Ghent
Belgium.
Belgium · 4 districts · 3 vibes
4 handpicked hostels in Ghent, sorted by traveler rating.
Ghent is the Belgian university city the locals visit on weekends — 270k people, 70k students at UGent, medieval canals at Graslei and Korenlei, the Ghent Altarpiece by Van Eyck inside Sint-Bavo cathedral, and a cellar-bar circuit that dwarfs Bruges' tourist scene. Four high-quality hostels covering kitchen-led centre stays, the canonical canal-view hostel, the only hostel in town with private bathrooms in every room, and an alternative caravan-themed property in Brugse Poort.
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Best Hostels in Ghent
4 handpicked hostels in Ghent, sorted by traveler rating.
Hostel Uppelink
Hostel Uppelink occupies a 16th-century guildhouse on Sint-Michielsplein, directly on the Korenlei canal and 50 metres from Saint Michael's Bridge. Free daily walking tours leave from reception at 11:00, the on-site bar opens onto the canal view, and the upstairs shared kitchen has the most photographed window in any hostel in the country. Location score 9.8/10.
KaBa Hostel
KaBa Hostel sits in the medieval core of Ghent, a 5-minute walk from Vrijdagmarkt and Sint-Bavo Cathedral, with a private garden and terrace at the back. Mixed dorms have lockers and a shared kitchen with full appliances; private doubles add a TV and private bathroom. Continental breakfast buffet is available downstairs and the location score is 8.8/10.
Treck Hostel
Treck Hostel is the most personality-driven hostel in Ghent — a converted house in the arty Brugse Poort district where you can sleep in a vintage caravan, an indoor camper, or a regular dorm. Live music nights, bike rental, BBQ in the garden, and a buffet breakfast for €5 make it the obvious party-meets-quirky pick. 1.2 mi from the centre but Ghent is bikeable end-to-end.
De Draecke Hostel
De Draecke Hostel is the official Hostelling International property in Ghent, set in a converted 17th-century almshouse on the edge of the Patershol restaurant quarter, 7 minutes' walk from Korenlei. All rooms have private en-suite bathrooms — rare at this price point — and breakfast is included with most rates. Couples rate the location 9.5/10.
Hand-picked guides.
All four of Ghent's top-rated hostels have a bar on site, but only one is built around it: Hostel Uppelink's ground-floor bar opens directly…
Three of Ghent's four top-rated hostels have a proper shared kitchen — KaBa Hostel's full setup with oven, dishwasher and coffee machine in …
Two of Ghent's four top-rated hostels run real organised social activity: Hostel Uppelink's free 11:00 daily walking tour (started by the ho…