Ghent Highlights Walking Tour with Smartphone App
4.08
( 8 reviews )
$6.99




Explore Ghent’s canals, castles, and lively squares — a city where medieval charm meets modern energy.
Highlights
Hear the unsolved mystery of the Ghent Altarpiece's stolen panel, missing for nearly a century
Learn why being called a noose bearer is a compliment in this city
Stand at the viewpoint where three iconic towers line up for the perfect photograph
Discover how students seized a medieval castle to protest a one franc beer tax
Walk through Graffiti Street, the legal street art zone where every surface tells a different story
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Tour is valid for 1 year and can be used multiple times
Language Options
English | French | German | Spanish | Italian | Dutch | Polish | Russian | Portuguese
Duration
1 hour and 30 minutes
Itinerary
St. Bavo's Cathedral
Trace the cathedral's evolution from a wooden chapel to the site of Emperor Charles the Fifth's baptism.
St. Bavo's Cathedral
Stand before the most stolen artwork in history and hear the unsolved mystery of the missing panel.
Belfry of Gent
Look up at the gilded dragon and hear its legendary journey from Constantinople to the top of Ghent's tallest tower.
Mammelokker
Find the striking relief of a daughter nursing her imprisoned father, mounted right on the old city jail's doorstep.
St Nicholas' Church | Gent
Step into the merchants' guild church and spot the hidden medieval façade uncovered by chance across the square.
St Michael's Bridge
Pause at Ghent's most photographed viewpoint for a panorama of three iconic towers lined up in a row.
St Michael s Church
Study Van Dyck's dramatic Golgotha painting and identify each symbolic figure in the crucifixion scene.
Graslei and Korenlei
Walk between the grand guild houses where Ghent's merchants claimed first pick of every passing cargo.
St. Veerleplein
Stand on a former execution ground where streetlamps now flicker to announce each newborn baby in Ghent.
Gravensteen
Explore the Castle of the Counts, once seized by students protesting a one franc increase in beer prices.
Groentenmarkt
Visit the Great Butchers' Hall with its hanging hams and hear the tale of Ghent's cuberdon candy war.
Werregarenstraat
Walk through layers of street art in Ghent's famous Graffiti Street, born from a festival three decades ago.
Gent City Hall
Hear how Charles the Fifth forced fifty men to kneel with nooses around their necks, creating a lasting symbol of defiance.
St James' Church
Pay respects at the pilgrim church where a surgeon who shared lifesaving forceps with the world lies in an unmarked grave.
Vrijdagmarkt
Meet the man whose statue still points toward England and learn the pub ritual that costs you a shoe.
Dulle Griet
End your walk beside a massive medieval bombard named after a woman fierce enough to storm Hell.
Top Reviews
Logan
A great experience.
24 July 2026
Sawyer
Would buy again
5 July 2026
Dallas
A very nice guided walk.
30 June 2026
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