Ghent: Famous Belgian Chocolate Walking Tour with Tastings
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Ghent, Belgium
- 2 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
While Ghent is famous for its chocolate-making, it can be difficult to find the best chocolate spots independently. Discover them with ease—and get the lowdown on their wares and some of Ghent’s landmarks—on this chocolate-and-sightseeing small-group tour. Follow your guide through Ghent’s medieval center, pause at historical buildings to hear their backstories, and visit several chocolate shops for tastings.
- Experience Ghent’s best chocolates and sights on a small-group walking tour
- Avoid guesswork: zoom straight in on the best outlets with a guide
- Taste at least nine chocolates and candies; and learn about their recipes
- Discover Ghent’s historical sites and hear their stories in between tastings
What's Included
- SnacksLocal chocolates & sweets (at least 9 different kinds)
- Local entertaining guide
- All Fees and Taxes
- Bottled water
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Vrijdagmarkt, 9000 Gent, Belgium
At the statue (in the middle of the square)
End point
- St Bavo's CathedralSint-Baafsplein 1, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Itinerary
1
Chocolatier Deduytschaever
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Chocolaterie Vandenbouhede
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
Ghent
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
4
Confiserie Temmerman
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
5
Chocolaterie Van Hoorebeke
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
6
Kraanlei
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
7
Ghent City Center
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
The chocolate tour was a delicious way of seeing the city. Nick, our tour guide, was very knowledgeable of not only chocolate but the city and its history. We even got into a closed candy shop with the guide's key. Highly recommend this tour on one of your first days in the city.
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Charlie tours was an excellent guide. Lots of knowledge of the city plus of the history of chocolate.
Response from Host, Sep 2026
Thanks a lot for the great review!
What we thought was good tasting chocolate turned out to be the Starbucks of chocolate....normal and everywhere. By the time we got to the premium chocolate, our taste buds were amazed.
Response from Host, Sep 2026
Woop woop! What a great review. Thank you for taking the time to write all of this 😎
Great guide besides tastes of some wonderful chocolates we learned a lot about the history of Ghent. Highly recommend this tour
Response from Host, Sep 2026
Thank you for the great feedback! 🍫🙏😃
My guide Nick was very friendly and knowledgeable! The tour itself was great and the chocolate was amazing each stop on the route better than the last. Nick mixed in history of the city on our walks between stops and even recommended if we have time to go into St. Bavo's Cathedral to do to VR tour of the painting of the Mystic Lamb which was not on my itinerary for my day trip but I was able to squeeze it in and it was an amazing recommendation.
Response from Host, Sep 2026
Hey Nicole, I really appreciate that you took the time to write this review! Kind regards from Ghent :-) Nick (Charlie Tours)
Great combination of Ghent history and chocolates/sweets. Tour guide was great, especially patient with my talkative 7 year old.
Response from Host, Jul 2026
Thank you for the 5 stars!
We had an excellent experience. Nick took our family on our tour of Belgium, answering questions along the way and keeping things light and entertaining. We got to taste a variety of chocolates and candies throughout, from the very traditional and chain-store variety to locally hand made and eclectic.
I’d 100% recommend this tour to anyone looking to experience both the city and its treats. It won’t disappoint.
Response from Host, Jul 2026
Thank you for the great feedback of our Chocolate Tour. Nice to read 🤩
Nick is very knowledgeable and passionate about his home town of Ghent. We visited many chocolate shops and learnt about the history of chocolate making in Belgium and in particular, Ghent. We really enjoyed the tour and would recommend to anyone.
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Thanks a lot for the great review of our Chocolate Tour. Much appreciated!
We truly enjoyed our chocolate tour despite the 96° weather. It was hot but our guide (last name van damme) found shade for us as best he could. He was very knowledgeable with the local history and chocolate making (he’s a local Ghent resident). The chocolate was amazing!
We liked the small group format. Highly recommend this tour!!
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Thank you for the great review!
This was a wonderful tour led by Matthias who was kind, funny and very knowledgeable. Included the history of Ghent (and Belgian chocolate) as we walked around town and sampled multiple very delicious chocolates! Thoroughly enjoyed!!
Response from Host, May 2026
Thanks a lot Tracy, for the awesome review!
Great tour. The chocolate was delicious. Nick the tour guide was knowledgeable and a great personality. The best!
Response from Host, May 2026
Thank you for the great feedback!
The guide presented a lot of local history - not only about chocolate-making - in a very entertaining way. We tasted 11 chocolates from 6 shops which were very good and very different from one another.
My only negatives are that the bottled water supposedly included didn't appear, on a warm day when we needed it, and there was no chance to sit down during the two-hour tour.
Nevertheless, I would highly recommend this tour.
Response from Host, May 2026
Hi Amy,
Thank you so much for your kind words! 😊
Great to hear you enjoyed the mix of local history and chocolates — and that the variety stood out. That’s exactly what we aim for!
Regarding the water: thanks for pointing it out — we’ll make sure to communicate this even more clearly.
As for seating: since it’s a walking tour through the historic city centre, we indeed keep moving most of the time to cover as much as possible — but we totally understand that a short break can be welcome.
Thanks again for joining us and for the recommendation — it really means a lot!
Kind regards,
Nick
Charlie Tours
It was really a great tour! Loved the different chocolates and the candy shops! plus a little history of the town.
Response from Host, Apr 2026
Thank you Kim!
Sarah was excellent with a great balance of chocolate and history.
Highly recommend this tour. You won’t be disappointed
Response from Host, Apr 2026
Thank you for the awesome review!
Tom was knowledgeable and made the tour fun as well as informative. The choice of chocolatiers was truly exceptional. The difference from the typical shops was clear after trying the best in Gent.
Response from Host, Apr 2026
What a great review! Thanks a lot :-)
Visited numerous chocolate shops including artisanal one of a kind - top rated ones only found in Ghent. They were excellent! Nick was a great tour guide and yd us lots about the history of chocolate. I would suggest a few more minutes discussion about the history of Ghent on general and pointing out all the famous sites we passed just explaining them a bit more. But it was a lovely tour.
Response from Host, Apr 2026
Thanks for the awesome review!
Fun tour learning about and tasting different chocolates while also learning more about Ghent. The tour guide was informative and entertaining.
Response from Host, Apr 2026
Hey Nancy, we are glad to read that you enjoyed the tour, the chocolates and the guide!
This tour was a great way to learn more about Ghent and the chocolate was a bonus! Couldn’t believe how many we were able to try and such a fun variety of tasty options.
Response from Host, Mar 2026
Thank you for the great feedback. We appreciate this a lot!
Awesome and informative tour with Mandy. Loved the chocolate and brief history of Ghent. Great shops
Response from Host, Feb 2026
Thank YOU for the awesome feedback!
Great chocolate tour. Very educational and our wives loved the different samples of chocolates provided from each store.
Response from Host, Feb 2026
Many thanks for the great review! Kind regards from Ghent
The chocolate tour was a delicious way of seeing the city. Nick, our tour guide, was very knowledgeable of not only chocolate but the city and its history. We even got into a closed candy shop with the guide's key. Highly recommend this tour on one of your first days in the city.
Response from Host, Jan 2026
Hey Jeremy, thanks a lot for the great review of our Chocolate Tour in Ghent. It was a pleasure meeting you guys! Kind regards from Ghent & enjoy Paris
Great tour! Blended history through some short & interesting stories alongside some excellent chocolate stores. All the tastes were unique & memorable. Highly recommend! One of the best walking tours I've done this year. Tom was an excellent host & gave us great info & recommendations.
Response from Host, Dec 2025
Hey Paul, thanks for the awesome review! Kind regards from Ghent
Nice tour to learn some history along with chocolate tasting! I know it's challenging to hit on more than a few locations, but, smaller pieces + more variety and backstory (including how they stack up against others locally, regionally and globally) would have enhanced the tour.
Response from Host, Dec 2025
Thanks for the great review & feedback. Kind regards from Ghent
Lemmy was a friendly and knowledgeable guide. He brought us to different candy and chocolate stores and explained their background. We enjoyed various tastings although a few were too sweet for us. He also shared a few interesting stories about Ghent.
Response from Host, Nov 2025
Thank you for the awesome review!
Very nice tour with some good tastings, and the guide was very knowledgeable
I feel I would’ve liked to have seen some people making chocolate. I would’ve made the tour better for me.
Response from Host, Oct 2025
Thanks so much for your lovely review! On your tour, we visited five chocolatiers with open ateliers, where everything is handmade on the spot by local families. Unfortunately, we can’t actually enter the ateliers themselves for hygienic reasons — but we love being able to show how authentic their craft is from up close! Kind regards from Ghent
Great time, great places visited. Well worth the cost. Not a lot of time to shop at the individual shops but we ended up going back later.
Response from Host, Oct 2025
Thanks for the great review!
Mandy was an excellent tour guide. She told us lots of great stories and took us to a bunch of great chocolate shops. Mandy was knowledgeable, attentive, and lots of fun. I highly recommend taking this tour with her.
Response from Host, Oct 2025
Thank you! 🙏😎🍫
Mindy was a wonderful, full of energy and history filled guide!!
The tasings were yummy, meeting shop owners very special and hearing about Gent was superb!
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Thanks a lot for the great review!
Debbie was absolutely phenomenal. She brought the charm and history of Ghent to life through her storytelling and warm welcoming nature. The locations were fantastic and the combination of chocolate history and Ghent history really made for a memorable experience. I came here for a work trip and wanted to fill my time and it was an absolute wonderful use of my time. Cheers to Debbie and the Charlie team for putting together a stellar tour.
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Your review is quite sweet too :-) Thanks a lot! Much appreciated.
Despite a drizzly day, Iris did a nice job sharing some of the history of Ghent along with introducing us to Ghent’s cholatiers & offering tasty chocolate treats.
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Hey Mary, thank you for the great review!
An interesting and informative two hours. The guide was knowledgeable about all things chocolate and Ghent. And the assortment of chocolates we tasted were varied and delicious
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Thanks! 🙏
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