Belgium · SELF-GUIDED TOURS
A shortlist rather than a catalogue: 15 self-guided tours that hold up, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the thing to know before you commit.
Bruges Beer Experience review: explore Belgian brewing with an iPad audio guide, city views, family activities, and optional tasting.
“tutto ottimo, soprattutto per la presenza di un'audioguida in italiano non così scontata in Belgio. Per il resto se nel reparto bar ci fosse una più ampia scelta di cibo sarebbe molto apprezzato da chi predilige bere a stomaco pieno”
Make Belgian chocolate in Brussels, take home your creations, then explore Choco-Story with an audio guide and tasting.
“In the workshop, the staff were super enthusiastic and helpful. We got to make as much as we liked. The museum tour and demonstration after workshop was really informative and entertaining. We will definitely visit again.”
Explore Bruges by solving puzzles at 10 landmarks with a flexible audio tour, GPS navigation, local tips, and no fixed start time.
“I had different expectations. You stick around the center too much. Also interesting but you often walk the same part in the center.Auto-translated”
Explore Bruges at your own pace with a low-cost smartphone puzzle game linking canals, churches, squares, chocolate, and the Lake of Love.
“You see lots of things you probably would not find in guide books and some amazing historical facts. The views are brilliant.”
Explore Antwerp’s old town by phone with GPS, 40 audio stops, seven languages, and flexible timing for just $8.73.
“Worthless. AI voice, computer generated, no stories or deep descriptions of what you’re seeing - you get better info off of plaques. Big phone drain and does t easily let you skip around.”
Explore Antwerp at your own pace with an app-based scavenger hunt covering major landmarks, audio stories, puzzles, and flexible stops.
“Can't you call it a puzzle, with Google Maps you can walk from one place to the next like that - and with the questions you just have to look not thinkAuto-translated”
Explore Antwerp at your own pace with a $9.45 puzzle walk, audio guide, local tips, and nine historic outdoor stops.
“Loved it all! Not too short and not too long…the perfect amount of time! We really enjoyed the scavenger hunt aspect!”
Explore Bruges at your own pace with an affordable smartphone audio tour covering canals, medieval sights, Michelangelo, and the Belfry.
“Simple and useful audio guide, allows you to get to know the city and is made with easy and pleasant language.Auto-translated”
Explore Brussels by app with puzzles at seven major sights, from the Royal Palace to Grand Place, for about $8.27 per person.
“Waste of money - never received the activation code. Really frustrating and annoying. Was never sent an SMS or whatsapp as per the instructions”
Explore Ghent at your own pace with a $8.42 smartphone audio tour covering medieval bridges, castles, churches, markets, and street art.
“Very pleasant way to walk the city at my own pace with interesting tidbits and could walk in my own order.”
Explore Brussels through beer bars, puzzles, and local history on this flexible self-guided old-town walk for just $6.61.
“Guide/quiz makes no sense. We dropped to follow the route after 4 stops, because 3 of the stops were so poorly made/made no sense in neither the "in game" timeframe or "real life" timeframe, that we just had to give up. Examples: the answer to a question were equal to number of floors on the tallest building in a square. Answer was 6. The tallest modern building was actually 9 floors, and the tallest building in the time setting of the game was 4. No coherence...”
Explore Ghent through puzzles, legends, and landmarks on this flexible self-guided city game for groups of up to five.
“Leuk om op een andere manier de stad te verkennen. Zeer duur voor wat het is. Niet gemakkelijk, te vaak een hint nodig gehad. Het einde was er plots en kwam geen afluitende tekst.”
Explore Liège at your own pace with a puzzle-filled audio walk to 10 landmarks, flexible timing, local tips, and no entrance fees.
“This is a walking guided tour that takes you to 10 interesting locations in Liège. At each one, there is a puzzle that you can solve by looking closely at the building or reading a nearby plaque. I definitely needed the hints in order to solve the puzzles, but with the hints, I was able to solve them all. Luckily, if you cannot solve a puzzle, you can still move forward using the skip button.”
Explore Leuven’s Gothic landmarks, university quarters, chapels, breweries, and squares on a flexible self-guided audio walk.
“Excellent self-paced walking tour of Leuven. Clear, informative, interesting narration. Ability to pause tour and go into buildings along the route, saving having to retrace steps to return. Really enjoyed this tour.”
Explore Bruges with a flexible VoiceMap audio tour covering legends, canals, churches, bridges, and historic streets at your own pace.
“Great tour overall. Interesting history and stories. Shared ear phones with my wife so we had to walk close ❤️”
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