Gastronomic Walking Tour of Ghent: Explore Belgian Food Specialties with Local Guide

Indulge in a gastronomic adventure through Ghent on a free food tour. Sample Belgian chocolate, waffles, fries, and beer while learning about their rich history from a knowledgeable local guide.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Frituur Tartaar - The journey begins at Hostel Upperlink with a brief introduction to the local food culture, followed by a sampling of the finest fries in town at Frituur Tartaar. After hearing the guide’s story about the fries, you’ll never refer to them as French fries again!
  • OOOST - The next destination is Ooost, the regional hub for…
What's Included
  • Beer for adults (18+)
  • Tasty snacks
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Chocolate, waffles, fries, beer… Belgian food is a real treat! Enjoy the delicious tastes of Belgium on this free food tour, where an expert local guide will take you around Ghent to try local specialties and tell you the story behind their taste. The numerous samples are included and the tour is tip-based, so don’t forget to bring cash to reward the guide if you enjoyed it!

Location
Hostel Uppelink
Sint-Michielsplein
The tour starts in front of Hostel Uppelink, Sint-Michielsplein 21, 9000 Gent. Look out for the red umbrella!
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Lacroixbene
Mar 8, 2025
Discover with local flavors. - A very pleasant visit with a very friendly guide and knowing his city perfectly. The tastings give the tour an original side.
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Sid
Jan 26, 2025
Amazing tour!! - Great tour, learned and ate a lot, Valentina was an outstanding host, would highly recommend to anyone looking to visit Ghent
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Flyer65311522724
Jan 25, 2025
Very informative and friendly tour - Very informative and friendly tour that covered 4 delicious parts of Gent's cuisine. Our guide Florian also talked a bit about the history and interesting parts of the city that he was clearly very familiar with.
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Scott806
Jan 18, 2025
An amazing viewing of Ghent through your palate palette - Not only were you able to try a lot of great food you are also able to spend time with a person who is extremely knowledgeable about the history of Ghent and all the fun things to do around here definitely worth doing an amazing time
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Gabriellam2000
Jan 5, 2025
nice tour - Julian made the walking tour very enjoyable. Nice stops and background info about the foods we tasted. Very nice energy
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Jet66531532271
Dec 28, 2024
Very nice - the taste tour is very nice! We tried lots of local food. Our guide is very nice as well, he introduced us about the food history
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Valeriep395
Dec 26, 2024
Nice and tasty! - Valentina was great. Nice funny girl with interesting stories. The tour is interesting and tasty!! Highly recommended and worth a big tip
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Ewoute2025
Feb 22, 2025
Nice tour, recommended - Nice tourguide, made a nice tour of it including tasty tastings. Unfortunately no beer available yet due to morning tour.
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Nick
Jan 4, 2025
Good introduction - Good introductory tour of Ghent, our first visit. Knowledgeable guide managed group of almost 20. Stops for waffles, fries, chocolate and signpost to venue for beer.
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Sandrineml3908hc
Jan 3, 2025
Tasting of products - Explanations of the products tasted very interesting We were expecting the beef oil leaks. No gathering umbrella
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