Ghent Day Trip: Explore with Local Guide

Maximize your stay in Belgium with a day trip to Ghent from Brussels. No need to stress over lengthy public transportation; instead, enjoy the convenience of round-trip transfers and the knowledge of a local guide who will provide insights you may not find on your own, before you set off to explore at a leisurely pace.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Atomium - Before departing from Brussels, a visit to the iconic Atomium is planned. This impressive monument, towering over 100 meters (328 ft) high, features spheres approximately 18 meters (59 ft) in diameter, symbolizing Belgium’s nine provinces. After admiring it, the journey will continue.
  • Ghent - Arrival in Ghent, one of Europe’s most…
What's Included
  • Professional English-speaking guide
  • City tips
  • Guided walking tour in Ghent
  • Round-trip with A/C
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information
  • 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…
Location
Carrefour de l'Europe
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.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Faraway800813
Nov 16, 2025
Day trip with loads to offer ! - Our guide Nico was great. He spoke fluently both in English and French. On our way to Ghent he provided interesting history and in both locations provided a good insight !
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Dennis_a
Oct 3, 2025
A very good tour of Ghent - A very good bus trip and guided tour of Ghent. The bus was comfortable and the 2 hour guided portion of the trip in English was informative and well handled. The trip left plenty of time for us to explore the city on our own. We would highly recommend this full day tour rather than booking both Bruges and Ghent on the same day.
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John_c
May 3, 2025
Ghent tour review - Depending on amount of English-speaking people, tour could be bi-lingual.lot of walking. Paulo was great.
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Pollymars22
Mar 30, 2025
Fabulous day out such a beautiful place well worth a visit - Fabulous day out with family. Guide was brilliant and we learned so much. Definitely worth the money. Our guide was so helpful. Ghent was so beautiful and interesting
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Chris_w
Mar 24, 2025
Great chance to see the city with a brief walking tour and time on your own. A nice blend of orientation and freedom. - Great tour from a company that has consistently delivered each time we are in Brussels. Easy location and no problems.
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X4724nrmelissab
Jul 31, 2025
Unexpected changes - The itinerary was not as posted so instead of doing the Atomium first it was last. Due to this we could not attend this attraction. It says the your ends at 17:30 but we were told it would be 19:30. That is a big difference when you are with kids and have to take a train to your lodgings. Our tour guide Sabrina was pleasant and did a great job with the tour. We loved Ghent!
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Michaelsd7295tt
Jul 17, 2025
Everything I hoped for - Juliana, our guide was wonderful. The tour was informative and entertaining. The city was fabulous. The tour bus was comfortable.
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Kblevin12
Jun 8, 2025
Pickup location was easy... - Pickup location was easy to find. We had a bus of mixed English and Spanish speakers. The English guide was difficult to hear and understand. We joined with other English speakers in Ghent for the walking tour. St Bravos was closed due to mass on Sunday morning. The viewing of the Ghent Altarpiece is not included in the tour but we easily purchased tickets and a time slot online when we got there. Viewing the altarpiece was amazing and should not be missed. The time of departure to Brussels was clearly stated and the meeting point was easy to find.
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Robin_d
Sep 7, 2025
Tour portion great but bus ride was horrible. - Julian our guide for the walking tour was great. After the walking tour we had 4 hours of free time. Julian left to return to Brussels but gave us excellent directions on where and when to meet the other guide for the bus ride home. We were approximately 10 English speaking on a bus with about 35 Spanish speaking tourists. They were extremely rude and aggressive on the bus and we felt that their guide deferred to them basically treating us like intruders. It was a very uncomfortable feeling and left me with a negative taste in my mouth after having had such a lovely day in Ghent. I give Julian 5 stars but the way the return trip was handled was unacceptable.
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Teresabringas
Sep 26, 2024
Poor customer service - It was the worst tour experience in my life. Buendía Tours. So rude I told them and explained them that due to the weather and rain our taxi was running late. The make us go all the way to the bus stop after I spoke several times. The tour was gone. No empathy no patience terrible experience and we believe that Viator should reimburse us. Not recommend at all.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).