I spent an amazing few hours touring Leuven in a group with this company. Highly recommend the…read moreexperience. The founders are young, energetic, well-educated. Great way to get your bearings and learn the details about this great university city.

From the owner: NL: Een vernieuwend perspectief op toerisme en recreatie in en rond onze bierhoofdstad…read more EN: A completely new perspective on tourism and recreation in and around the beer capital. FR: Un tout nouveau point de vue sur le tourisme et les loisirs dans et autour de la capitale de la bière. DE: Eine völlig neue perspektive auf Tourismus und Freizeit in und um die Hauptstadt des Bieres. ES: Una perspectiva completamente nueva en el turismo y la recreación en y alrededor de la capital de la cerveza.

When you are planning to visit Maastricht then "City Sight Maastricht's - F(r)ee City Tour" is an…read moreactivity to go for! On Sunday the 6th of December, the founder of this company Ivo Hermans guided us around and through the center of Maastricht, during a 2 hours walk. The combination of his knowledge on - and affection for Maastricht offers you an excellent insight on the city's (recent) past. A voyage through History: from the Romans, with "stops" at Medieval times, The Spanish occupation and subsequently Dutch rebellion, The French occupation until the Treaty of Maastricht in the 20th Century, but also stories about nowadays life in this city is being told in a lively and humorous manner. Gastronomical, Social-Economical and Cultural aspects are other ingredients of this tour. Another fascinating detail is the way how Ivo shows that history still has his influences in (for example) Architecture and Environmental Planning. After the walk, when you return at your starting point, you will be reminded about the meaning of the name of this activity: The F(r)ee Tour. Not in a pushing manner the guide points at the customer's freedom to give a fee, including the amount. Of course, everybody has his/her own taste, but not everybody has an equal level of historical knowledge. As this is a hobby of my, I'm able to have some judgement mattering this subject and can assure you that he doesn't tell nonsense. Please be aware, Maastricht has a rich history and the 2 hours are high efficiently spend. A side-affect of the 2 hour walking is that you get familiar with the inner city, Afterwards, this - together with a good map will be a guarantee not to get lost when you go for a dinner and/or bar in the evening as long as you stay near or in the center. Putting everything together I want to recommend everybody to start a visit to Maastricht with joining this tour. To finish my review here: you will be surprised as well. For more details, visit: citysightsmaastricht.com (there's a link to their Facebook page too)

From the owner: City Sights Maastricht is raised by Ivo Hermans. He is Tour Guide in Maastricht since 1991, so he…read moreknows his city inside out! Let you guide by Ivo during one of the F(r)ee Tours or book a private tour for groups from 1 to 22 persons. We offer also culinairy, tapas, wine tours. The private tours can be given in the languages: Nederlands, English, Deutsch.

Every beer tour is different. Sometimes it is more like a bar hop, and sometimes it is like a…read morechemistry lesson. This tour is kind of a blend of the two in equal parts. If you enjoy the drinking mainly, you may wait a bit to really dive in, and if you aren't good with sours or Belgian-style ales, this likely isn't going to be your cup of tea. However, if you enjoy a variety of ales, enjoy history, are good with walking, and like to learn a lot about the science behind making beer, then this is the tour for you. We covered a good portion of the town (at least the main highlights), in just a few hours, tried 6 different beers, learned A LOT from our extremely knowledgeable tour guide (the dude knows so much about all types of beer, not just Belgian), and had a great time doing it. The value is also excellent at about 39 Euros per person (+ tip!). Brugge is a cool town, and if you are going to get some guided walking in, you might as well also enjoy some of the best beers in the country. Definitely recommended.

From the owner: Historische bierwandeling in Brugge. Ontdek het charmante stadscentrum en leer bier proeven tijdens…read moreeen drie uur durende stadswandeling met gids in Brugge die je de verborgen cafés en vergeten brouwerijen laat zien. Prijs inclusief vijf degustaties van speciaalbieren en een officieel BeerWalk proefglas als aandenken. Start aan het Bruges Beer Museum en proef van het Brugse verleden tijdens een interactieve wandeling met bierproeverij in het historische centrum van de stad. Laat je verrassen door bijzondere verhalen op unieke bier- en/of brouwlocaties van de Brugse geschiedenis, die al voor het jaar 1000 begon met de Heren van Gruuthuse. Deze unieke wandeltocht is inclusief bierdegustatie van vijf speciaalbieren die allen gelinkt zijn aan deze Middeleeuwse stad en haar smakelijke biergeschiedenis. Elke deelnemer kan indien gewenst het gedegusteerde speciaalbier vervangen door een frisdrank naar keuze en alsnog mee genieten van alle boeiende verhalen en prachtige bezienswaardigheden in Brugge.

My daughter and I recently took a trip to Amsterdam for our birthday celebrations. I cannot say…read moreenough about Tom's Travel Tours. Our guide, Joyce, took us to the Keukenhof where she filled our tulip tour with much interesting and fun information. She took us to an organic farm, several roadside tulip fields, and lunch in Bergen. Excellent guide. Our guide, Jacky, was so accommodating and fun taking us on our walking tour and food tour. She kept us moving but at a comfortable speed. We had a private canal cruise with Wim, who, also, was so knowledgeable and shared so much information along the way. It is so worth it to book a tour company and I highly, highly recommend Tom's Travel Tours. Thank you for the most enjoyable visit to Amsterdam!

We booked three tours from Amsterdam: 3 hour walking tour Jordaan/Amsterdam, Guided visit to the…read moreVan Gogh Museum and Rijksmuseum, Royal tour Delft and Hague; one tour from Gent: Elegant Ghent Tour; and one tour from Bruges: Charming Bruges. All were excellent. In particular, our Amsterdam guide, Joyce, had excellent in-depth knowledge that was particularly useful in the museums we visited with her: the Van Gogh museum, Rijksmuseum, and the Mauritshuis; and in the Royal Delft museum in the Royal Delft factory. She was able to go beyond what was written on the displays and give further context and meaning, as well as identifying optimum ways of navigating throught these sometimes crowded museums. Mieke in Gent was obviously well-known there: people kept on stopping and talking with her. And Hendrickx was very useful in Bruges.

From the owner: Musée vivant de la bière artisanale par excellence, nous brassons encore à l'ancienne, dans des…read moreanciennes cuves en cuivre, chauffées au feu de bois. En plus de nos "classiques" (la Caracole, la Saxo, la Nostradamus et la Troublette), nous proposons une gamme bio, fruitée, originale (Forestinne).

Fen in Ghent is the best! Our tour guide Fen was incredible. Engaging, charismatic, funny and…read moresuper knowledgable. Everything you want in a tour guide and then some! The tour was super informative - since i used to fall asleep in history class it was great to learn so much about Belgium's history and Ghent specifically. The "free" tour (or pay at the end based on how much you liked it) concept is great. Keeps the tour guides interested and excited. Made our trip :) ASK FOR FEN!

Tom was amazing! He was very fun and knowledgeable. The tour was 2.5 hours and was a great intro to…read moreBrussels. Great recommendations of places to go. We had the Leige waffle later on and it was spectacular! Definitely would recommend this tour.