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Walking Tour in Brussels: The origins of the city

By Curiositas Mundus
Free cancellation available
Price is $16 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 40m
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Overview

VISIT ONLY IN SPANISH.

A guided tour that will help you learn about the historical origins of the city while you walk through its most iconic places.

Brussels is a city with more than a thousand years of history. It started as a swamp on an islet and became the heart of the largest empire in the world. Do you want to know how and where it all started?

  • Learn the history of the headless character that appears in so many representations.
  • Discover what happened to the remains of Saint Gudula, patron saint of Brussels.
  • You will know who lived in the Grand Place of Brussels.
  • You will learn legends of the city that no one had told you.

All this and much more on a three-kilometer tour of the city, in which you can feel like you are part of a living place full of legends and stories.

Activity location

  • Vismet
    • 1000, Brussel, Brussel, Belgium

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Rue du Vieux Marché aux Grains 2
    • 2 Rue du Vieux Marché aux Grains
    • 1000, Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium

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Walking Tour in Brussels: The origins of the city
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 40 minutes2h 40m2h 40m
  • Spanish
Language options: Spanish
Starting time: 10:30am
Price details
$16.26 x 1 Adult$16.26
Total
Price is $16.26
Until Wed, Jun 12

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional guide only in Spanish.

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Vismet
  • 10m
We will start our tour in the old internal port of Brussels, outside the walls, to gradually introduce ourselves to the origins of the city.
Black Tower
  • 7m
What is this tower that is embedded in the hotel? Do you want to find out?
Place Ste. Catherine
  • 7m
An old tower and a "new" church... What would have been here in past centuries?
Place St. Gery
  • 10m
The true beginning of the city. The first citizens of Brussels set foot on this ground in the year 979. Who were they?
Place De La Bourse
  • 8m
Now we see the Stock Market but... would there be something here in the 13th century?
St. Nicholas Church
  • 9m
Although it may not seem like it, it is one of the first churches in the city. Who is this woman at the entrance? What are you serving?
Grand Place
  • 17m
The commercial center of old Brussels... and perhaps also a place of sorrows and joys.
Les Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert
  • 13m
Perhaps one of the most beautiful streets in the city. What mysteries does this ceiling contain?
Carillon du Mont des Arts
  • 15m
What a collection of characters! Why are there so many chimes in Belgium?
Place Royale
  • 10m
Majestic buildings! Maybe some emperors stepped foot in this place?
Place du Grand Sablon
  • 10m
What is this church doing here? Who built it? Why is it full of crossbowmen?
Jardin du Petit Sablon
  • 12m
What a lovely garden! Wait... that guy's face sounds familiar... haven't we seen him before?

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESVismet
    • 1000, Brussel, Brussel, Belgium

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLERue du Vieux Marché aux Grains 2
    • 2 Rue du Vieux Marché aux Grains
    • 1000, Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium

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