Bus day trip to Ghent from Brussels

Name: Bus day trip to Ghent from Brussels
Brand: Buendía
SKU: 6877P40
Price: 47.64 USD
Rating: 4.5 (42 reviews)

Brussels, Belgium

Day Trip to Ghent from Brussels with English Speaking Guide

9 hours (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Explore the beautiful city of Ghent, known for its fabulous 13th-century architecture and gorgeous altarpiece by Jan Van Eyck, with this full-day trip from Brussels. Your guide will take you to top sights, from the Castle of Gerald the Devil to the Gothic and Renaissance city hall, with time left over to eat, drink, and shop before returning to Brussels.

Round-trip transfers from Brussels are included
Travel in the comfort of an air-conditioned vehicle
A professional guide will lead the way
Free time for shopping and exploring is built in

What's Included

Professional English-speaking guide
Round-trip with A/C
City tips
Guided walking tour in Ghent

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Food and drinks

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Carrefour de l'Europe
Carr de l'Europe, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
In the Carrefour de l'Europe square under the columns of the main entrance of the train and metro station, in front of the Hilton Grand Place hotel. Our guides will be wearing ID of Buendia Tours.

Start time

08:30 AM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Most travelers can participate

You will receive the confirmation at time of booking
Our guides have your best interests in mind; while the tour usually includes the sites & stories mentioned and lasts about 2.5 hours, your tour may vary depending on what your guide thinks is best for your group
No meals are included but your guide will be happy to point you in the direction of some great food spots :)
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 45 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Featured review

YangMiKim

Mark is very professional, knowledgeable, very kind. humorous ..he is the best guide we've ever had...

Reviews

4.5

42 reviews

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Excellent guide

YangMiKim, May 2024

Mark is very professional, knowledgeable, very kind. humorous ..he is the best guide we've ever had...

Worth the money!

esther_c, May 2024

Mark was our guide and he was very detailed in sharing about Ghent. It was such a fun trip and he is really a good storyteller! It is worth going with the tour

Beautiful

Mariela_C, Apr 2024

Ghent is such a beautiful and colorful place. Mark was such a good guide and an encyclopedia of knowledge. We learned so much and had a wonderful day enjoying Ghent.

Well worth it

Lois_M, Apr 2024

Our guide was knowledgeable and friendly. She did a great job explaining everything and was quite thorough.

Ghent is fantastic.

Dean_B, Dec 2023

Lovely Day visit. The Town is amazing. A must see. Trapped back in time with medievil magic. Please visit.

Best day ever in Ghent

Jeff_T, Dec 2023

David was an exceptional guide. His knowledge and enthusiasm for telling us the history and beginnings for each site was the best we have had. His recommendations for where to eat, what to see made the free time really enjoyable. This combined with the beauty of Ghent means we definitely want to come back. Highly recommend this tour.

It was fine: the end was frustrating

Rimma_T, Nov 2023

The tour guide Julian is a great guide, very knowledgeable and a nice person. He was very kind, nice, and helpful to all of us. Ghent is a nice city. The historic center is very small, so you see it very fast. Food was delicious. Everything was great until the end of the tour. We were supposed to meet at 4:30 at a bus station which was not a real bus station, and the bus was not allowed to park there. Me and another woman were 6 minutes late. The bus decided to move away from the location and initially it was a 10-minute walk to the bus. Ended up an hour chace after bus around Ghent. It was very disrespectful and unprofessional. I'm 5 months pregnant woman who had to run for 1 hour after an idiot driver who was so unprofessional in his job that couldn't find a legal parking spot. Also, if the drop-off/ pick -up location is not a legal parking spot, maybe the tour office should consider changing it. I mean there are so many things that could have been done yesterday to make sure this situation didn't happen. The worst part was that once we got to the bus, the driver did not even apologised for being a jerk and making a pregnant woman chase the bus around the half-lit streets of Ghent. The tour guide was very apologetic about all this, since he was with us and got frustrated just like us. My recommendation will be to make sure the drivers find appropriate parking spots wherever they drive the golroups, also have some flexibility for people who get lost in small streets and get late. Another thing is to make sure they apologise for their wrongdoing. This is unseen. I have traveled 27 countries, took more than 20 tours, and have never been treated like this. The driver should be disciplined and maybe even fired.

Response from Host, Nov 2023

We are sorry for what happened, we will talk to the driver about what happened. We will take note to improve the tour, thank you

Ghent is a must see

Susan_S, Oct 2023

Ghent is a beautiful city. We loved walking through the streets and taking a canal ride. It’s not as ‘touristy’ as Brugge. Ghent was one of the highlights of our trip.

Gand ´la Magnifique ‘

Linda_D, Sep 2023

Discovery of the city We never expected it to be so beautifuly authentik. The guide was also very nice and patient. Was always open to respond to all our question. He also knes the city very well.

A wonderful guide and great tour in Ghent!

Xin_T, Aug 2023

We loved this trip. On the bus, they alternate between Spanish and English information. Then we have our own English guide, Pablo, once we arrived at Ghent. Pablo is very knowledgeable and humorous, explaining the history of the city in a good way during the walking tour. He gave us recommendations for food/beer choice in Ghent and Brussels. In the afternoon, we have 4 hours of free time to visit places, have a lunch and take a boat tour. Booking this great tour from Viator is also easy.

Perfect way to tour Ghent from Brussels

kavanaghtg, Jun 2023

The tour of Ghent was a great way to see and tour Ghent. Our guide, Mark, was informative and had a sense of humour. We learned a lot of the history of how the city was started and how it progressed over the centuries.

Great day in Ghent

Garry_R, Jun 2023

Nice day in Ghent. The tour guide, Mark, was excellent. We saw these key sites and heard about the history and culture in a very interesting manner. There was plenty of time to explore on your own, shop, and have a lunch and/or beer.

Excellent trip

Alexander_R, Jun 2023

Mark, the guide was simply excellent. No organizational hick-ups. Ghent is a beautiful city. Plenty of free time after the guided tour.

Fantastic tour with a superb tour guide

Julianne_O, May 2023

Mark is an excellent guide! His stories about Ghent were amazing and engaged everyone in the tour! Thought that Ghent is boring compared to Bruge but Mark definitely makes this tour so memorable. We are so glad to have him.

English tour with Bruno

Ellen_E, Apr 2023

English tour by Bruno was very informative and enlightening . He answered questions with humor and confidence. It was cold and windy but he keep us engaged! Kudos!

The tour was cancelled...

Rena_K, Sep 2022

The tour was cancelled the day before. They need to give more time so I can change travel plans and book a new tour.

Response from Host, Nov 2022

First of all, we trully want to thank you for taking the time to leave us your feedback. We want to apologize for the inconvenience created and we are working in order to improve our service so we can avoid these situations. Hope to have you back in one of our day trips around the world and to improve your experience with us. Kind regards, Buendía Team.

Ghent is a feast for your mind & your senses.

MariaZenSarab_P, Aug 2022

Ghent is a lovely, historic city & our guide Yiel was knowledgeable & well organized. She even gave us good recommendations on where to eat. I highly recommend Ghent for a day trip with Viator. I just wished that Viator resumes hotel pickup & drop off. We stayed at the Sofitel in Brussels, which would have been on the pickup & drop-off route during pre-Covid times.

Response from Host, Aug 2022

Hello Thank you so much for your review. They do help us to improve our tours. We are glad you enjoyed your experience with Buendia Tours We hope to see yo again in one of our tours in the future. Regards,

The guide was with us for...

Christina_L, Jun 2022

The guide was with us for half of the day, and we were told to return to a location to wait for pick up in the afternoon. As not everyone has a good sense of direction or a smart phone, the guide left the tourists worrying if we would be able to find the location again in the afternoon. We were told to be punctual, but the pick up was late.

Response from Host, Jul 2022

The guide makes his tour and then in Our tours always have free time so they can enjoy or see again what they liked the most.

Fun day in Gent

Cathy_B, Jun 2022

Jamal, our guide, was very knowledgeable about Gent history and culture. He told many funny stories and had good recommendations for exploring on our own. Martha, the other guide, was helpful too. We had a lovely day.

Rainy Day in Ghent

David_C, Dec 2019

We had a wonderful time. Ghent was beautiful and interesting. Our guide was knowledgeable and very nice. We reserved for the English-speaking tour which is held at the same time as the Spanish-speaking tour (which is the largest group). This made it difficult to hear. However, it was totally worth it.