Brussels PRIVATE TOUR With Locals: Highlights & Hidden Gems
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Brussels, Belgium
- 3 hours (approx.)
- Group discounts
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Explore Brussels without the hassle of planning on a private walking tour tailored to your needs and interests. In addition to navigating, your local host takes you to the city’s top landmarks, such as Royal Palace (Palais Royal) and Grand Place, plus hidden gems. Go to one of your guide’s favorite eateries for a snack or a drink and take the time you have with them to get recommendations about what to do while in Brussels.
- See the best of Brussels your way on a private walking tour
- Skip the group tours and explore at your own pace on a more personal tour
- Get to know the city from a local's perspective with a tasting included
- Private tour, exclusively for your party: a personalized experience
What's Included
- A personalized experience tailored to your interests and pace
- Enjoy one included local drink or snack
- Private, multilingual local guide tailored to your needs
- Discover the city away from the crowds
- Sustainable, carbon-neutral experience with certified B Corp operator
- Hotel pickup / drop-off
- Entrance to attractions - we will visit them from the outside
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Rue du Marché aux Poulets 12, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
in front of Cafe Archipel, Marché aux poulets
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Itinerary
1
Church of St Nicolas
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
2
Palais Royal de Bruxelles
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
3
Grand Place
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
4
Brussels
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Place St. Gery (Pass By)
Square du Petit Sablon (Pass By)
Manneken Pis (Pass By)
Museu dels Instruments Musicals (Pass By)
Royal Gallery of Saint Hubert (Pass By)
Royal Theatre Toone (Pass By)
Grand Place (Pass By)
Les Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert (Pass By)
Atomium (Pass By)
Cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudule (Pass By)
Hotel de Ville de Bruxelles (Pass By)
Museu dels Instruments Musicals (Pass By)
Parc del Cinquentenari (Pass By)
Mini-Europe (Pass By)
Autoworld (Pass By)
Train World (Pass By)
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Pass By)
Museum of Natural Sciences (Pass By)
Church of Our Lady of Victories in Sablon (Pass By)
Guild Houses (Pass By)
Parlamentarium (Pass By)
Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History (Pass By)
Illusiemuseum Brussel (Pass By)
Manneken Pis (Pass By)
Mont des Arts (Pass By)
Koninklijke Serres Van Laken (Pass By)
Cantillon (Pass By)
Horta Museum (Musee Horta) (Pass By)
Royal Palace of Brussels (Pass By)
Rene Magritte Museum & Museum of Abstract Art (Pass By)
Brussels Comics Figurines Museum (Pass By)
5
Bois de la Cambre
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Square du Petit Sablon (Pass By)
6
Sonian Forest
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
National Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Pass By)
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- Private tour: only you & your local guide
- CO2 Neutral: tour’s carbon emissions are offset
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
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based on 202 reviews
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I enjoy walk with my guide she was very professional, explain details and show many spots. I highly recommended this tour, your can see the best of Belgium and my guide she took me many photos. She is the best. She give the best choice to taste waffles😍 also she help me to get my tren to back station Eurostar. She so sweet
A wonderful private tour of Brussels! We would highly recommend for understanding the history and sites.
Tour was outstanding and our guide was very knowledgeable. We loved the tour and would recommend to anyone .
Tiago was great and showed us many hidden germs! I highly recommend this tour to anybody who wants an in-depth interactive experience!
Timing did not work with cruise ship docking times. Could not cancel day before. Transportation not readily accessible from docks. Guide was very amenable but Viator was not.
Response from Host, Aug 2026
Dear Debbie,
Thank you for sharing this, and we are glad to hear your guide was accommodating: that is exactly the spirit we aim for.
We understand how frustrating it can be when cruise docking times create last-minute uncertainty, and we are sorry the logistics did not come together as you had hoped. Cancellation policies and flexibility on bookings made through third-party platforms are ultimately governed by those platforms, and we recognise that can feel limiting when circumstances are genuinely out of your control.
We hope Brussels still left a good impression and that we get the chance to welcome you back under smoother circumstances.
Kind Regards,
The Withlocals Team
This tour is not of the most famous places but provides a complete account of the history of Brussels and the locations where they happened. Eric displayed a passion for the history of his town and recommended dining and snacking locations
The your was very informative and interesting. The guide asked us what we wanted to see and where we had already been. He started out the tour by taking us to the top of the tallest building with the best view so he could give a layout and history of the city. It was a great tour and he was a super friendly guy. Thank you.
Tiago provided an excellent tour of the Grand central. Hilarious and knowledgeable. Highly recommended.
Quite possibly the best guided tour I have had in Europe. Tiago, our guide, was friendly, funny and very knowledgeable. He also told tales and stories about the history of Brussels. Wonderful!
Eric was superb! He knew so much about the history of Belgium. I was particularly grateful when he pointed out the brass name plates on the ground outside of the homes those who perished during WWII lived. He is also funny and kind. I have accepted his offer to become ambassador of Belgian fries!!! I recommend this tour 100%!
We had a wonderful and informative tour of Brussels with Tiago. He took us to many historic sites in Brussels and explained a lot of the history of the city, which is fascinating. Highly recommend Thiago and this tour!
Fantastic experience! Exactly what I was looking for. Saw all the big sights in Brussels in lass than half a day. My guide knew everything and was very flexible about stopping to look at things along the way. Highly recommended! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Delightful guide and great overall experience. Despite an incredibly hot day, our guide kept us moving and engaged throughout our tour.
Excellent
Very knowledgeable
And very friendly
Overall very happy
Very good restaurant recommendation
Our guide Asefeh was the perfect guide for us through Brussels. She gave just enough information about each attraction to keep the tour interesting. She took us to all the main spots of Brussels and then shared some
Personal experience with suggestions on restaurants and where to get the best chocolate, waffles and frites! I would recommend this tour and Asafeh if you are looking all the main attractions inside Brussels
Asefeh was an amazing tour guide we had a limited time and she told us so much about Brussels! Thank you!
Excellent tour! Informative and very interesting.
The guide was charming and accommodating to our interests.
A first class, five star tour of Brussels in-a-nutshell.
Matteo Piovacari's three hour walking tour was nicely paced, and oh so intersting...Plenty of history and cultural tidbits.
This was our first visit to Brussels, with only a day to spare, and the tour was an excellent introduction to this fascinating city. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
Amazing, Tiago was profesional and many informativo. He is so sweet and funny. Highly recommended. The best
Matteo was such a fantastic guide for my day in Brussels. He showed me the highlights of the town, and gave me some wonderful tips for the rest of my time in the city. Thank you!!!
Eric was incredibly generous with his knowledge and time, and answered so many questions. Great sense of humour too. I would recommend this tour to anyone on a first visit to Brussels!
I had the best guide, Eric!! I chose a custom tour over a group walking tour because I am not used to waking much and have difficulty with stairs and hills, so I wanted a tour focusing on the must-see sights and did not want to slow down others on a group tour. Eric designed a tour just for me that was all downhill or flat!! He contacted me in advance to find out what I was/was not interested in and designed the tour with that in mind, and added “hidden gems” I didn’t even know I wanted to see! He even included a special request of mine not on a typical tour—to see Audrey Hepburn’s birthplace! Eric is very knowledgeable about the city’s history, and a fascinating and engaging storyteller! I learned so much and enjoyed the free chocolate tastings at a couple of the best chocolatiers! The pace was perfect (both the time spent at each sight and the pace of walking). Highly recommend asking for Eric Lamp as your custom tour guide!
The tour was engaging and informative. Matteo was a fantastic guide that helped us see and learn a lot in a short amount of time. I highly recommend this tour to anyone looking to explore Brussels with a guide who genuinely cares about providing a memorable experience.
Christophe was very good. He was a good communicator & presented Brussels in a way that gave us an understanding of how the city came to be what it is today.
Great tour. Highly recommend. Guide was very friendly, highly knowledgeable, and spoke great English. The tour included a great mix of historic and cultural aspects. She even timed out the walking tour to where the bells on the clock chimed as the tour ended.
Fabulous tour! Our guide, Asefeh, was probably the best private tour guide I’ve ever had! She was very knowledgeable about the history of Belgium and gave us interesting facts about each of the sites we visited. She packed quite a bit into our 3 hour tour, which was great. Asefeh also shared her thoughts on the best places to get various foods. Her recommendation for the best mussels in Brussels was spot on. I would definitely recommend this tour, especially with Asefeh!
Tiago was Very well informed. Keep the walk interesting. Highly recommended. Gave us multiple tips of places to visit
Our private tour guide was Asefeh Ghadiri. The BEST guide ever! She was extremely knowledgeable about Brussels, kind, patient, and full of interesting details about our journey. She was very patient as we stopped a few times to buy jackets and umbrellas because it was raining a bit. She even took our pictures and they came out great!
Triago was an amazing person and full of incredible knowledge! He made the trip so much fun and we could not have been happier. We were impressed with his stories and insight as well as his suggestions on where to go and what to do. This is something I highly recommend to anyone!
Eric was an exceptional patient accommodating gentleman. Took pictures for us. Lingered with us when we did and didn’t complain. Took extra time to take us to other spots not included in the tour.
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