Free tour

Free Tour Art Nouveau and Victor Horta (Brussels)

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Brussels

Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes

Languages: English, Spanish and French

Guru: Bravo

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Registered on 03 August 2018

Bravo Discovery offers you a quality tour guide service anywhere in Belgium. We work in conjunction with the Brussels tourism office. We practice responsible tourism while respecting the local economy. Our employees are professional guides and we have a team of freelance guides trained in the “Haute Écoles” of Brussels. We work in partnership with local businesses and can call on a range of quality service providers to suit your needs. We specialize in providing tailor-made tours, based on the interests of our clients and mindful of the need to balance culture and relaxation. Our strengths: experience, local guides, enthusiastic and charismatic staff. Our values: responsible tourism, professionalism, respect of the historical and cultural heritage, protection of the environment, sustainable competitiveness.

Free booking and cancellation

Pay-what-you-wish tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free

Tour description

ART NOUVEAU AND VICTOR HORTA TOUR Art Nouveau Brussels guided tour: birth and evolution of this architectural style through its most beautiful achievements.

This is a guided tour of Art Nouveau architecture in Brussels. Learn about the birth and evolution of this architectural style through its buildings and discover the most beautiful achievements of Art nouveau architecture in Brussels.
The 3-hour guided tour begins at the “Grand-Place” with a visit to the “Old England House” .
Then take the tram to the "Bailli" neighborhood in the "Ixelles" district. Bourgeois-bohemian residential neighborhood where we find one of the largest and most important concentration of Art Nouveau style houses in Brussels.
The visit ends in front of the house of Maestro Victor Horta (now converted into the Horta Museum).

Itinerary:
Old House England (Music Instrument Museum) Tassel Hotel, built by Victor Horta in 1893-1894 Van Rysselberghe House, built by Ocatave Van Rysselberghe in 1912 Otlet Hotel, built by Ocatave Van Rysselberghe and Henry van de Velde from 1894-1898 Goblet Hotel d'Alviella, built by Ocatave Van Rysselberghe in 1882 Ciamberlani hotel, built by Paul Hankar in 1897 The house of the painter René Janssens, built by Paul Hankar in 1898 Architect Armand Van Waesberghe The Beukman house, built by Albert Roosenboom in 1900 The private house by the architect Paul Hankar Victor Horta Museum …

PRACTICAL INFORMATION:
Price: Free Payment
Meeting point: The Grand-Place of Brussels in front of the City Hall.
Duration: Around 3h
Transportation (1 tram ticket)
Does not include: The entrance to the Horta museum, food or drink or the tram ticket back to the historic center

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

Facades et Pignons des Maisons de la GrandPlace du XVIIIeme Siecle 1000 Bruxelles Belgium

How to recognize our guides? You will be able to recognize our guides in the “Grand-Place” thanks to the fact that they carry a white umbrella with the Bravo Discovery logo and the words “Walking Tour” written on it.

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours don't have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).