Bruges Express

General information

Destination	Category
Brussels, Belgium	Sightseeing Tours

Program details

Travel back in history. Our comfortable coach takes you in one hour and a half to Bruges. Our guide will meet you on arrival and bring you to Minnewater park (the Lake of Love) and the Beguinage. Afterwards we start our walking tour and discover all the highlights of the city with Our Lady Church, the Market Square with the Belfry, the Holy Blood Chapel and many more. Do not forget your walking shoes! Free time will be allowed for individual visits.

A béguinage is a group of small buildings used by Beguines. These lay sisterhoods of the Roman Catholic Church were founded in the 13th century in the Low Countries and included religious women who decided to serve God but did not retire from the world.

Minnewater Park is a romantic park and lake that in spring and summer fills with beautiful swans. The swan is one of the symbols of Bruges. The legend says that in 1488 the people of Bruges had executed one of the town administrators named by Maximilian of Austria. Once the duke regained power he ordered that swans (present in his coat of arms) be kept on the canals forever.



Meeting/pick-up point: De Boeck office, Grasmarkt, 82 Rue Marché aux Herbes, 1000 Brussels.

Start/opening time: From 04/04/2015 to 01/11/2015, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 10am (except the month of October when it does not operate on Thursdays). From 01/03/2016 to 24/03/2016, Saturdays at 10am.

End/closing time: 7pm.
Duration: approximately seven hours.
Languages: Dutch, English, French, Spanish and German.
Others: if you want to be picked up at your hotel for the tour (free service) state the name of your hotel at the time of booking, note that this service is only available for hotels located in Brussels city, never in peripheral areas. Clients that do not indicate the name of your hotel reservation will have to go directly to the following meeting point. Whether you are picked up at your hotel or you are heading to the meeting point, you need to be there 30 min prior to the departure time of the tour.