Must see hotels in Ghent

This beautiful boutique offering is housed in Ghent's spectacular twin-turreted former post office. The property's common areas, guestrooms and suites are…

Get in quick to snap up one of Simon and Christopher's two fashionably styled guest rooms located above their well-patronised, chilled-out coffee shop in…

Treck earns bonus points for creativity and originality: indoor camping! Choose from nine seriously cool vintage vans, a large or small dorm, or pitch…

Luxuriously heaped pillows, fine linen, Miró-esque art and swish modern colours lie beneath the 18th-century beams of this old-meets-new beauty. Even the…

Within a classic step-gabled canal-side house, the showstopping attraction at this super-central hostel is the unbeatable view of Ghent’s main towers as…

This sumptuous 1770s urban palace retains original sections of 18th-century Chinese wallpaper, a dining room with romantic Austrian-era murals, a dazzling…

On the inside, Ghent's Marriott is a standard international business/tourist hotel with stylish (if somewhat generic), comfortable, modern rooms and a…

Popular with both business and leisure travellers, this friendly family-run hotel in a prime position just east of Sint-Pieters station offers excellent…

Formerly under the Sandton chain, this luxurious hotel occupies a stunning 18th-century manor house. At the time of writing, it was set to reopen under…

Book in advance for these wildly popular fully self-contained apartments. They're spacious, stylish, central and aimed at the business or long-stay…

A suit of armour guards the breakfast in this creaky 16th-century building. Its 12 guest rooms have a mixture of old and antique furniture, giving it an…

A rare chance to sleep within the walls of a begijnhof. The nicest of three homely rooms has its own kitchenette. St-Amandsberg begijnhof is around 500m…

The three guestrooms of this friendly B&B in an attractive 1890s townhouse have high ceilings and private showers but shared toilets. The house is…

Sleep on a reed-sprouting ‘recycled’ barge with a small open-top conversation deck. The boat's canal-side moorings are 600m northwest of Oude Begijnhof…

This simple campground is in a recreational park with a pretty pond that's perfect for swimming and aquatic sports. It's located about 4km west of Ghent's…

Unusually calm yet pretty central, this inviting hostel is in a revamped a high-ceilinged historical house with virginal white walls, spacious bunk rooms…

Behind a pseudo-medieval facade facing a picturesque willow-lined central canal lies this recently thoroughly renovated and spotless (though slightly…

This 1863 townhouse has attractive belle époque, art deco and art nouveau touches, a comfortable communal lounge area featuring maps, globes and an…

Owned by an interior designer, this B&B – set in a 1900 townhouse overlooking a tree-lined canal – has a special atmosphere and two 'angel' rooms.