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Ghent City Center

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Ghent, Belgium

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“cobbled streets”(42 reviews)

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CostaC21

London, United Kingdom

151

Reviewed yesterday via mobile

A beautiful quarter part of Gent

A definite must to see this amazing and beautiful historical city! The atmosphere and surrounding would appeal to everybody!

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pwicmorris

Wendover, United Kingdom

117

Reviewed yesterday

Beautiful city

A really lovely city with lots of fine architecture, fine restaurants and lots of things to do. I much preferred this city to Bruges, which is over-rated, expensive and far too touristy!

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Carlos G

Reviewed yesterday

Simply beautiful

Amazing arquitectura. Walking everywhere is a must. You find beautiful sights in every corner. Enjoyed our entire trip!

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Alicia E

Cape Town Central, South Africa

Reviewed 3 days ago

What a surprise!

I went to Ghent recently to attend a conference and fell in love with the city. There is such a sense of freedom, with the bicycles all around and my favourite: the random pianos dotted around the city. Whoever passes by and can play, does!...More

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nowpacking

Dallas, Texas

967322

Reviewed 5 days ago

Absolute Favorite

Ghent totally captured our hearts with it's gorgeous architecture, churches, castle, restaurants and shopping all within a close area. The river that runs through the city center lined with interesting houses is charming. Then to top off all the beautiful photography spots your have the...More

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Andy3031

Melbourne, Australia

5631

Reviewed 6 days ago via mobile

Gorgeous Underrated Medieval Gem

I was blown away by the charm of this medieval city, containing the charm of Bruges and the bigger-city grandness of Brussels. There are so many historic buildings & towers (including the magnificent castle in the centre of town), all perfectly preserved. A must see...More

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Dalbyforest

Ashford, United Kingdom

10630

Reviewed 6 days ago

Very nice castle

Reasonable day trip, full day not needed, castle very nice, the boat trip not so much. Must be at least 100 word long.

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john m

455

Reviewed 1 week ago

Pleasant Surprise

The city was much larger than I thought with some outstanding architecture. Lots of good shopping and excellent restaurants would like to have more time to explore as there was a lot to see and visit.

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Gaurav S

London, United Kingdom

16230

Reviewed 1 week ago

Well worth the visit

Ghent is only 30 minutes from Brussels via train and well worth the visit. It is very easy to get to the town center by tram. The atmosphere and views are electric with the bridges, grand buildings, waterway, cobbled streets, and people milling about. Its...More

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Ray H

Bromsgrove, United Kingdom

137

Reviewed 1 week ago

Not what I expected

Did a day trip from Bruge and I expected to see much of the same but was a bit disappointed due to very busy traffic and be aware of the trams, the canal side of the city was quite pretty but did not reflect on...More

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carloszoe

I am traveling with a group of 39 people in August and we are staying in Liege where our training is. But in the way back to the ferry we like to stop and spend the day somewhere. Is Ghent worth stopping at and will entertain all ages? What is there to actually do there? We have stayed in Bruges before so don't particularly want to stay there again.

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Ghent is a slightly ‘bigger’ version of Bruges. There are nice cafes, shops and places of interests such as museums, cathedrals, markets, ... all within walking distance.