Essential Ghent Free Tour

The Essential Ghent Free Tour will reveal the secrets and stories, while we learn the history of the most rebellious city in Belgium, we will understand why its famous Roeland bell is located next to another of its famous towers, the Church of Saint Nicholas.

Without straying too far, we will talk about its third tower, the oldest parish church in the city, the Cathedral of Saint Bavo, which houses a collection of artistic treasures, including the famous work "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb", one of the seven wonders. of Belgian art.

After learning about the history of these marvels of architecture and art and having appreciated its curious municipal Pavilion, we will head towards its old port on the Lys River.

There we will have the best views of the old town, with the now known three towers. We will feel how life developed in the old grain and herb docks, where the most important imports of grain passed through, and despite its disproportionate tax, it became the center of the Flanders cereal trade.

Today these docks are one of the most popular meeting points in the city, and from here we can appreciate the oldest stone stepped façade in the world. And between the coming and going of the boats, we will go to the old meat market from the 15th century, which houses the perfect environment to cure one of the most important regional products, Ganda Hams.

Name given by the origin of the name of the city and, according to the Belgians, very tasty, accompanied by their traditional mustard. And if we have a meat market, the fish market cannot be missing; this neo-Gothic building will be in the background before the imposing and only medieval castle in Flanders, the Castle of the Counts.

It will make us imagine the power of the County of the time, with its diversity of functions that it has fulfilled over time and will be our final point of the interesting and picturesque Free tour.