Bruges in 3 days: itinerary with walking times
Spending 3 days in Bruges? This plan fits 21 sights into 3 relaxed days, ordered so you walk as little as possible. Highlights include Belfry (Belfort), Market Square (Markt) and Burg square. Every stop lists opening hours, prices, the walk to the next one and good places to eat nearby.
Last updated: 21 October 2026
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Day 1 Markt & Burg
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Belfry (Belfort)
The 83 m medieval belfry with 366 steps up to a panorama over the roofs of Bruges, plus its carillon.
Opening hours: Daily 09:00–20:00 until 2 Nov (last entry 19:00); 3 Nov–31 Mar Mon–Fri and Sun 10:00–18:00, Sat 09:00–20:00
Price: €16Eat nearby: Soup (Flemish & Belgian · $ · Markt & Burg) · 🚶 2 min walk
Breydel-De Coninc (Seafood & mussels · $$ · Markt & Burg) · 🚶 2 min walk- 🚶 0.1 km · 2 min walk → Market Square (Markt)
Photo: Wolfgang Staudt [1] · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia
Market Square (Markt)
The medieval main square, dominated by the Belfry and lined with stepped gables and horse-drawn carriages.
Opening hours: Always open
Price: FreeEat nearby: Den Amand (Flemish & Belgian · $$ · Markt & Burg) · 🚶 2 min walk
Quatre Vins (Fine dining & modern · $$ · Markt & Burg) · 🚶 3 min walk- 🚶 0.3 km · 4 min walk → Burg square
Photo: Superchilum · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
Burg square
The old seat of power, framed by the Gothic City Hall, the Basilica of the Holy Blood and the Liberty of Bruges.
Opening hours: Always open
Price: FreeEat nearby: Retro...Gusto (Italian & Spanish · $$ · Markt & Burg) · 🚶 2 min walk
Assiette Blanche (Fine dining & modern · $$ · Markt & Burg) · 🚶 2 min walk- 🚶 0.2 km · 3 min walk → Basilica of the Holy Blood
Photo: Fred Romero from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia
Basilica of the Holy Blood
Two chapels on the Burg: a Romanesque lower church and an ornate upper chapel holding the relic of the Holy Blood.
Opening hours: Daily 10:00–17:15; relic veneration daily 14:00–16:00 (Fri also 10:15–11:00)
Price: FreeEat nearby: Breydel-De Coninc (Seafood & mussels · $$ · Markt & Burg) · 🚶 2 min walk
Arthie's (Flemish & Belgian · $$ · Markt & Burg) · 🚶 2 min walk- 🚶 0.1 km · 1 min walk → City Hall (Gothic Hall)
Photo: Marc Ryckaert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
City Hall (Gothic Hall)
One of the oldest Gothic city halls in the Low Countries, with a painted vaulted hall and a history of Bruges and the sea.
Opening hours: Daily 09:30–17:00
Price: €8Eat nearby: Den Gouden Karpel (Seafood & mussels · $$$ · Markt & Burg) · 🚶 2 min walk
Breydel-De Coninc (Seafood & mussels · $$ · Markt & Burg) · 🚶 2 min walk- 🚶 0.2 km · 3 min walk → Rozenhoedkaai
- Lunch suggestion Den Gouden Karpel (Seafood & mussels · $$$ · Markt & Burg)
near City Hall (Gothic Hall) · 🚶 0.2 km · 2 min walk Photo: Ank Kumar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Rozenhoedkaai
The Rosary Quay, Bruges’s most photographed corner, with the Belfry rising over the canal and old gables.
Opening hours: Always open
Price: FreeEat nearby: De Gastro (Flemish & Belgian · $$ · Markt & Burg) · 🚶 2 min walk
Den Gouden Karpel (Seafood & mussels · $$$ · Markt & Burg) · 🚶 2 min walk- 🚶 0.1 km · 1 min walk → Canal boat tour
Photo: Peter K Burian · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Canal boat tour
A 30-minute guided trip in an open boat from Jan van Eyckplein to the Beguinage, past the best-known canal views.
Opening hours: Daily 10:00–18:00 (guaranteed March–October; last boat 17:30); Nov–Feb only some boats
Price: €15Eat nearby: De Gastro (Flemish & Belgian · $$ · Markt & Burg) · 🚶 2 min walk
Den Gouden Karpel (Seafood & mussels · $$$ · Markt & Burg) · 🚶 2 min walk- 🚶 0.6 km · 7 min walk → Choco-Story (chocolate museum)
Photo: Dani Latorre · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia
Choco-Story (chocolate museum)
The 5,500-year story of cocoa and chocolate, with a live chocolate-making demonstration and tastings.
Opening hours: Daily 10:00–18:00 (last entry 17:00)
Price: €16Eat nearby: Brasserie De Schilder (Flemish & Belgian · $$ · Hanseatic Quarter) · 🚶 2 min walk
Assiette Blanche (Fine dining & modern · $$ · Markt & Burg) · 🚶 3 min walk- Dinner suggestion Brasserie De Schilder (Flemish & Belgian · $$ · Hanseatic Quarter)
near Choco-Story (chocolate museum) · 🚶 0.2 km · 2 min walk
Day 2 Museum Quarter
Photo: Wolfgang Staudt · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia
Church of Our Lady (Michelangelo’s Madonna)
Brick Gothic church with a 115 m spire, Michelangelo’s Madonna and the tombs of Charles the Bold and Mary.
Opening hours: Mon–Sat 09:30–17:00, Sun 13:30–17:00 (museum part with the Madonna)
Price: €10Eat nearby: 't Schrijverke (Flemish & Belgian · $$ · Museum Quarter) · 🚶 2 min walk
FritBar (Fries & burgers · $ · Museum Quarter) · 🚶 2 min walk- 🚶 0.2 km · 2 min walk → St John’s Hospital (Sint-Janshospitaal, Memling)
Photo: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
St John’s Hospital (Sint-Janshospitaal, Memling)
A 12th-century hospital with six Memling masterpieces, the St Ursula Shrine and a 17th-century pharmacy.
Opening hours: Tue–Sun 09:30–17:00; closed Mon
Price: €15Eat nearby: De Proeverie (Café & tearoom · $$ · Museum Quarter) · 🚶 2 min walk
FritBar (Fries & burgers · $ · Museum Quarter) · 🚶 2 min walk- 🚶 0.2 km · 3 min walk → Bonifacius Bridge & Arentshof
Photo: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
Bonifacius Bridge & Arentshof
A tiny, much-photographed stone bridge between the Church of Our Lady and the Gruuthuse, beside the quiet Arentshof garden.
Opening hours: Always open
Price: FreeEat nearby: 't Schrijverke (Flemish & Belgian · $$ · Museum Quarter) · 🚶 2 min walk
FritBar (Fries & burgers · $ · Museum Quarter) · 🚶 3 min walk- 🚶 0.2 km · 3 min walk → Groeningemuseum
- Lunch suggestion 't Schrijverke (Flemish & Belgian · $$ · Museum Quarter)
near Bonifacius Bridge & Arentshof · 🚶 0.2 km · 2 min walk Photo: Navy8300 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
Groeningemuseum
Six centuries of Flemish art, from Van Eyck, Memling and Bosch to Magritte, in the Dijver museum quarter.
Opening hours: Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00 until 2 Nov; from 3 Nov Tue–Sun 09:30–17:00; closed Mon; closes for refurbishment on 11 Jan 2027
Price: €15Eat nearby: 't Schrijverke (Flemish & Belgian · $$ · Museum Quarter) · 🚶 3 min walk
Poules Moules (Seafood & mussels · $$ · Museum Quarter) · 🚶 4 min walk- 🚶 0.6 km · 7 min walk → De Halve Maan brewery
Photo: Spotter2 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
De Halve Maan brewery
The family brewery of Brugse Zot and Straffe Hendrik: a 45-minute tour with a rooftop view and a beer at the end.
Opening hours: Daily 11:00–18:00; guided tours through the day (book a time slot online)
Price: €16Eat nearby: Maximiliaan van Oostenrijk (Flemish & Belgian · $$ · Museum Quarter) · 🚶 2 min walk
Tonka (Café & tearoom · $ · Museum Quarter) · 🚶 2 min walk- 🚶 0.2 km · 3 min walk → Beguinage (Begijnhof)
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Beguinage (Begijnhof)
A UNESCO-listed courtyard of whitewashed houses around a green, still home to women living quietly.
Opening hours: Daily 07:30–18:30 (winter); 07:30–20:30 from the end of March
Price: FreeEat nearby: Maximiliaan van Oostenrijk (Flemish & Belgian · $$ · Museum Quarter) · 🚶 2 min walk
La Dentellière (Seafood & mussels · $$ · Museum Quarter) · 🚶 3 min walk- 🚶 0.3 km · 4 min walk → Minnewater (Lake of Love)
Photo: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia
Minnewater (Lake of Love)
The Lake of Love: swans, willows and the old lock house on the southern edge of the old town, beside a quiet park.
Opening hours: Always open
Price: FreeEat nearby: Kasteel Minnewater (Flemish & Belgian · $$ · Museum Quarter) · 🚶 1 min walk
La Dentellière (Seafood & mussels · $$ · Museum Quarter) · 🚶 5 min walk- Dinner suggestion Kasteel Minnewater (Flemish & Belgian · $$ · Museum Quarter)
near Minnewater (Lake of Love) · 🚶 0.1 km · 1 min walk
Day 3 Hanseatic Quarter · Sint-Anna & Windmills · 't Zand & Sint-Jakobs
Photo: Chad K · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia
Jan van Eyckplein & Spiegelrei
The medieval harbour square with the Toll House and the Burghers’ Lodge, leading to the quiet Spiegelrei canal.
Opening hours: Always open
Price: FreeEat nearby: Brasserie De Schilder (Flemish & Belgian · $$ · Hanseatic Quarter) · 🚶 1 min walk
Orfeo (Italian & Spanish · $$ · Markt & Burg) · 🚶 3 min walk- 🚶 0.8 km · 10 min walk → Jerusalem Chapel (Adornes Domain)
Photo: Donarreiskoffer · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Jerusalem Chapel (Adornes Domain)
A family estate with a rare Holy Sepulchre-style chapel, a renewed museum in the almshouses and a garden.
Opening hours: Mon–Sat 10:00–17:00 (1 Oct–31 Mar); Sat until 18:00 in summer; closed Sun and holidays
Price: €11Eat nearby: Onslow (Fine dining & modern · $$ · Sint-Anna & Windmills) · 🚶 2 min walk
Sol y Sombra (Italian & Spanish · $$ · Sint-Anna & Windmills) · 🚶 4 min walk- 🚶 0.6 km · 8 min walk → Windmills on the Kruisvest (Sint-Janshuismolen)
Photo: Marc Ryckaert · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia
Windmills on the Kruisvest (Sint-Janshuismolen)
The 1770 Sint-Janshuis mill still grinds grain on the green ramparts, with a view over the old town.
Opening hours: Ramparts always open; inside the Sint-Janshuismolen Tue–Sun 09:30–12:30 and 13:30–17:00 until 2 Nov (€5), closed in winter
Price: FreeEat nearby: Sol y Sombra (Italian & Spanish · $$ · Sint-Anna & Windmills) · 🚶 8 min walk
Onslow (Fine dining & modern · $$ · Sint-Anna & Windmills) · 🚶 8 min walk- 🚶 0.5 km · 6 min walk → Kruispoort (Cross Gate)
Photo: Wolfgang Staudt · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia
Kruispoort (Cross Gate)
Gate of 1400 with two heavy towers and octagonal turrets at the head of the Kruisvest windmill path.
Opening hours: Always visible
Price: undefinedEat nearby: Sol y Sombra (Italian & Spanish · $$ · Sint-Anna & Windmills) · 🚶 5 min walk
Onslow (Fine dining & modern · $$ · Sint-Anna & Windmills) · 🚶 8 min walk- 🚇 30 min by bus (line Bus 2 from 't Zand to Jan Van Eyckplein, then about 12 min on foot (or walk about 35 min): 't Zand → Jan Van Eyckplein) · 1.9 km · 24 min walk → St Salvator’s Cathedral
- Lunch suggestion Sol y Sombra (Italian & Spanish · $$ · Sint-Anna & Windmills)
near Kruispoort (Cross Gate) · 🚶 0.4 km · 5 min walk Photo: Cmcmcm1 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
St Salvator’s Cathedral
Bruges’s oldest parish church and cathedral, with tapestries and Flemish primitives in its treasury.
Opening hours: Mon–Fri 10:00–13:00 and 14:00–17:30; Sat 10:00–13:00 and 14:00–15:30; Sun 14:00–17:00
Price: FreeEat nearby: Cafedraal (Flemish & Belgian · $$ · 't Zand & Sint-Jakobs) · 🚶 2 min walk
Réliva (Seafood & mussels · $$ · 't Zand & Sint-Jakobs) · 🚶 2 min walk- 🚶 0.4 km · 5 min walk → Steenstraat & Zuidzandstraat
Photo: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia
Steenstraat & Zuidzandstraat
The main shopping axis between the Markt and ’t Zand, with fashion chains, department store and Belgian labels.
Opening hours: Shops typically daily 10:00–18:00
Price: undefinedEat nearby: Soup (Flemish & Belgian · $ · Markt & Burg) · 🚶 2 min walk
Den Amand (Flemish & Belgian · $$ · Markt & Burg) · 🚶 2 min walk- Dinner suggestion Soup (Flemish & Belgian · $ · Markt & Burg)
near Steenstraat & Zuidzandstraat · 🚶 0.2 km · 2 min walk
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