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 for a self-guided, hands-on look at Belgian beer. Your iPad Mini audio guide covers brewing, Trappist and abbey beers, women and beer, and food pairing. Add a €6 tasting afterward, with snacks available for purchase. 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 spend about an hour making chocolate tablets, lollipops, and mendiants with help from a chocolatier. You can work with milk, dark, and white chocolate, then take your creations home. Afterward, explore the museum at your own pace with an audio guide in 11 languages, plus a demonstration and tasting.

“It was great value for money. The class was 12 people. Varying ages. My children 17, and 10 both were able to enjoy the class. Ample chocolate to take home! The museum is a self pace, self guided walk through. This was interesting too.”

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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 guide your private group through Bruges on a 2 km route. Solve riddles at Jan Van Eyck Square, the Belfry, Boniface Bridge, Rozenhoedkaai, and other landmarks while listening to audio stories and local tips. Start anytime, pause freely, and finish where the route suits you.

“Great way to explore the city and keep the kids entertained at the same time. Maybe could add some video content for the price - e.g. historical figures giving some more of the information around the landmark / sight.”

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4.AudioGuide Ghent

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 23 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.) · from $3Best value

This self-guided English audio walk leads you from Korenmarkt through Ghent’s medieval center, stopping at Gravensteen, Graffiti Street, St. Michael’s Bridge, Graslei and Korenlei, St. Bavo’s Cathedral, and back at Korenmarkt. Expect about 90 minutes, a map-based route, local stories, and offline playback after downloading the tour.

“My family thoroughly enjoyed our walking tour with Carolina. She was so kind and engaging, and did a wonderful job sharing the story of Anne Frank. Highly recommend this tour.”

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

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 15 reviews · from $8

Use your phone as a private guide on a 5.9-kilometer Antwerp walk in one of seven languages. The route begins at the Cathedral of Our Lady and visits Grote Markt, Rubenshuis, Het Steen, City Hall, and lesser-known corners. Allow 2 to 3 hours, bring headphones, and keep your phone charged.

“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 GPS route through Antwerp, solve light riddles, and hear short stories about nine landmarks. Start anytime, pause for meals or sightseeing, and use the app in English or five other languages. The 3.5 km route takes about 2.5 hours with stops.

“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

Use the World City Trail app to walk from Antwerp-Centraal toward major sights including the Cathedral, Grote Markt, Het Steen, and Plantin-Moretus Museum. You solve location-based riddles, hear audio commentary, and move at your own pace. The tour lasts about two hours, works in six languages, and can be paused for food or museums.

“Nous avons fait la chasse au trésor dans le cadre d'un team building et c'était très chouette, je recommande !”

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8.Bruges Walking Tour with Audioguide on Your Smartphone

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

Use the TouringBee app to walk from Bruges’ Gunpowder Tower through Minnewater, the Beguinage, St. John’s Hospital, Burg Square, and the Belfry. You get 21 audio recordings, an offline map, landmark images, and one year of access. Bring your own phone and headphones. No human guide is included.

“Great app. Easy and offline was terrific. Descriptions were precise and finding route was clear. Thank you”

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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 light riddles while walking from Brussels landmarks such as the Royal Palace, Grand Place, Manneken Pis, and the cathedral. You start at Parlamentarium and finish back there. Choose English, German, French, Dutch, Italian, or Spanish, and bring a charged phone.

“Great wat to spend a few hours, easy to get and use. Customer support very responsive. Would recommend.”

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10.Ghent Walking Tour with Audioguide on Your Smartphone

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

Use the TouringBee app to walk Ghent independently, starting at St. Michael’s Bridge and following an offline GPS route through bridges, markets, churches, Gravensteen Castle, Patershol, Friday Market, and Graffiti Street. You get 31 audio recordings, landmark images, and one year of access. Bring your own phone and headphones.

“Easy to follow route, great because you can go at your own space and skip items or places you don’t care to see or visit.”

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

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

Follow a mobile puzzle trail from La Fleur en Papier Doré through Brussels’ beer bars, grand squares, and quirky statues. You solve 12 location-based challenges using an offline map, pause whenever you like, and finish near the Statue of Peter the Great. Drinks, museum entry, and a physical guide cost extra.

“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

Explore Ghent with a self-guided Outside Escape game built around a missing panel from the Lamb of God painting. Use your smartphone to solve puzzles between Vrijdagmarkt and St. Bavo’s Cathedral. The private game takes about two hours, covers roughly 2.5 kilometers, and suits groups up to five at the listed price.

“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 guide yourself through Liège on a 4.2 km route linking churches, museums, squares, and grand civic buildings. Solve observation puzzles, listen to history in six languages, pause whenever you like, and finish where it suits you. Bring a charged phone, mobile data, and comfortable shoes.

“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 on your own, starting at Rector de Somerplein and ending at Fonske. English narration leads you past the Gothic Town Hall, university buildings, Oude Markt, Saint Anthony’s Chapel, cafés, a brewery, the university library, and shopping streets. Pause whenever you like, with offline maps and audio included.

“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

Follow a self-guided VoiceMap tour through Bruges in English, from Markt Square to Burg Square. Your phone provides location-triggered audio, offline maps, and directions as you pass the Belfort, Gruuthuse Palace, Beguinage, Lake of Love, Stoofstraat, and other landmarks. Plan on 90 minutes to two hours, plus time for photos and optional stops.

“My wife and I really enjoyed exploring Bruges at our own pace with this audio tour, and there were some memorable stories that the narrator shared. Also, the app worked great in relation to the location-based services. We easily followed the map and the audio was triggered in the appropriate spots. In comparison to the packs of people wandering the city with tour guides, this was a much better fit for us.”

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