Hidden Ghent

Tiny houses, secret corners and the bits most people walk straight past.

10 stops
10
Coordinates
7.8 km
125 min
125
Free trail
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Trails

  1. Holy Corner

    A protected urban heritage site, Holy Corner is a béguinage that grew into a small town with a church, convents, and an infirmary, but was e

  2. Geeraard de Duivelsteen

    A 13th-century gothic architecture building, previously a château, ballroom, armory, monastery, and prison, it has served various purposes o

    Geeraard de Duivelsteen
    Geeraard de Duivelsteen
  3. Borluutsteen

    A medieval house built around 1175 from blue-grey limestone from Tournai, featuring a trapezoidal floor plan and a unique trap-gable facade

    Borluutsteen
    Borluutsteen
  4. Tolhuisje

    A 17th-century house, known as Tolhuisje, is the smallest house in Gent, standing on the Graslei. It dates back to the Middle Ages, served a

    Tolhuisje
    Tolhuisje
  5. Peperbus

    A small, monumental watchtower and remnant of Gent's former city walls, built in 1658 or 1659. It is a protected monument since 1987 and was

  6. Achtersikkel

    Achtersikkel is a historic square with 14th-century stone buildings, including a corner tower and a round tower with an octagonal belvedere,

    Achtersikkel
    Achtersikkel
  7. Toreken

    A historic building, originally a nunnery, now known as the Toreken, situated on the corner of Vrijdagmarkt and Kammerstraat, housing the Po

    Toreken
    Toreken
  8. Rabot

    A monument and wijk naming the Rabot, a historical building with two towers originally part of a water engineering construction in the Ghent

  9. Sint-Amanduskapel

    A historic chapel in Gent. The original chapel dates back to around 1480 and has undergone several renovations and transformations throughou

    Sint-Amanduskapel
    Sint-Amanduskapel
  10. De Gekroonde Hoofden

    A historic house, dating back to around 1560, previously known as "De Draecke", featuring 14 busts of Flemish counts on its façade. Today, i

    De Gekroonde Hoofden
    De Gekroonde Hoofden

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