Sint-Pietersabdij — Attraction in Ghent

A stunning place, on a par with some of the great cathedrals of the world. stunning architecture and rich history, a gem of a place to just go to and relax. It has a nice little museum attached which is mainly in dutch, but you can get a translate app on your phone, I did that with google translate and it works enough to understand what you're seeing, or you could get an audio guide.

The grounds of the this place are vast! on a sunny day sitting on the green spots is lovely, there were people picnicking and people with families and games, very wholesome

A real gem of a place. Also, you can more or less explore the whole place unattended and there seem to be no cameras so its really nice and relaxing and trusting. A great place to visit and highly...

visited as had the Ghent card, so included in price. Glad didn't make special trip and have to pay just to see a very small garden full of school children and Uni students (who as locals had found the free entry through the adjacent courtyard.) It is possible to access the garden for free via the children's museum. The garden features as a key element in many guides and reviews. Don't pay.

At the entrance desk we were advised as none of the exhibition was in English (fair enough) not to bother with it, to have a walk around the cloister and then go to the garden. 50 pence worth of visit material, if that. (we used the toilet, so that covered most of the...

Very nice abbey to stop and visit. The church hall is vast and decorated like most Catholic churches, they have a 'treasure room' with old church artifacts to behold. Next door there's some options to eat, a breakfast (buffet) or at a restaurant. There's a small, free exhibit which leads to a nice big garden. They have the option now to have parties or celebrations in the abbey, which I find positive that the building is being used still instead of just being a sight. Friendly staff inside make for a pleasant...