Best Western Chamade, Ghent

Advantages: Not much, breakfast, location
Disadvantages: staff, rooms

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Advantages: Wonderful buildings, great bars and lots to do.
Disadvantages: Not quite as pretty as Bruges.

...Euro ticket. Once endorsed on the machine inside the tram carriage this ticket is valid for one hours travel in the city centre (most trams also have tickets available from the driver and operate a little like a bus service). There was a tram from the station (and back again) roughly every fifteen minutes, so this seemed like the best way to save our legs. We got off the tram at the flower market (which takes place on a Sunday) and had a lovely wander round looking at the brightly coloured stalls. The tram stops are clearly marked and there is a plan inside each carriage, rather like a tube map. Once we were in the centre on Ghent we used our feet and a good map to get around, but there are always other options, such as horse drawn carriages (which are worth finding just to see their “poo catchers”!) or a boat trip along the river... Read review

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Advantages: Sweet Belgian city with some interesting unique things to see
Disadvantages: Not booming out of season

...-morning or lunch-time snack, the stand is your only option. For other foods there's an array of restaurants and cafés on or near the main squares, and plenty of bakeries and snack shop too, and prices aren't too bad. Plus, most seemed happy for you to stop in just for a drink, even at lunchtime. Other things to see and do in Ghent: St Michael's Bridge - a bit like Mrs Maquarie's chair in Sydney, it's the place to go for photos to line up some excellent shots of the churches and cathedral. St Nicholas' Church - one of the best examples of gothic Scheldt architecture still remaining in the city for those who understand these things, and simply a very pretty church for the rest of us. The museums of contemporary art and fine arts - both worth a visit, housing decent collections for a city of this size Boat trips on the river - run whatever... Read review

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