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Hotel Gravensteen vs Hotel the Boatel

Hotel Gravensteen and Hotel the Boatel are both rated very highly by professional travelers. On balance, Hotel the Boatel is preferred by most professionals compared to Hotel Gravensteen. Hotel the Boatel has a TripExpert Score of 82 with praise from 4 publications like Fodor's, Insight Guides and DK Eyewitness.

Hotel Gravensteen
Hotel Gravensteen
7 / 10
Jan Breydelstraat 35, Ghent 9000, Belgium
From $68 /night
  • Pet Friendly
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Laundry Service
  • Fitness Center
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Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
"Moulded faces gaze out from the Hotel Gravensteen's venerable 19th-century facade but a slight grubbiness means that the grandeur often goes unnoticed. Rooms are pretty thoroughly..." Full review
DK Eyewitness DK Eyewitness
"An elegant hotel in a converted 19th-century mansion, the Gravensteen has been decorated in keeping with its stately exterior... Rooms are simple but comfortable with modern facilities."
Fodor's Fodor's
"Steps from its namesake, this handsome 19th-century mansion exudes atmosphere." Full review
Hotel the Boatel
Hotel the Boatel
8 / 10
Voorhoutkaai 44, Ghent 9000, Belgium
From $100 /night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Breakfast
  • Minibar
  • Breakfast buffet
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Insight Guides Insight Guides
"A unique place to stay in Ghent, in one of the few cabins on board this floating hotel boat, moored on the river Leie, just 600m/yds from the main railway station."
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"A moored canal boat refashioned into a seven-room floating hotel." Full review
DK Eyewitness DK Eyewitness
"A floating hotel constructed from a converted canal boat! Moored in Portus Ganda, a short walk from the centre of town, its seven cosy rooms (five standard and two luxury) are carefully decorated."
Fodor's Fodor's
"Get a different perspective on Gent by staying aboard this 1953 riverboat, docked on the Leie since Portus Ganda opened." Full review