Ghent Marriott Hotel, Ghent, Belgium
Monday, 23 April 2012
| Ghent Marriott Hotel Drabstraat B-9000 Ghent Belgium Tel: +32 92 339 393 Fax: +32 92 339 394 |
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Centrally located in Ghent, one of the most beautiful historic cities in Belgium, Europe. The Marriott hotel in Ghent is overlooking the Korenlei on the banks of the river Lys canal and brings new design to historic old buildings. The Ghent Marriott hotel blends historic treasures with the latest fashions and trends, just like the city.
Hotels in Ghent:
Ghent has several high class hotels in the downtown area which are all walking distance from Ghent Marriott Hotel (don’t look at places out of downtown). Omega-3 Summit has no directhotel room agreement with Marriott Ghent hotel and recommend participants to contact the Marriott Ghent directly, or book via any other hotel booking system.
4* hotels in downtown area: NH Belfort Hotel, Sandton Grand Hotel Reylof, Novotel Gent Centrum and the smaller-scale Hotel Harmony (these top quality hotels are not more than 5-10 min walk from Marriott)
3* smaller scale Hotels: Hotel Gravensteen, Hotel de Flandre, , or Ghent River Hotel (also not more than 2-10 min walk from Marriott).
2* Hotels: IBIS Ghent Centrum St. Baafs Cathedral and IBIS Ghent Centrum Opera, Monasterium Poortackere.
Hotels outside downtown: NH Gent Sint Pieters and Castelnou Apart Hotel (both close to railway station), Holiday Inn Ghent Expo (near the exhibition area), and Holiday Inn Ghent Express (near the University Hospital and E17 Highway).
Travel to Ghent:
Arriving at Brussels airport
The airport trains leave from within the airport building (floor -1) and take you to one of the main stations in Brussels (subsequently Noord/Nord, Centraal/Central and Zuid/Midi), where you can switch to one of the many intercity trains (IC) to "Gent Sint-Pietersstation", Ghent's main railway station (trains direction Brugge, Knokke, Blankenberge, or Oostende all stop in Ghent; total travel time around 70 min). Some trains run directly from the airport to "Gent Sint-Pietersstation" (trains direction De Panne; total travel time 60 min).
From Charleroi airport (Brussels South)
Every hour a shuttle coach leaves the airport to take you to the main Brussels railway station (Brussels South) where you connect to the direct trains to Ghent (see above).
From Lille-Lesquin airport
Take he shuttle bus to Lille Flandres railway station where you will find train connections to Ghent via Kortrijk
By Train from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, Paris, London, Amsterdam, or Köln
Eurostar and Thalys trains connect in Brussels to direct trains to Ghent (trains direction Brugge, Knokke, Blankenberge, or Oostende all stop in Ghent)
Local travel: take taxi from the railway station (about 4 km drive) or bus to Bus Station: Korenmarkt (at 200 m from the hotel)
