Small Group Chocolate Tour Brussels: 2-Hour Tasting Walk

Included in the $55.95

Two things are included: a knowledgeable guide and at least 7 praline or truffle samples across 5 shops. The guide shares information on the history of chocolate and the Belgian industry as you walk. No printed ticket is needed, you simply show up. Children under 10 join for free, though children and adults are listed as separate ticket types.

That is the whole list. There is no museum admission, no drinks, no workshop and no food beyond the chocolate samples.

Not Included

The listing names gratuities as the only exclusion. Beyond tips, nothing else is included because nothing else is offered: there is no hotel pickup, no lunch, no museum entry and no beverages. The tour is described as suitable for all physical fitness levels, and public transport options are available near the meeting point if you would rather not walk to it.

What You Might Pay on the Day

Bring a little cash or card headroom for three things. Tips for the guide are the stated exclusion and are at your discretion. Boxes to carry chocolate home from the shops are not mentioned in the inclusions, so assume any purchases are your own.

Drinks are not listed in the inclusions. If you want a workshop where you make your own chocolates, the Chocolate Walking Tour and Workshop or the Chocolate Truffle Workshop are the closer fits.

Start: Royal Galleries Saint-Hubert

You meet right outside the Roseline d'Oreye shop inside the Royal Galleries Saint-Hubert at Galerie du Roi 10, in downtown Brussels. The Galleries are a covered 213-metre arcade with a glass roof, inaugurated in 1847, so even the meeting point is worth arriving early for. Arriving early matters for a second reason: there are no refunds for late arrivals or no-shows.

The Start: the Guide and the History

Once the group of up to 10 is assembled, the guide sets off on a gentle stroll through 5 of the most elegant chocolate shops in town. The listing promises information on the history of chocolate and the industry in general along the way.

The Middle: 5 Shops, 7 Samples

No per-shop timings are stated. At each stop you taste pralines or truffles, with a guaranteed minimum of 7 samples over the tour. The shops are picked by the operator and are described only as some of the best and most elegant in town, so the listing does not tell you the exact line-up in advance.

The End of the Walk

The listing gives no return point and no return time, so ask your guide where the walk ends. Budget appetite accordingly: 7 pralines in 2 hours is a tasting, not a meal, and no lunch is included.

Children and Ages

Adults aged 10 to 99 are priced at $55.95 and children under 10 join for free, which makes this one of the easier listings for young families. If your children are older and want to make their own chocolate, the Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Workshop takes participants from 6 and the Chocolate Museum and Workshop runs workshops for children from 7.

Allergies and Diet

The tour is nut and peanut allergy friendly and celiac friendly, but only if you warn your guide at the start. There is no mention of vegan or alcohol-free options, and the samples are pralines and truffles, so this walk is not built around low-sugar chocolate. Gerbaud's motto in town is less sugar, no alcohol, more cocoa, so a DIY visit suits that brief better.

Access and Fitness

The walk is suitable for all physical fitness levels, infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller, and service animals are allowed. No explicit wheelchair statement is made. The meeting point inside a covered arcade removes weather risk at the start, and the tour runs rain or shine regardless.

Punctuality and Language

There are no refunds for late arrivals or no-shows, so build in buffer time. The tour is offered in English only, which excludes other speakers unless they are comfortable in English. And there is no hotel pickup: you make your own way to Galerie du Roi 10.

If a larger, cheaper group walk suits you better, the Artisan Chocolate Tasting Tour starts from Grand Place and costs $34.

Reaching Galerie Du Roi 10

De Brouckere station serves metro lines 1 and 5 and premetro lines 4 and 10, and the listing confirms public transport options are nearby. Brussels-Central station connects to the Gare Centrale metro stop on lines 1 and 5 through a pedestrian tunnel, and the listing states no walking minutes from either station, so allow generous time given the no-refund policy for late arrivals.

Chocolatiers the Tour Does Not Visit

The shops on this walk are picked by Groovy Tours and kept vague in the listing, so if you want named houses, head out on your own. Pierre Marcolini founded his company in 1995 and keeps a Sablon presence, Wittamer has traded on the Grand Sablon since 1910, and Laurent Gerbaud, the Gault and Millau Brussels Chocolatier of the Year 2021, works at Rue Ravenstein 2D. His shop and Pierre Marcolini Brussels both make easy additions.

Sablon, Galleries and a Waffle

Trams 92 and 93 stop at Petit Sablon. Neuhaus, Marcolini and Godiva are among the chocolatiers in the Sablon, where the antiques and books market runs on Saturdays and Sundays. Back at the Galleries, about seventy shops trade under the glass roof.

Before or after the tour, the best waffles in Brussels guide covers the fresh-batter stop the tasting walk does not include, and the Grand-Place, a UNESCO site since 1998, is nearby.