A Day in Antwerp

Meet your private guide and start your walking tour of the historical city center of Antwerp. Together with your expert guide, you will visit the highlights of the city. Antwerp is the city of diamonds, it is home to world-renowned shopping, bustling diamond trade and hosts one of the major ports in the world. Whether you are in the central train station or MAS, the remarkable town museum, it is impossible not to find the architecture attractive. It ranges from medieval buildings like the impressive town hall and square, to the contemporary courthouse, to numerous Art Nouveau gems in between. The city is known for its baroque architecture, the iconic Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens called Antwerp his home, along with Anthony Van Dyck and the fashion, the famous Fashion Museum MoMu shows you the story behind Antwerp fashion and the DNA of Belgian fashion. For the food lovers, you could enjoy the fine typical chocolates called the “Antwerp hands” and the local beer “Bolleke”. Your walking tour includes the visit to the former fortress called “Het Steen”, the former butchers’ hall, the main square of Grote Markt, and the Cathedral of Our Lady (outside), which has the highest tower in the low countries. Continue to Pie Alley (Vlaeykensgang), a little medieval alley, renewed in the 1960s, and Green Square, the former graveyard of the Cathedral of Our Lady. The tour ends with the visit (outside) of the “Boerentoren”, the “Bourla theatre” and the famous shopping streets nearby.