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Ghent completely with waterlocks - 120 min

Dutch , French , English , German , Spanish , Not guided

Ghent became an island again: the circle is completed! You sail around the city centre, guided either live or by audio-guide.
And as a bonus surprise: you pass through a water lock! Even better: two water locks. We descend through the Scaldis water lock and ascend through the Saint George lock.

This tour offers a surprisingly large number of sights:

• St Bavo’s Cathedral, the Belfry and St Nicholas’ Church

• Old guildhalls of boatmen, masons, grain measurers, etc.

• The Castle of the Counts

• The old Fish market facing the even older Meat Hall

• The 13th-century Dominican friary

• The Ancient Port of Ghent with its mercantile houses, etc.

• The old Law Courts of Ghent, the Opera, the Handelsbeurs concert hall

• Going through the tunnels under the Laurentplein

• The Castle of Gerald the Devil and the Episcopal Palace

• The Nederschelde, alongside the Reep, until the Scaldis water lock

• Portus Ganda and the Saint George water lock

• Baudelopark and the Museum of Industry

• The Rabot-towers, the 13th century Monastery of the

• Augustinian Fathers and the guildhall of the hagbutters

• The Princes’ Court, birthplace of Charles V of Spain

• The Krook

• The university with the rectorate building and student area