Sign in with Facebook"Simply Put: A Fabulous City" Top 5 Page for this destination Gent by zrim
Gent Travel Guide: 1,406 reviews and 3,613 photos
I am infatuated with Gent.
This is a VirtualTourist success story, listen up:
Sometime in February in the deep cold darkness of a Minnesota winter, I played on VT until the deeep, deep dark recesses of the winter night. I stayed up past all reasonable hours and came upon a page by my friend Globetrott. He extolled the virtues of Gent and I was immediately hooked. After some time my wife roused herself from slumber and scolded me for whittling away such vast amounts of time on VT. Little did she know that the seeds of a Belgian adventure had been planted.
Belgium is such a lovely country--I heartily recommend that everyone visit this place in May or early June for a delightful experience.
Let me show you just how nice a few days in Gent can be:
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Beware of Pink Elephants
Warnings and Dangers
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Some Belgian brews are incredibly strong--for example, some of the Trappist ales reach alcohol content of 10% or... more travel advice
Cobbled streets and no autos
Local Customs
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One great aspect of Gent is the almost complete absense of cars in the central historic district. Only taxis (and I... more travel advice
A strange vantage point
Things to Do
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This is a view of the oldest building on the Graslei--the Spijker. It dates from the 1100s and was originally used to... more travel advice
Looking down upon the vassals
Off The Beaten Path
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Looking down at some of the more modest building from the uppermost tower of the castle of counts. Gravensteen was... more travel advice
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Comments (43)
Hi there Phil. Absolutely loved this page mate! :o) I love your writing style :o) Every tip was a pleasure to read and your photos are fantastic! Cheers, Ann.
Gent is amazingly beautiful as illustrated from your stunning images. Tomas Eriksson :)
You don't say where it's located ?
Okay, you've convinced me!
What a beautiful place to visit. Lovely architecture, canals, and Belgium beer. A very nice page.
Beautiful buildings
GENT! Yep ..it's gotta be one of the most beautiful towns in Europe! Your pictures with the buildings on the canals in that light are wonderful! It has to be up there with my fav gr8 places like Krakow, Gdansk and the Old Town in Stockholm .Tim
Great page about Gent. Looking forward to visit.
I've just read your page and relised I've been here before,but it was worth another look.
Pls. Phil, move this threads to "Things to Do" . Not in the "Warning and Dangers" haha