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Transport to Ghent
Transport to Ghent
By Airplane: The most important airport is ‘Zaventem’. Better known as ‘Brussels Airport’ http://www.brusselsairport.be/. From Brussels Airport there is a very good train connection to the Ghent train station ‘Gent Sint-Pieters’. A one way ticket costs €8,80. More info on train schedules: http://www.b-rail.be.
By train: Ghent has very good connections by train. More info on trainschedules: http://www.b-rail.be.
By car: You can reach Ghent by highways E17 and E40, or by various other main routes. Calculate your route on your GPS or online at http://maps.google.com/, http://www.mappy.be/, or any other itinary-website.
Transport in Ghent
Ghent has a very dense network of bus and tram lines. The main axe is Line 1, which connects the train station ‘Gent Sint-Pieters’ with all major locations in the city center.
To reach ‘Het Pand’ from Gent Sint-Pieters take Tram line 1 and get of at ‘Korenmarkt’.
See conference locations in Ghent city center.
Download more info on tram line 1.
Hotels
Participants should arrange their own accommodation, e.g. through the website:
- http://www.visitgent.be/ for hotels
- http://www.bedandbreakfast-gent.be/_en/home.php for bed and breakfast facilities.
Suggested hotels close to the center:
(i.e. close to conference venue, Het Pand, and shopping area)
- Hotel Gravensteen
Jan Breydelstraat 36
9000 Gent
T: +32 9 225 11 50
F: +32 9 225 18 50
Mail: info@gravensteen.be
URL: http://www.gravensteen.be/ - Novotel
Goudenleeuwplein 5
T:09 224 22 30
F: 09 224 32 95
Mail: H0840@accor.com
URL: http://www.novotel.com/gb/hotel-0840-novotel-gent-centrum/index.shtml - Hotel de Flandre
Poel 1
9000 Gent
T: +32 9 266 06 00
F: +32 9 266 06 09
Mail: info@hoteldeflandre.be
URL: http://www.hoteldeflandre.be/ - NH Gent Belfort
Hoogpoort 63
9000 Gent
T: +32 9 233 33 31
F: +32 09 233 11 02
Mail: nhgentbelfort@nh-hotels.com
URL: http://www.nh-hotels.com/nh/en/hotels/belgium/ghent/nh-gent-belfort.html - Ghent River Hotel
Waaistraat 5
T: +32 9 266 10 10
F: +32 9 266 10 15
Mail: info@ghent-river-hotel.be
URL: http://www.ghent-river-hotel.be - Ghent Marriott Hotel
Drabstraat
9000 Gent
T: +32 9 233 93 93
F: +32 92 33 93 94
URL: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/gnemc-ghent-marriott-hotel/ - IBIS Opera
Nederkouter 24
T: +32 9 225 07 07
F: +32 9 223 59 07
URL: http://www.ibishotel.com/ - IBIS St-Baafs Kathedraal
Limburgstraat 2
9000 Gent T: +32 9 233 00 00
F: +32 9 233 10 00
URL: http://www.ibishotel.com/
Hotels close to the train station and tram line 1
(Tram 1 has direct connection to the city center, appr. 10min.)
- Castel
Koningin Maria Hendrikaplein 9
9000 Gent
T: +32 9 242 02 92
F: 09 242 02 90
Mail: hotel.castel@skynet.be
URL: http://www.hotelcastel.be/ - Best Western Hotel Chamade
Koningin Elisabethlaan 3
9000 Gent
T: +32 9 220 15 15
F: 09 221 97 66
Mail: info@chamade.be
URL: http://www.chamade.be/ - Trianon I
Sint-Denijslaan 203
9000 Gent
T: +32 9 220 48 40
F: +32 9 220 49 50
Mail: reservation@hoteltrianon.be
URL: http://www.hoteltrianon.be/ - Ascona
Voskenslaan 105
9000 Gent
T: +32 9 221 27 56
F: +32 9 221 47 01
Mail: info@hoteltrianon.be
URL: http://www.ascona.be/ - Adoma
Sint-Denijslaan 19
9000 Gent
T: +32 9 222 65 50
F: +32 9 245 09 37
Mail: info@hotel-adoma.be
URL: http://www.hotel-adoma.be - Astoria
Achilles Musschestraat 39
T: +32 9 222 84 13
F: +32 9 220.47.87
Mail: info@astoria.be
URL: http://www.astoria.be/ - Hotel Carlton
Koningin Astridlaan 138
9000 Gent
T: +32 9 222 88 36
F: +32 9 220 49 92
Mail: info@carlton-gent.be
URL: http://www.carlton-gent.be/ - NH Gent
Koning Albertlaan 121
9000 Gent
T: +32 9 222 60 65
Fax: +32 9 220 16 05
Mail: nhgent@nh-hotels.com
URL: http://www.nh-hotels.com/nh/en/hotels/belgium/ghent/nh-gent.html