Brussels Half-Day City Tour
Overview
- Extensive city tour of Brussels
- Short guided walking tour of Grand Place, the heart of medieval Brussels
- Royal Residence, Royal Square, Houses of Parliament and Art Nouveau houses
- EU Commission and European Parliament
- Multilingual guide
- Pickup from selected Brussels hotels
Next, climb aboard a luxurious coach to tour the city’s most alluring landmarks; pass the colossal St Michael’s Cathedral and the world famous Heyseldistrict with its Atomium; and embrace the cosmopolitan culture of the Japanese Tower and the Chinese Pavilion. Marvel at the endless rows of antique shops in the Sablon district and catch a glimpse of the Royal Residence’s regal exterior as you travel.
Continue to the Palace of Justice and sail past examples of impressive imperial structures; see the stately Royal Square, the grand Houses of Parliament and the Royal Palace.
Conclude your tour with return transportation to your hotel or original departure point.
Reviews
Viator Traveler's Reviews
This tour was very interesting and great way to get to know the city. the only issue was that it was extremely hard to hear the tour guide and she had to repeat everything 3 times once in English, once in French, once in Spanish...we went during the flower festival and it was very crowded so very hard to hear what was being said. I would suggest passing out those headphones to everyone on the tour so that we could hear what the guide was saying. Even with these issue, the tour guide was amazing...so nice and friendly and very knowledgeable.
The tour was wasn't bad, but I had two main issues:
1- the group was slightly larger than I expected, so hearing the guide was a challenge
2- the tour guide was delivering the tour in 3 languages, so a lot of time was wasted for translations, let alone the confusion of shifting from one language to another as the story would lose a lot of its value when it is being told in chunks.
I was not extremely happy with this tour of the city. I felt that it could have been better or maybe I was led to believe we would have more walking of city center Brussels. We walked over the Grand Place in Brussels and then got on a bus. I thought we would have seen the manneken pis or hit a couple highlights of the historic area, but we didn't. I was also hoping the bus would have stopped a couple times to allow folks to take pictures, but also was not the case. This tour needs to be extended by an hour and really showcase Brussels. Not enough time and everything felt extremely rushed.
