The city of gent ghent is one of belgiums most beautiful communities. Discover sights, restaurants, entertainment and hotels. Get the free printable map of ghent printable tourist map or create your own tourist map. Ghent is a city in lyon county, minnesota, united states. Check flight prices and hotel availability for your visit. Its in the historical metselaarshuis, a medieval house with a steppedstone facade topped with 20thcentury bronze jester sculptures. Take a look at the citymap alkmaar to make sure you wont get lost. If you visit this place on other time of the year, frequent rains may violate your recreation. The municipality of ghent is comprised of ghent and the following towns. Take you time, and by walk or by bike, discover the historical center of ghent. Toerisme oostvlaanderen useful for cyclingroute maps and information on the rural areas around ghent. Ghent belgium pdf map vector exact city plan detailed street. The little bridges and the parks make you feel in love all the time, and the medieval centre really looks. On each of those pages there are links to view the city map or download it.
Belgiums fourthlargest and most beautiful city is home to a quarter of a million people and a flourishing flower export trade. Maps of gent ghent, ostend, belgium and continental europe. Its in this area where you will find ghent s tourist office. Just try to avoid expensive chocolate and all other tourist traps, and. Take a look at all the sights in the vibrant city of ghent. This map shows streets, street index, tourist information centers, points of interest, tourist attractions and sightseeings in ghent. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. The spiritual heart of flanders, the richest flemish city with its flourishing port, and a major industrial centre, ghent is also a dynamic and festive university city.
The 10 best things to do in ghent coronavirus update. Use the multimedia app to see ghent in detail in four different centuries. If you map out the strengths of bruges no mean feat you will find culture right at the very top. Tombs of the ghent bishops, rubens the conversion of st bavo and the worldfamous polyptych the adoration of the mystic lamb by. According to the united states census bureau, the city has a total area of 0. Jun 04, 2008 tourist and walking tour map of ghent, belgium. May 7, 2018 ghent walking tour map ghent belgium mappery. Get directions, maps, and traffic for ghent, flanders.
In order to get it simply go to any kiosk located near the train station or groenplaats square. Tourist information center ghent 2020 all you need to. Find any address on the map of gent or calculate your itinerary to and from gent, find all the tourist attractions and michelin guide restaurants in gent. You will find amazing graffitis and street artworks almost everywhere, on every street corner. Bavos cathedral and the castle of the counts, inspire awe. Map of gent detailed map of gent are you looking for the map of gent. Gent map detailed city and metro maps of gent for download. All you have to do is select the type of places youd like to include restaurants, museums, etc. Picked up the 2 day ghent city card, a good deal if you want to see a lot of attractions in town.
Ghent walking tour map ghent belgium mappery walking. Super a in ghent sorry not sorry fest september 2017. The ad vantageous allin citycard gent provides access to all of ghents top attractions, including public transport, at a. Along with bruges, ghent is belgiums star architectural attraction, but unlike bruges, it comes without the tour bus hordes. The 10 best things to do in ghent coronavirus update 2020. Quirky ghent offers a fascinating cultural cocktail brimming with trendy, modern urban life. To be there is to vibrate with the harmony of the medieval architectural beauty, with the intense cultural and night life of its inhabitants and with the. Do you need a tourist map that can be saved as a pdf and includes all the top highlights you want to visit. A walk through town on a summers evening, when most of. Take a look at our detailed itineraries, guides and maps to help you plan your trip to brussels. Are you searching for a free downloadable and printable city map of ghent. Please feel free to browse through this guide and get to know our city a little better. Aug 8, 2016 this pin was discovered by helene clements. Gent belgium has a long and interesting history that dates back to the iron age.
This color editing method is convenient for global color adjustment in a vector map, if global colors were not used when creating a city map of ghent belgium. Book your tickets online for the top things to do in ghent, belgium on tripadvisor. Map of ghent hotels and attractions on a ghent map. Gent campus kunsltcrer, muinkparkwljk ho v e niersstbaa bellevue strop. Ghent street art guide and map street art and graffiti magazine. All tourists have an opportunity to get a free city map without any complications. Map of ghent sightseeing, bars, clubs, shops and fries, all on a city map. The eyecatcher at ghent city museum, the stam, is a gigantic aerial photograph of ghent measuring 300 m2. The tourist city of ghent is a monument from beginning to end. See the best attraction in ghent printable tourist map. Ghent tourist office very helpful for free maps and accommodation bookings.
Ghent offers you a quirky, fascinating cultural cocktail brimming with rich history, culture and a trendy city vibe. Spring or summer are the best time to make a vacation in antwerp. The city is inundated with cultural events throughout the year. Conveniently located between brussels and bruges, gent features medieval buildings, canals and a host of tourist attractions. At the confluence of the river lys and the scheldt river, it is crisscrossed by canals and waterways. Additional maps covering antwerp, ghent and a locator map are also included handy, selffolding tourist map is small enough to fit in your pocket yet offers extensive coverage of the city in an easytouse format thorough street index is also featured and crossreferenced to the map so you can easily find your destination. Bruges accessible to everyone map pdf, 3 mb city plan pdf, 20 mb illuminated trails plan pdf, 3 mb in bruges moviemap pdf, 6 mb local love map pdf, 4 mb pk moviemap pdf, 2 mb the white queen moviemap 20 pdf, 3 mb. The vibrant city of ghent is more than worth a weekend trip. Ghent residents are called as rope or noose bearers stroppendragers since in the past, after revolting in 1539 against the regime of charles v who was the holy roman emperor and king of spain in 1539 and failing in doing so, charles made the nobles of ghent to parade around town barefoot and with a noose rope around their neck. Maps of belgium gent belgium tourist information and. Gent or ghent in english is a lovely city to visit when youre exploring belgium. We promise that it is made by locals and that nobody paid to be on the map view frontside.
The specified button is available if the selected vector map or its fragment contains two or more colors. Ghents oldest parish church, first known as sintjanskerk, today has no less than 22 altars. A map is described as a reflection, normally with a toned surface, of the complete or component of a location. For your ease, i have included a map below showing the address and routes of the top hotspots in ghent, followed by a listed section that briefly explains each of these places. When youre done, you can download your belgium travel guide to your phone or tablet, or print it as a pdf. Gent belgium tourist information and vacation guide ghent. Just like bruges it offers a lot of cute medieval streets, canals, local delicacies. Bruges is belgiums numberone postcard destination, sometimes called venice of the north. Bruges sightseeing map free tourist attractions teclabs org 2835 regarding bruges tourist map printable, source image. Use the street art cities ghent map and mobile app. The city of ghent belgium gent is located between brussels and the north sea. Travel guide with touristic destinations, museums and architecture in gent. Tourist map of ghent ghent belgium, belgium map, tourist map. Views of ghent shows a view of the city in 1534, maps from 1614 and 1912 and a contemporary aerial photograph.
For each location, viamichelin city maps allow you to display classic mapping elements names and types of streets and roads as well as more detailed information. We offer you the chance to design and download your own city map of ghent. Large antwerpen maps for free download and print high. We promise that it is made by locals and that nobody paid to be on the map.
In the historical city centre or kuip as we like to call it, see the lefthand map, you will findsights such as the castle of the counts, st bavos cathedral with its ghent altarpiece, graslei and korenlei and our three towers, as well as the modern architecture of the city pavilion and a taste of. The most fervent sermons once thundered from its rococo pulpit, a wonderful marriage of marble and oak. This is located right near gravensteen castle and has lots of interesting leaflets on different tours attractions you can take, also a city map in. Would you like to know where to park your car or bike, the location of shops or what else alkmaar offers to pass the day. Sightseeing maps for bruges,ghent and antwerp brussels. Map of ghent and travel information about ghent brought to you by lonely planet. An important port, ghent s city center is a pedestrian area that is like a museum to early flemish architecture and a testament to the citys medieval might. Birthplace of emperor charles v, the city is steeped in history.