

Excellent tour with a knowledgeable guide and complementary waffles and chocolates thrown in! Very enjoyable tour.

Great walking tour a must do in Brussels!

Caitlin_E, Dec 2022

One of the best walking tours I’ve been on while away in Europe! The tour guide was so friendly and knowledgeable about everything Belgium. The tour included trying Belgium waffles and chocolates! I let the tour guide know I can’t eat dairy and he went out of his way to include vegan Belgium chocolates in the tasting which was very kind! We were also emailed a list of recommendations for the rest of our stay. Highly recommend 😊

This tour has a bit of everything

Tim_M, Dec 2022

Really good tour and well worth booking. The host was very friendly and knowledgeable, taking time to learn everyone’s names and where they were from. The tour included lots of interesting information plus chocolate and waffle tasting.

Very informative and...

Regan_H, Dec 2022

Very informative and passionate about the subject. Great recommendations on other places to go on my travels. Thank you so much!!

Amazing guide

Lisa_H, Dec 2022

Sancar was an amazing guide. He was super knowledgeable and offered great advice and tips for the rest of our trip. The chocolate and waffle tasting was also a fun treat. We were super glad we went on this tour!

Terrific tour and a great way to learn about Brussels

Stacy_S, Dec 2022

We had a fabulous time touring beautiful Brussels during the Christmas markets. This tour taught us so much about the history and beauty of the city. Sancar our guide was extremely knowledgeable and accommodating.

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