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Belgian Beer & Chocolate Walking Tour in Brussels

This is a top tour for foodies visiting Brussels. Taste amazing handmade chocolates, sample great Belgian beers – both craft and traditional – and meet likeminded travellers.
Duration 4.5 hours
Private tour pricing from 80 EUR per person
Group tour available in French, English, Spanish, German, Portuguese
This tour was the best thing I did in Brussels. Marie's an incredible host equipped with a wealth of knowledge in both beer and chocolate. Her passion for these very Belgian products are very evident in her delivery, and by simply taking her groups to those establishments worth visiting. Marie's pathway skips the tourist traps and offers her clients an authentic experience of the very best on offer - she even turned the few non-beer drinkers we had on the tour, so don’t let this steer you away cause I can assure you that there’s something for everyone. If your group is anything like mine, this 4.5 hour tour that may end up going into the wee hours of the night, so be prepared for anything! I can’t recommend her tour enough - trust you won’t be disappointed.

Highlights

Enjoy an entertaining walking tour in the city centre

Visit the most exclusive chocolate shops in Brussels

Taste a minimum of 10 chocolates

Visit a beer boutique and local bars around Grand-Place

Learn about Belgian beer styles and sample at least 6

Get a 10% discount at 2 of the shops visited

Description

The first part of the tour includes visits to various chocolate shops where you’ll get to try some amazing flavours: crunchy hazelnut, dark ganache, salted butter caramel, ginger, tea, coffee, saffron, chilli…

The chocolatiers are always experimenting with new flavours, textures and cocoa bean varieties. Expect to be surprised!

The second part of the tour is a Belgian beer-tasting experience that will take you to a beer boutique and bars around Grand-Place. It’s a great way to discover small taverns and mix with locals.

You’ll sample beers that are all completely different and all specific to Belgium. Abbey beers, Trappists, Lambics, Krieks, Belgian IPAs, Triple Blondes, Double Browns – you name it!

During the tour you’ll also learn about the city’s history, explore hidden corners and wander off the beaten path.

What’s included & not included

Friendly (and sometimes funny) guide

Chocolate tasting

Beer tasting

Cheese and cured meats

Nice fellow travellers

Love!

Typical tour guide with a flag

Bad chocolate

Bud Light

Carlsberg

Meeting point

Rue du Marché aux Herbes 110

Reviews from travelers (53)

5.00/5
A perfect combination.
This tour was the best thing I did in Brussels. Marie's an incredible host equipped with a wealth of knowledge in both beer and chocolate. Her passion for these very Belgian products are very evident in her delivery, and by simply taking her groups to those establishments worth visiting. Marie's pathway skips the tourist traps and offers her clients an authentic experience of the very best on offer - she even turned the few non-beer drinkers we had on the tour, so don’t let this steer you away cause I can assure you that there’s something for everyone. If your group is anything like mine, this 4.5 hour tour that may end up going into the wee hours of the night, so be prepared for anything! I can’t recommend her tour enough - trust you won’t be disappointed.
Just fabulous!
Marie is an opinionated, funny, irreverent and knowledgeable guide to Brussels and its twin delights of beer and chocolate. I hesitated about going on this tour as it is more expensive than others, but it is worth every cent and I'd go again any time. Easy pace, plenty of chocolate and beer tastings and food to accompany. At the end of the tour people from all over the world sat around with beers and chatted. A really great tour.
Amazing through and through!
We had a limited time in Brussels and wanted to do a tour that would be reflective of the city and all it has to offer. This tour with Marie was exactly that, she was friendly, informative and just an overall great tour guide. The beer and chocolate on the tour was novel, new and exciting, but Marie also made sure everyone enjoyed and changed things up according to people's tastes. There was no pressure to buy additional chocolates from the shops, although we did and the tour was much more than just chocolate and beer, Marie provided insight into Brussels, Belgium, history, local places to eat and drink...by the end of the night it felt like our group had become close friends. We continued to sit together for hours drinking and chatting and then moved onto some other local pubs for more fun. If you are in Brussels TAKE this tour, it is worth every cent. I would recommend taking it early on in your trip, as she mentions many places to eat and things to see, however we missed out as we took it on our last night there.
Brussels
Rue du Marché aux Herbes 110
+32499259306
marie@bxljourney.com
Hungry Mary
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