Enjoy a 50-minute guided boat trip through the beautiful medieval city center of Ghent to discover its most glorious sites.

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Duration 50 minutes: Check availability to see starting times.
Live tour guide: Dutch, English, French

Highlights

Marvel at St Bavo’s Cathedral, the Belfry and St Nicholas’ Church
Discover the old guildhalls of labormen
Admire the impressive castles of the Counts and the Princes’ Court
Sail between the old Fish Market and the even older Meat Hall
Glide through the Ancient Port of Ghent with its quay walls and mercantile houses

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Take a boat close to the amazing Castle of the Counts to discover the most beautiful places of Ghent. A guide will take you through the fascinating history of medieval Ghent and its historical buildings and architecture on this 50-minute tour. Enjoy the famous three towers of Ghent, various medieval churches and monasteries, the birthplace of Charles V of Spain, majestic guild halls, a breathtaking castle, and much more! Hear the stories behind these magnificent monuments. Your tour is guided in English, Dutch, and French. There are also illustrated translations into German, Spanish, Italian, Russian and Japanese available on board.

Includes

Boat trip
Guide
Blankets (winter tour only)

Covid-19 precautions

Safety measures in place

All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned

Meeting point

Meet your guide at the big yellow umbrella - corner in Kraanlei near the Castle of the Counts.

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Not allowed

Pets (assistance dogs allowed)

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4.3 /5

based on 516 reviews

Review summary

Guide
4.4/5
Transportation
4.4/5
Value for money
4.4/5
Safety
4.5/5

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Have visited Ghent many times but have never done the boat trip. The boat guide gave a good explanation of the history of the city & the buildings. A boat tour always provides a different perspective and angle to take photos. The company was really good to answer questions via email. I booked online as I wasn’t sure how many boats would be running or how full they might be. Thank you.

September 22, 2020

Very funny boat driver / captain / tour guide. Very multi-lingual

Lots of nationalities on the boat, the boat driver / captain / tour guide was very fluent in many languages. Unfortunately there were two women who chatted away the entire time among themselfes, it was hard to hear and I was simply too embarrased / stupid to ask them to please stop chatting. Ghent is wonderful, the boat tour was fantastic.

September 2, 2019

nice and relaxing

The boat ride was prompt, guide funny but the sound/ microphone quality was not so good. You could tell that it was the acoustics as the sound improved when the tour went under the bridge :) Maybe, it could help with putting the speakers towards the middle of the boat instead of the front.

July 22, 2019

Ghent: 50-Minute Medieval Center Guided Boat Trip

Ghent: 50-Minute Medieval Center Guided Boat Trip

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Very funny boat driver / captain / tour guide. Very multi-lingual

nice and relaxing