Top Ghent Half-day Tours

Pleasure your palate with the effervescent delight of Belgian beer on a beer tasting tour of Ghent. With a connoisseur guide, stroll around the city and visit ambient bars renowned for their fine selection of beers. Educate your taste buds to recognize the subtle flavors in each distinctive beer variety and learn about the history of Belgian brewing from your knowledgeable guide. Enjoy accompanying samples of cheese and other Belgian delicacies on this enticing tour.

Spend a few hours sipping brews and learning about Ghent's beer history on this half-day walking tour. With a beer-loving guide in the lead, you'll follow a curated itinerary focused on the history of brewing and beer in Ghent, which was intertwined with the city's religious life. Five tastings sessions are included at different locations.

Discover the highlights of Ghent—as well as the city’s lesser-known attractions—on this private walking tour. Pick between multiple convenient start times and meet your guide in the city center. You’ll discover top Ghent attractions, from castles to riverside guildhalls, and will learn all about its history along the way. You’ll also stop for sweet treats, and will explore areas only locals know.

Ghent viewed differently! Cycling through Ghent. It is the way to discover the lively city. A nice extra for your day in Ghent or to make a weekend away even more fun. Our bike tours take you to surprising places and parks in the city. You will experience a very nice mix of history, culture, flashy street art and impressive architecture.

This private course will make you discover different traces of the military past of the city of Mons. It includes visits to the Belfry and the Mons Memorial Museum. Your guide is a historian specializing in the military history of the region. Originally from Mons, he will introduce you to the local culture.

Ghent is both a historic gem rich in history and architecture and a vibrant, innovating student city. This tour is for those that want to get to know these many diverse sides. The tour covers both the highlights and many hidden gems. Medieval history and architecture with castles, belfry, churches, guild halls, abbeys and merchants’ and patricians’ houses. Repurposed industrial structures and the monumental buildings of the socialist movement from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Picturesque neighbourhoods and photogenic bridges over one of Ghent’s rivers or canals. 13th century beguinages (closed community formerly inhabited by a movement of pious laywomen) and 21st century modern structures. Disappeared abbeys and palaces. University buildings and many students. Ghent has so much to offer and your local guide would love to show it to you!

Origines offers you to discover the places of memory of the Mons region during exclusive private tours. The circuit "Mons: The Great War from beginning to end" makes you discover a dozen sites in the countryside of Mons and in the historic center of the city. You will be accompanied by a professional guide, graduate historian specializing in the history of the Great War. Enjoy your visit to discover also the local culture. One of your ancestors lived the war in Mons? We organize a totally personalized course.

Mons is a place which is always on the map of history buffs, the astonishing city has a number of pleasant surprises in store for the normal traveler. From curious folkloric happenings to a museum that put Belgium on the map, Mons literally meaning mountains, although really just a hill, is a jovial kind of town, happy to share its past and future. Our fun and entertaining guide will make this a memorable experience for you. It is one of the best experiences to immerse yourself into the begian culture and to fall in love with Ghent even more.

In September 1944, the city of Mons is the first Belgian city to be liberated by the Allies. American troops will put 30,000 German soldiers out of harm's way, at what the BBC called "La Poche de Mons". This exclusive private course will make you discover the Mons Memorial Museum and the historic center of the city of Mons. One of your ancestors lived the war in Mons? We organize a totally personalized course.

Ghent may not be the first city that comes to mind when you think about traveling to Europe, and that may be one of the top reasons to go. Ghent almost feels like discovering a secret, you will explore its stunning Gothic buildings that re mixed in with street art, waterfront cafes, and even a castle. Our fun and entertaining guide will make this a memorable experience for you. It is one of the best experiences to immerse yourself into the begian culture and to fall in love with Ghent even more.