Gastronomic Walking Tour of Gent - Tasters included
Description
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! As for beer, you will either receive a voucher for a free beer at GRUUT Brewery, which you can enjoy at your leisure after the tour, or we will take you to the brewery itself. This depends on the brewery’s opening hours.
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Itinerary
We meet at Hostel Upperlink for a short introduction of our food culture, followed by a taste of the best fries in town at Frituur Tartaar. Once our guide tells you the story of the fries, you'll never call them French fries again!
Next stop is Ooost, the regional center for local products, to tell you about the famous Ganda ham and give you a taste of a delicious local candy that we try to keep hidden from the rest of the world.
Next on the menu is a chocolate treat, handmade in Gent. Our guide will tell you the story of chocolate and offer you a praline in the shape of Jan van Eyck's holy lamb.
Next on the menu are waffles, a popular treat since medieval times. We'll tell you the origins of the food and offer you a taste.
We end the tour with a ticket for a free glass of the famous local Gruut beer, which you can enjoy straight after the tour when the brewery opens in the afternoon.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(243)
Jerke was a great guide and we had a very good - and tasty time on this tour. Really enjoyed it and would highly recommend.
It was a wonderful excursion with six stops. There we learned a lot about local history and Belgian quirks. Spoiled at every stop with culinary delicacies. A big thank you to Jerke our guide.
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Fantastic tour around Gent with a super inspiring guide. Tager is a few hours where you taste different specialities. Can definitely be recommended
Don’t miss this tour! Learned about Ghent and tasted some delicious treats! Our guide (Stasha?) was the BEST!
Really interesting and yummy tour! First time doing a tasting tour and really enjoyed it! Sophia did a very good job of leading the tour and explaining about everything we tried!
Yes we did get to taste local foods but I didn’t feel it was organized very well. It was just okay not what I had hoped it would be.
The tour itself was great, Sophia was a wonderful guide. It doesn't seem like booking through the legends website actually registers you for the tour. The last couple we've been on we weren't on the list of people who registered even though we received confirmation emails.
Very interesting tour with possibility to test some Belgian food and sweets while walking around Gent's historical centre. Our guide Sophia told a lot of stories behind of each of it. At the end of tour you will get recommended places to eat or drink a really good Belgian beer.
This tour was 100% worth it for the price! There were only four people on our tour, which might have been why but the portion of fries was so big we couldn’t finish it! Everything else was as expected, two pieces of chocolate, a candy, a quarter of a waffle, a little stew, a cube of meat with mustard, and a small glass of beer. For the price we paid this tour was definitely worth it! Our guide Hans was also very informative, he gave us a few quick points of history about the city as we walked, and also had a very long talk with my friend who was interested in the churches of the city. The tour definitely doesn’t have a history focus but you do get the sparknotes. I would highly recommend to anyone who wants a small taste of Belgian cuisine!
