There will be no pre-organised tours offered for Thursday and Friday. However, tickets can be purchased individually directly from Forton Events at forton-events@outlook.com for tours listed HERE. If you wish to book, please make sure to contact Forton Events by 20 May 2024.


Saturday excursions, pre-organised by ECTA, can be booked during the online registration process. Kindly note that reservations are made on a first-come, first-served basis. We reserve the right to cancel any tours due to low enrolment. In this case, participants will be offered the opportunity to book an alternative excursion (upon availability), or receive a full refund.

Comfortable shoes are highly recommended.


CULTURAL WALK IN ANTWERP (Walking tour) - 4 hours

Would you like a good overview of the highlights of Antwerp? This tour takes three hours and we will show you the hidden gems of historical Antwerp.

We will walk along beautiful places, squares and small streets including the Friday market with the lovely garden of the Plantin-Moretus museum, the castle, the picturesque Vlaeykensgang, the guild houses and the city hall. In the Cathedral of Antwerp you will be overwhelmed by its majestic dimensions and astonished by Rubens’ masterpieces. The tour will end at the old docks and the famous MAS (Museum aan de Stroom), with a lunch at the Fiskeskur restaurant. You will be enthralled by stories and entertaining anecdotes from the past and present as you step through the medieval alleys.

Meeting time: 09.15
Departure: 09.30
Meeting point: at the entrance of FMCCA (Koningin Astridplein 20, 2018 Antwerp)
Price: 108 EUR (excl. 21% VAT)


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TASTE AND SHINE IN ANTWERP (Museum visits, workshop and walking tour) - 8 hours

Say Belgium, and chocolate immediately comes to mind. The love story between this small country and the sweet delight has been thriving for generations. The 14 thematic rooms of Chocolate Nation will take you on a 60 to 90 minutes journey and tell you the story of Belgian chocolate. In addition, the chocolatiers will teach you how to make various chocolate creations in the workshop premises. You can, of course, take the pralines you have made home.

After lunch you will discover hidden gems of historical Antwerp on a walking tour. To complete your visit to the city, you will enter a universe full of diamonds, jewellery and silversmithing at DIVA museum. Enjoy the moment with a glass of cava - and, if you are the lucky one, you may return home with a gemstone!

Meeting time: 09.15
Departure: 09.30
Meeting point: Chocolate Nation (Koningin Astridplein 7, 2018 Antwerp)
Price: 207 EUR (excl. 21% VAT)