 An Attractive Alternative to Brussels or Bruges
Review of Gand (Belgium) by
polydeuces
Advantages: Very attractive city, superb food and beer, easy to visit with good parking
Disadvantages: None
When people think of a day trip to Belgium most immediately think of Brussels and I would not argue, Brussels is well worth seeing. After that Bruges is probably the next most popular choice and again having visited it I can see why. But I would also make the case for a visit to Gent which is underrated and in my view as pretty as most Belgian cities.
Gent is only half an hour away from Bruges. It is similar in architecture but there is a lot more ...
...walking around is no problem. The tourist information offices have a very useful free guide which details some suggested walking tours taking from 2 hours to much longer. I had driven in to the heart of the city and parked at the Vrijdagmarkt which has an 24hr underground parking area which was quite reasonable. The Vrijdagmarkt itself is a wide square surrounded by eating places and shops. As I was visiting in the evening I settled at one of the ...
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Review of Gand (Belgium) by
IMPUDICUS
Advantages: beautiful architecture,friendly people,good ale
Disadvantages: smell,traffic
Ghent to us, Gand in French and Gent for the Flemish: bear this in mind, as I nearly ended up in Genk....in the South when in the station in Brussels.This was my first short visit to Belgium and I have decided I love the place. Brussels itself just seemed scary as all we saw was the train station and airport, think london underground rush hour....eek, however Ghent itself is a compact and beautiful city, with most of the sights centre around the ...
...at one end and the tourist information at the other, with many little taverns and restaurants,and not a long walk from the Stadhuis and St. Niklaskerk, both of which are worth seeing. The people are very friendly, most speaking perfect English, which was useful when I found out the hard way that it is a Flemish speaking area!!!Also the beautiful castle is worth a visit, it costs bf200 to get in but the views are spectacular of the city, and there ...
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