Stael

Boten Stael is one of many small companies that offers canal tours through Brugge. The tours are 30 minutes, and go past all of the main sights in town. The tour was a nice way to get oriented to the area, and a pleasant way to sightsee while not having to walk. The tours leave regularly, it looked like every 10 minutes or so, and our wait was very short after paying. The boat was comfortable, and our guide spoke excellent English and was easy to understand.
The quality of the tour is very guide dependent, and I had read this prior to going on the canal tour. Our guide explained sites concisely, but lacked the humor and constant banter that we saw on other canal tours when we sat by a canal later that day. The canal tour wasn’t an outstanding highlight of our trip to Brugge, but I enjoyed it, and given the low cost, I felt it was worth the time and money. Pro tip: show a Rick Steves guidebook at this tour company to get the group rate, it saved us 3 euros/​person. Also as a side note: I get terribly sea sick on boats and was totally comfortable on the canal boat; the ride was very smooth and not at all bouncy.