Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Bruges by Bike
QuasiMundo Bike Tours
leads daily five-mile English-language bike tours around the city
(€25, €3 discount with this topic, 2.5 hours, departs March-Oct at 10:00, in Nov only with
good weather, no tours Dec-Feb). For more details and contact info, see their listing under
“Near Bruges,” later.
City Minibus Tour
City Tour Bruges gives a rolling overview of the town in an 18-seat, two-skylight minibus
with dial-a-language headsets and video support (€16, 50 minutes, pay driver). The tour
leaves hourly from the Markt (10:00-19:00, until 18:00 in fall, less in winter, tel.
050-355-024,
www.citytour.be
). The narration, though clear, is slow-moving and a bit bor-
ing. But the tour is a lazy way to cruise past virtually every sight in Bruges.
Walking Tour
Local guides walk small groups through the core of town (€9, 2 hours, daily July-Aug, Sat-
Sunonlymid-April-JuneandSept-Oct,departfromTIon'tZandSquareat14:30—justdrop
in a few minutes early and buy tickets at the TI desk). Though earnest, the tours are heavy
on history and given in two languages, so they may be less than peppy. Still, to propel you
beyond the pretty gables and canal swans of Bruges, they're good medicine. In the off-sea-
son, “winter walks” leave from the same TI four evenings a week (€9, Nov-Feb Sat-Mon
and Wed at 17:00).
Local Guide
A private two-hour guided tour costs €70 (reserve at least one week in advance through
TI, tel. 050-448-686). Or contact Christian Scharlé and Daniëlle Janssens, who give two-
hour walks for €80, three-hour walks for €120, and full-day tours of Bruges and Brussels
for €210 (Christian's mobile 0475-659-507, Daniëlle's mobile 0476-493-203,
Horse-and-Buggy Tour
The buggies around town can take you on a clip-clop tour (€36, 35 minutes; price is per car-
riage, not per person; buggies gather in Minnewater, near entrance to Begijnhof, and on the
Markt). When divided among four or five people, this can be a good value.
PopulartourdestinationsfromBrugesareFlandersFields(famousWWIsitesabout40miles
tothesouthwest)andthepicturesquetownofDamme(4easy-to-bikemilestothenortheast).
