A stop for beer ESSENTIAL INFORMATION Start your visit with a boat ride along Ghent’s famous canals for the views and the history. For an eerie photo op, tour the Gravensteen (Sint-Veerleplein ...

Located in Belgium’s Flemish region, Ghent is the capital of East Flanders and one of the country's most historic cities. At the crossroads of the Scheldt and Lys Rivers, Ghent grew into a ...

Its flemish sisters Antwerp and Bruges may be better known, but the town of Ghent, a 30-mile drive northwest of Brussels, has the best of both worlds: stylish new restaurants, bars and boutiques ...

As my train draws into Ghent station, the first thing I notice is the bicycles. I’ve heard of the Low Countries’ passion for two wheels, but quite how a city of 250,000 inhabitants can collect ...

Ghent’s heritage is reason enough to travel here. There’s the formidable Castle of the Counts, the 15th-century Great Butchers’ Hall, the UNESCO-listed belfry lording over it all.

Ghent is a fairly big city, with about a quarter of a million inhabitants, but the historic center of the town has the perfect size and flow for walking, with one or more sights everywhere you look.