5 Ghent Beer Tours to Build an Afternoon Around

1.Belgian Waffle-Making Workshop with Beer Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 256 reviews · 1h 30m · from $55Our pick

In central Ghent, hosts such as Thomas, Anna, Reuben, and Luc guide you through three Belgian beer tastings and a hands-on waffle class. Choose a beer for your batter, cook with a partner, add chocolate, speculoos, and cream, then take home the recipe, certificate, and leftovers.

“We had a great time, it was a nice atmosphere and very informative. The waffle making was made very straight forward with the help from the guide and the beer choices were plentiful.”

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2.Ghent Walking Tour with Optional Add-ons: Boat & Beer

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 124 reviews · 2 hours - 150 minutes · from $22Best value

Walk Ghent with an English- or Spanish-speaking guide, from St. Bavo’s Cathedral and the Van Eyck altarpiece to Graslei, Patershol, and Gravensteen. Add a canal boat ride or, if you are 18 or older, a tasting of Ghent beers. Past guides have included Pablo, Mark, Bruno, and Lucas.

“Tour guide, Mark, was very knowledgeable about all things Ghent and made the tour fun and interactive! We had a great time.”

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3.Beer and Sightseeing Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 107 reviews · 4 hours · from $104

Meet your English or Dutch-speaking guide at Saint Bavo’s Cathedral for four hours of Ghent sights, chocolate, Geneva gin, five beers, and local snacks. Guides such as Erik and Marijke add city and beer insight, while the brewery visit explains how Ghent’s unusual gruut beers are made.

“I feel the title was misleading as we did not do any sightseeing, even more so we finished almost 2 hours ahead of time. Our guide who was a nice guy walked us from bar to bar. He made jokes in the bars but did not take us sightseeing as the description promised. We did have a fun group of 14 people all together and the highlight was the beer tasting at a small breweries where they told us about the beer making process.”

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4.Ghent Beer Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 87 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $54Top rated

Walk central Ghent with BeerWalk and taste five Belgian beers at five stops, including The Glengarry, Huis van Alijn, Barrazza café, Artevelde Brewery, and Aperotheek. Guides such as Ariël, Patrick, Axel, and Tom combine beer-making lessons with stories about the city.

“Excellent tour around Gent historical center, including various beers in various places. Our guide Ariël was clearly a true beer enthusiast and expert, and also told nice historical details and stories about the city places that we walked by on our tour. Only bad thing was that there was so much new and interesting information about beer, that I have already forgotten half of it :-)”

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5.Brewery visit + Beer Tasting tour with a Young Local

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 31 reviews · 3 hours · from $93

Spend three hours walking Ghent with a BeerSecret guide such as David or Arthur, stopping at a working brewery, a centuries-old jenever bar, a 300-plus-beer café, and tucked-away pubs. You will taste five beers, vintage Trappist ale, local liquor, chocolate, and sweets while learning how Belgian beer is made.

“it was an awesome tour with an awesome guide! A+++”

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