
The Tourist Office of Ghent offers an excellent service to visitors: pick up a copy of the beautiful and free colour brochure with pictures of all the sights in town.
Fixed guided tours leave from the Tourist Information Office at 14h30 (every day from May to the end of October, only on Saturdays from November to the end of April). You can book by phone on + 32 9 233 53 11 or on the spot from 11h30 till 14h30. The price is 7 EUR per person for a 2-hour tour.
Tourist attractions include: St Bavo's Cathedral, containing the world-famous painting the 'Adoration of the Mystic Lamb' (Het Lam Gods) by Jan Van Eyck, the Castle of the Counts (Het Gravensteen), the riverside quays of the Graslei and the Korenlei, St Michael's Bridge, St Peter's Abbey, Het Pand, the Belfry, the Vrijdagsmarkt, the SMAK modern art gallery, the beguinages, St Bavo's Abbey, the City Hall, the Patershol area, the Rabot, the flea market at St Jacobs.
"Ghent by night" is unmissable! Many historical buildings and monuments are lit up every night from dusk till midnight. The 'Three Towers' are illuminated till dawn.
The Tourist Office of Ghent (Dienst Toerisme)
Crypt of the Belfry, Botermarkt 17A, B-9000 Gent
tel + 32 (0) 9 266 56 60
NEW ADDRESS
From the end of 2012, we will be happy to welcome you to our new information office in the Oude Vismijn (Old Fish Market) opposite the Castle of the Counts (Sint-Veerleplein 5).
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