The 15 Best Self-Guided Tours in Belgium

1.The Beer Experience Museum Entry with Audio Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 201 reviews · 1 day · from $16Our pick

Visit Bruges Beer Experience in the Old Town and use an iPad Mini audio guide to explore brewing, Trappist beer, food pairing, and beer culture. Taste by sight, smell, and touch, then add a tasting for €6. Children up to 12 can follow the Bruges bear Kids Tour.

“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”

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2.Chocolate Workshop and Self-Guided Museum Visit at Choco-Story in Brussels

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 72 reviews · 1 hour (approx.) · from $54

At Choco-Story Brussels, you make chocolate tablets, lollipops, and mendiants with a chocolatier, then tour the museum at your own pace. Louise has led especially warm, hands-on sessions. The experience suits adults and children over 8, with audio guides in 11 languages.

“The chocolate making was enjoyable, would’ve been better if there were games to play with prizes to be won and better music. The museum aspect was very boring and chaotic. I would recommend just doing the chocolate making class, I wouldn’t go back as my overall experience was below average.”

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3.Bruges Scavenger Hunt and Highlights Self Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 54 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $9

Use the World City Trail app to explore Bruges on a 2 km self-guided route. Solve puzzles near the Belfry, Rozenhoedkaai, Boniface Bridge, and other landmarks while listening to audio stories and local food tips. Start anytime, pause freely, and play only with your own group.

“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”

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4.Romantic Bruges: Love Between the Canals Exploration Game

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 32 reviews · 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $7

Explore Bruges with a smartphone-based mystery game about Marie and a lost love. Follow clues from ’t Zand through the Markt, Rozenhoedkaai, the Beguinage, and Minnewater Lake. You play privately with your own group, stop when you like, and need no guide or attraction tickets.

“This was a great way to explore Brugge at our own pace while still seeing all the sites and learning some history. Good for adults and kids.”

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5.City Walk with Audio Guide in 7 Languages on your Phone

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 15 reviews · from $8

Start at Antwerp’s Cathedral of Our Lady and follow a 5.9-kilometer GPS route through the Grote Markt, Rubenshuis, The Steen, and City Hall. Your phone supplies 40 audio stories in seven languages, while you choose the pace, pauses, and museum stops. Bring headphones, a charged phone, and a power bank.

“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.”

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6.Antwerp Scavenger Hunt and Highlights Self Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 14 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $9

Use the World City Trail app to follow a 3.5-kilometer route through Antwerp, solving riddles at the Cathedral, Het Steen, Grote Markt, and more. You start anytime, pause when you like, and hear stories in six languages. It is fully self-guided, so bring a charged phone and mobile data.

“Heel leuke ervaring. Ik ken Antwerpen relatief goed maar hebben toch enkele nieuwe plekken gevonden.”

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7.Antwerp Scavenger Hunt and Best Landmarks Self Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 14 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $10

Start at Antwerp Central Station and follow a self-guided English audio tour through Antwerp’s old center. Solve location-based riddles at churches, squares, museums, and the riverfront, pausing anytime for coffee, lunch, or a museum visit. German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch are also available.

“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”

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8.Bruges Walking Tour with Audioguide on Your Smartphone

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 14 reviews · 1 hour (approx.) · from $8

Follow a self-guided Bruges route from the Gunpowder Tower to Minnewater Lake, the Beguinage, St. John’s Hospital, Burg Square, and the Belfry. The app includes 21 audio recordings, GPS directions, landmark images, and one year of access. Bring your own phone and headphones.

“This was perfect. Took me to exactly to where I wanted to go and everything I wanted to see. Very informational and super convenient to do on my own time. I ran out of time doing it. If I would have been able to take my time and go inside of all of the stops it would have taken me about four hours. I would have loved to do it.”

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9.Brussels Highlights Self guided scavenger hunt and Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 14 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $8

Use the World City Trail app to solve location-based puzzles on a roughly three-hour Brussels walk. You start at Parlamentarium, visit seven central sights, and return to the meeting point. The self-guided route works in six languages and needs no attraction admission.

“Nice to discover Brussels, as a visitor or local. Not seeing the shadow of a treasure hunt, the game lacks a frame.Auto-translated”

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10.Ghent Walking Tour with Audioguide on Your Smartphone

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 13 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $8

Follow a self-guided Ghent route from St. Michael’s Bridge through medieval squares, Gravensteen Castle, Patershol, Graffiti Street, and historic churches. Your phone provides 31 audio recordings, landmark images, and an offline map. Bring headphones, download the app, and set your own pace.

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11.Brussels Old Town & Beer Secrets: Self-Guided Puzzle Walk

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 11 reviews · 1 hour (approx.) · from $6

Use a mobile access code to solve 12 Brussels-themed puzzles from La Fleur en Papier Doré to the Peter the Great statue. This private, guide-free walk visits classic beer cafés, the Belgian Brewers Museum, Delirium Café, Mont des Arts, and lesser-known corners. It works offline and can be paused anytime.

“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...”

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12.Discover Ghent with a self-guided Outside Escape city game tour!

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 10 reviews

Follow a mobile mystery through central Ghent, from Vrijdagmarkt to St. Bavo’s Cathedral. You’ll solve puzzles tied to the missing Lamb of God panel, explore seven historic stops, and guide your own team of up to five people at a time you choose.

“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.”

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13.Liege Scavenger Hunt and Highlights Self Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 9 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $9

Use the World City Trail app to follow a 4.2 km self-guided route through Liège. Solve observation puzzles at landmarks including the Prince-Bishops’ Palace, Saint Bartholomew’s Church, and the Royal Opera. Start any time, pause freely, and listen in six languages, with no entrance fees required.

“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.”

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14.600 Years of History and Heritage: A Self-Guided Walking Tour of Leuven

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $11Top rated

Use the VoiceMap app to explore Leuven at your own pace, beginning at Rector de Somerplein and looping through the Grote Markt, Oude Markt, university quarter, Saint Anthony’s Chapel, M Museum, Ladeuzeplein, and shopping streets. Audio, maps, and tour data work offline in English.

“Omg! Leuven is a hidden gem! Universities, colleges, cafes and churches…. A rainy day but so much energy! The guided tour was a great introduction to the history of the city!”

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15.Bruges’ Legends and Hidden Treasures: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours (approx.) · from $14

Use the VoiceMap app to explore Bruges in English, from Markt Square to Burg Square. Location-triggered audio guides you past the Belfort, Beguinage, Lake of Love, Stoofstraat, and other landmarks, with offline maps and lifetime access included.

“Great tour overall. Interesting history and stories. Shared ear phones with my wife so we had to walk close ❤️”

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