Private tour in Bruges Peter VA
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Hello World ! Belgium Calling ! I am Peter and Belgium is my home. Over 40 years I traveled professionally as a Tour Conductor with groups to destinations all over the world. Amazed about the beauty of each destination I had the pleasure of visiting. Privileged I had the chance to get acquainted to friends world wide. Every time I came back to my home country I was both frustrated and impressed by our tiny country. Frustrated because so few people in the world seem to know us and Belgians seem to be the worst anti-chauvinists. Impressed by its beauty, its wonderful historic cities, its nature and its culture and heritage. I retired from my job in tourism in June 2019 and am now a full time guide. I am an official City Guide in Antwerp. Brussels, Ghent, Bruges and our beautiful rivers (as a guide on river cruises) came next on the list. Flanders Fields (WWI) and Bastogne (WWII) are often visited by my guests. I want to share my knowledge and passion for Belgium to all of those whom I guide. Apart from my experience as a tour guide and a city guide I am also a specialist in Belgian Beers - the Belgian Beer Culture is a Unesco heritage - and I had the pleasure of attending courses at the Callebaut Chocolate Academy. Let me share my knowledge of my country on your next visit. A regular tour can be booked here but I prefer to work tailor made. I can offer either walking tours or driving/guide you around in my luxury Van seating 5 passengers. Peter Bachelor Tourism 1975 Bachelor (tourism) practice teacher 1977 Life time membership SITE Global Licensed guide by Tourism Flanders (the region where I live but valid throughout Belgium) Separate guiding license (by police) for Bruges Course at Callebaut Chocolate Academy Biking guide between Amsterdam and Bruges and vice versa on several hotel barges Life Time Achievement award Travel magazine Belgium. Private transport license for my Peugeot Traveler car. Special driving license for private transport. Yearly renewed First Aid Course. I only guide in Dutch and English although I also speak German and French and have basic knowledge of Spanish. I cannot guide inside some museums because the musea have their own guides or an audio system.
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Antwerp is Belgium's 2nd largest city and Europe's second largest harbor. During the 16th and the beginning of the 17th centuries, we had yet another generation of great Flemish painters, the most known is certainly P. P. Rubens. We start our walking tour along the "Butchers Hall" to the market square with its ancient (guild) houses and entrance to our Lady's Cathedral. The richness of the art works inside is a perfect illustration of the position of Antwerp as the leading port in Europe in the 16th century. And you will have the occasion to admire 4 of Rubens' masterworks inside the cathedral. As Antwerp is the world Diamond capital, a short visit to the Diamond museum cannot fail on the program. We then drive to the MAS-museum to admire, from the 9th floor, a fine view on the city and the harbor. And we will have a closer look at the "Harbour House" We will also visit the famous Central Station, the most beautiful railway station in the world. Return to your departure point via the famous Cogels-Osylei.
Pick Up from cruise terminal by VIP Minivan (Peugeot Traveller) with 5 passengers. From Zeebruges to Antwerp is approx 1 hour each way. Meet and greet time will be adapted to the debarkation time your cruise ship. Walking tour with Market Square, cathedral, Butchers House, Diamond Museum and ample time for a light lunch and shopping on the MEIR. Taste a "bolleke" the typical Antwerp beer and a Antwerp hand biscuit or chocolate. After lunch drive to the old port with the MAS or Red Star Line Museum and the Harbour House. Visit the Central Station and leave town via the Art Nouveau street of Antwerp. Depending of the embarkation time of your cruise a visit to "Chocolate Nation" might be an option. (minimum 1, hrs) The Tour can of course be adapted to your specific wishes as I am very flexible in order to produce the perfect itinerary for you. If you are not arriving by ship the same tour can be organized from any city in Belgium (within 100km) e. g. Brussels, Bruges, Ghent, Mechelen, . . .
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My Peugeot Traveller van offers 4 business class seats in the back and one seat next to the driver. The car is airconditioned and has a panoramic roof. Fully licensed and insured.
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