River Hotel Ghent travel guide

Spend your vacation at the Ghent River Hotel and experience the history in it that dates back to 1518. You will feel surprisingly at home in the warm and charming colors that envelope our rooms and the modern facilities we offer.Ghent River Hotel is situated on the right bank of the Leie, which is beaconed the Ghent boarder between the 11th and 15th century. Thanks to the ancient pier, Ghent River Hotel is the only hotel that can be reached by boat. The site encompasses 2 buildings: a renaissance house, dated 1518 and a rice-mill built on a burnt down sugar refinery, dated 1857. The building also served as a cotton spinning-mill (1873), a warehouse (1879) and a steam actuated bakery (1892). The latter expanded several times until 1909. In front of the hotel you come across a small square which is served as thread (yarn) market in the middle Ages and the 19th century. Next to the hotel we meet one of the typical medieval �waterstraatjes�. After a few minutes walk, you meet the �vrijdagsmarkt� with the statue of Jacob van Artevelde.The personalized rooms are provided with all modern facilitiesIndividual adjustable heating, cable TV with remote control, direct dial telephone, fast internet access, safe, and complete equipped bathroom with fan.You will surprisingly feel at home in the warm and charming colors.The Ghent-River Hotel has also created a cozy bar for you.Stop by and try some local and national drinks!Concerning meetings and gatherings, please review these interesting deals:A few footsteps away from the Kouter, the Veldstraat (shopping street), musea, the opera, the Palace of Justice and the historical city (with the Sint-Baafs Cathedral, the Sint-Pieters Cathedral and the Belfort (Belfry).Ghent is the ideal starting point for organizing your city tours, because of her central situation between Brussels, Antwerp and Bruges.