Ghent Town Hall (Stadhuis), Ghent

Advantages: clean, tidy, good service and price
Disadvantages: need a taxi to get into town

...I have been on two different Christmas Shopping bus trips and both times have stayed at the Ghent Holiday Inn. The price of each trip was £99 inclusive of bus travel, ferry crossing and two nights accomodation at the Holiday Inn. LOCATION +++++++++ The Holiday Inn Ghent is around 60km from Brussels and is situated in central Belgium which makes it ideal to explore the country. It is near the intersection of the E17 and E40 motorways. It is 65km from Ostend airport in Holland and 62km from Antwerp airport . On the first trip that I went on we visited Valkenburg and Ostend in Holland, and Aachen in Germany and each day we made good time and were not rushed at all. The nearest town is Gent which is around 3km away. There are plenty of restaurants, shops and bars in Gent. FACILITIES +++++++++ The hotel is used... Read review

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

...). Buildings wise, you mustn’t miss the City Hall either. Looking at the architecture and strolling along the river is the best free entertainment you can get! The streets are lovely, old and winding ~ a great place to explore and get lost (another reason why I suggest you get a good map). There is also a good spread of museums, but we had limited (drinking) time and limited ourselves to the free scenery! A quick scan of a few tourist websites can give you a guide to the best museums to visit ~ there is a Folk Museum, Fine Art Museum and Modern Art Museum, to name but a few. ~~~SHOPS. The obligatory chocolate shops line the streets of most Belgian cities and Ghent is no exception. You can buy selection boxes in different sizes (generally a 4 Euro, 8 Euro, 11 Euro box and so on). These are ready boxed up so you can’t choose which... Read review

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Advantages: Friendly, comfortable and good buffet breakfast.
Disadvantages: Limited parking and looks awful from the front.

...After our excellent weekend to Belgium earlier on this year I really wanted to tell you about the hotel we stayed in. It was recommended to our party (of 17 people) by friends who had stayed there on a few occasions. As this hotel may not seem like much from the outside I thought it warranted a review to put it on the map! This lovely little hotel is the Hotel Eden. ~~~WHERE IS IT? The Hotel Eden can be found five minutes walk from the centre of the East Flanders town of Ghent. It is just around the corner from a tram and bus stop, where you can get a tram to the train station (in one direction), or into the centre of Ghent (in the other direction) if you are less mobile. It is on quite a busy road in an area with quite a few shops, making the walk to the tourist attractions (the cathedral is only a short stroll south east... Read review

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