Excursions in Brussels

Brussels is one of those extraordinary cities that you will rarely "understand" for one visit. Here you need to visit more than a dozen times to find out what this modern city lives and breathes. And how many interesting things can the tourist of the capital of Belgium show! In order not to miss anything, try to visit at least a few excursions, choosing from this list the most fascinating.

The most popular excursions in Brussels

So, the most interesting are the following excursions:

1. The sightseeing tour of Brussels , of course, will be the first number in this list. If you arrived in the European capital for the first time and have not yet seen either the Manneken Pis, or the central square of the city , be sure to sign up for one of the informative sightseeing tours. It will acquaint you with the most important sights of Brussels: the Grand Place, the Royal Palace and the Bread House , the Palace of Charles of Lorraine , the most famous parks and museums of the city. Such an excursion can be either pedestrian or automobile-pedestrian, depending on the number of objects that the guide intends to show you.
2. For those who are limited in time, there are guided tours of Brussels by bus . This is the "Visit Brussels Line" and "CitySightseeing Brussels", which start from the Central Station. In 1.5 hours the bus will drive around the historical part of the city in order to briefly acquaint you with its main sights. Several stops are expected.
3. Acquaintance with museums . If you want to really feel what the Belgian capital lives in a cultural way, be sure to go through its museums or choose one of them, with the most interesting topics for you. It can be an excursion "Early Flemish painting", "Masterpieces of Dutch painting", "Royal open-air", "Galleries of contemporary art". It will be very interesting to visit the Autoworld and the Beer Museum .
4. "Brussels is a city of contrasts . " This is the name of a very interesting and informative tour of Brussels, which will show you the city from different, diametrically opposite sides. First of all, it is the architecture of the capital, where the historic buildings and modern buildings are so fancifully mixed. Also you will see the "reverse side of the coin" - it's worth to go outside the old city, and you will understand that in Brussels, too, there are dirty streets, garbage and other attributes of any metropolis.
5. An individual excursion "The best in Brussels in 24 hours" will be interesting for youth. In the morning, the guide will take you through the traditional sights of the city and places that usually do not show tourists - ethnic neighborhoods, secluded parks, inexpensive shops. And then you will take part in the night life of the city, having visited a cocktail bar, cozy cafe, club or pub of your choice.
6. If you travel to the Belgian capital with children , then a family tour of Brussels will definitely appeal to you. It is designed for adults and children of preschool and primary school age. During the excursion you will briefly familiarize yourself with the main tourist places, as well as provide a game program plus a visit to the comic book museum.
7. One of the most unusual excursions can be "Chocolate Brussels" - a visit to the places where they prepare, sell and eat the most delicious chocolate in the world - the Belgian. This tour can not help but lovers of sweet, because the famous Brussels praline and in fact have an unsurpassed taste.
8. Shopping in Brussels is also possible within the framework of the excursion program. The guide will help you make the necessary purchases and will spend on antique shops, souvenir shops, ateliers, workshops and even the flea market, which is also available in Brussels.
9. And, finally, there are so-called free tours of Brussels . The essence of them is that the tourist planning a trip to the capital of Belgium, communicates via the Internet with the agency "The Brussels Greeters", which sends a free guide. The tour takes place, as a rule, in English, and its subjects can be very different. The fact is that your guide can be a person of any profession, age and sex, chosen from the list of local residents who wished to participate in this program. Therefore, the guide himself chooses what he will tell you and what sights to cover. The advantage of free excursion is the possibility of direct communication with a resident of Brussels and the fact that he will show you places that are not part of the usual sightseeing tour of the city.

Most of the excursions in Brussels are possible in Russian. The main thing is to choose in advance a Russian-speaking guide. To do this, it is advisable to determine in time the agency you are going to contact, to familiarize yourself with the contents of the excursion and its cost.