Majestic Belgium: Ghent, Antwerp & Atomium from Brussels

George (English) was. Wry knowledgeable and friendly. We enjoyed the tour and free time with recommendations.

Choosing Viator was a great decision! Diego was an incredibly knowledgeable tour guide. We learned so much during our tour all while having an amazing time experiencing Antwerp and Ghent! I highly recommend this tour!

A comfortable and succinct way to explore 2 of Belgium's major cities in one day. A walking tour in each city spanning 1 hour was included in each city that really brought the unique history of each region to life. They were not scared of being open and honest of terrible truths, which was greatly appreciated. Few recommendations were provided on highlights to explore in our free time or local delicacies/ food we should look out for in each city; a little more guidance in these areas would have been great. But I am very happy with the amount of learning and culture we were able to pick up in 1 day of travelling. The guides were very considerate and the long travel was organised superbly.

It was a wonderful day with our guide, Julianna! She was very informative - especially about the architecture of both cities - and gave us plenty of recommendations for exploring on our own time. I highly recommend this day trip; it was easy and approachable! Both cities are beautiful and full of festivities in November.

Standing in the Antwerp & Ghent feels like stepping into a living masterpiece — a breathtaking fusion of history, art, and human spirit. Every gilded façade and cobblestone whispers centuries of stories, from guilds and kings to artists and dreamers. Our guide Juli was awesome!

It’s a nice day trip to beautiful Ghent and Antwerp, I like the itinerary and the time management of the trip and big thanks to George our tour guide who was a great storyteller about history behind each attraction we visited plus many recommendations and being attentive to all group questions

Great day trip to Antwerp and Ghent! -We started at the meeting point at central station. It was very busy, as there was multiple bus tours starting at the same time, you had to find the right person to check in with. My guide had a sign on a stick that she carried all day long. Then waited for the whole group and head to the bus. The bus was full. -The first stop was the Atom display, we stopped near a fountain maybe 1km away from it, so you had a good view. We spent about 10 min here for pictures then back on the bus. -Next stop was downtown Antwerp after about 1 hour drive. We got out, and the guide picked a meeting spot near the bus for later. Then took us on a walking tour of the area, teaching about the buildings and symbols, stories and history. We walked for 1 or 2 hours, and then we were given 1.5 hours on our own to get lunch and explore on our own. The guide mentioned a few places of interest for us to explore and where to get a free city map. -I ate quick lunch, took some videos on go pro of some places we already went, and then visited the castle, and the wooden escalator to the underwater tunnel under river. -We met at meeting spot and got back on the bus and left for Ghent. -In Ghent we got off the bus and walked to the 3 towers. again explaining the history and the buildings around. we walked around past a river, and to the death square, and then again were given 1 hour to explore on our own with some recommendations. -I tried to go to the ghent castle, but it was already at capacity for the Day, but was still letting in people with pre-booked tickets, so maybe book castle tickets in advacne if you want. I then went to the "Dulle Griet" bar, that has a famous tradition of taking a shoe as collateral for one of their large drink types. The shoe is put in a basket on the ceiling. I wanted to go up one of the towers to the observation point, but it took me a long time to find the bar(because i didnt know the name of it at first) and then a line to get in, so i ran out of time before meeting the bus. -We then got on the bus and head back to brussels, drop off at the same location as starting, central station. -The guide was great, i forget her name, but she was very informative, she took care of the group, spoke clearly. She had a headset mic and speaker so we could all hear her. She guided us well all day. -Our group was good, we never had to wait on people, everyone was on time. Overall it was great to spend time in Antwerp and Ghent and learn about the unique things in those citys and the history behind them.

We highly recommend this tour. Diego is professional, knowledgeable, and a wonderful leader. The pace of the day was just right. We even got to see Ruben’s house during our free time.

Spending half day in both Antwerp and Ghent was great plan. Ghent is beautiful town. However seemed like many places were closed during time of the tour. Believe that may be since Ghent is a large student town so local spots open later and cater to them and not us tourists. Just an observation. Still enjoyed the trip. Plenty of activity if stick to the main tourist section.

A fairly long day exploring Antwerp & Ghent. The tour particularly in Ghent was not helped by the weather but still good to see these places. The guide focused on a lot of historical facts but was not as engaging or as personable as other guides. Overall the guide left a few on the tour quite bored and seemed in a rush during the walking tours. I noticed on a few occasions members of the group who could not walk as fast were left behind as the guide did not wait for the tail of the tour group to catch up, to the point where a few people were verbally not happy about it. As a result, some of the group left part way into the walking tours to explore at their own pace and met us at the meeting point for the bus after