Summer Beer Tour of Belgium

seven days, six nights. | One DEPARTURE A YEAR
• June 12-18, 2022

Belgium is an amazing country on many levels: Beer, food, history, chocolate, tapestries, lace, cheese and people.  The focus here, of course, is the beer from this greatest brewing nation in the world.  What makes Belgian beer so special?  Taste and variety. Belgium produces more than 1200 different beers.  Not just different, but eventful ones from more than 150 breweries.  All within a country you can traverse in about three hours. Now is your opportunity to experience the magic of Belgium!

The tour begins in the lobby of our hotel in Bruges and ends at our hotel in Leuven. We plan to visit at least 4 brewery locations, and or taprooms, featuring, Trappist Westvleteren, Halve Maan, Trappist Chimay (New addition to tour) and Brasserie Caracole. Other highlights include, Bruges, Leuven, Bastogne and the Bastogne WWII Museum, and the Abbey of Chimay, aka, Abbey de Scourmont.  We will be staying in Bruges, Marche-en-Famenne and Leuven.

Photos from the Tour

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“My wife and I typically take a Rick Steves tour every year (9 so far), but decided to try something new. We discovered BBM! via a Travel with Rick Steves podcast and followed BBM! for a couple of years before taking the tour. We were looking for a unique trip and found it with the Lonely Monks Trappist Tour. I would highly recommend the tour to anybody regardless of your knowledge of Belgian beer.”

— Steve & Paulette from Mountain View, California

Tours Include

  • Six nights accommodations in nice, friendly, centrally-located hotels often in the old town section of the city and some in bucolic rural settings.

  • All breakfasts, two lunches and three dinners with gratuities.

  • Beer during brewery tours, taproom visits, festivals and company meals as listed on the itinerary.

  • Ground transportation via private luxury coach with professional driver. Leave the driving to us!

  • Professional and courteous BBM! guide services.

  • All tours and admissions.

  • An instant group of interesting and fun, beer-loving friends you haven’t met yet.

  • Plenty of unstructured free time to relax, shop and explore on your own.

  • Custom BBM! name badges.

  • Souvenir BBM! luggage tags

  • Flexibility in the event you need to transfer or cancel your tour.

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Not Included

  • Airfare

  • Airport transfers.

  • Some meals and beer on your own. Free-time sightseeing.Our guides are available to provide suggestions.

  • Fine Print: You are responsible for the costs of your free-time sightseeing. Be sure to read our Terms & Conditions Agreement for important details.

  • Gratuities, at your discretion, for brewery tour guides and coach drivers.

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Tour Cost

Deadline to sign up is one month before departure. 

$1995/per person + Air, $450 single supplement*
* Prices based on double room occupancy.  If you are a solo traveler and would like to have a private room all to yourself there is a single supplement fee of $450 in addition to the base price of $1995 per person. We can also work with you to pair you with other single travelers to avoid the single supplement. Better yet, recruit a friend to come, too! Unless, of course, like Rick Steves says, you prefer to “snore alone.”

We require a minimum number of guests for each tour to be guaranteed to go, so it’s important to sign up ASAP, as opposed to waiting until the deadline. Also, tours can fill rapidly and suddenly, so signing up early ensures that you will go and not be disappointed.

Please share  BBM! tours with fellow Belgian beer enthusiasts, your friends in general, and encourage them to join the fun! 

map of destinations & overnight locations

2018 version

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SOME OF THE BREWERIES AND ATTRACTIONS WE HAVE VISITED ON THIS TOUR IN THE PAST:

  • De Halve Maan Brewery and Museum

  • Bourgogne des Flandres Brewery

  • Trappist Westvleteren

  • Trappist Chimay

  • Bastogne WWII Museum

  • Abbey of Maredsous

  • Oud Markt in Leuven, aka,“Longest Bar in Europe”

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SUMMER BEER TOUR OF BELGIUM ITINERARY ‘22

Updated and detailed itinerary to come soon.

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