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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