Astoria Hotel Ghentvs1898 The Post
Both hotels are recommended by expert reviewers. Overall, 1898 The Post is preferred by most writers compared to Astoria Hotel Ghent. 1898 The Post is ranked #3 in Ghent with positive reviews from 2 reviewers including Lonely Planet, Condé Nast Traveler.
Astoria Hotel Ghent
Fodor's
Achilles Musschestraat 39, Ghent 9000, Belgium
From $76/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
Fodor's "That this friendly, simple, family-run hotel with large shuttered windows was once a home won't surprise you once you see the bright rooms, breezily comfortable with cane chairs and tables." Full review
1898 The Post
Condé Nast Traveler
Tablet
Lonely Planet
The Guardian
Independent
Michelin Guide
Mr & Mrs Smith Fodor's
The Telegraph The Guardian Show All Reviews
Graslei 16, Ghent 9000, Belgium
From $157/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Family Friendly
- Meeting Rooms
Condé Nast Traveler "A historic hotel in the middle of medieval Ghent, with rooms that feel like the Parisian apartment of your dreams." Full review
Tablet19.4
"In a delightful bit of whimsy, the categories are named for their relative size — from Stamp and Postcard up through Envelope, Letter, and Carriage." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"This beautiful boutique offering is housed in Ghent's spectacular twin-turreted former post office." Full review
The Guardian "A high-ceilinged sorting office turned upmarket hotel. It’s seconds away from the feted old-world cocktail den The Cobbler, all red lamps and wooden cigar boxes."
Independent "For a deep sleep, 1898 The Post has a handful of hushed bedrooms in a listed building with narrow corridors, industrial steel arches and an unparalleled riverside location in Graslei"
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"Though completed at the turn of the last century, thanks to its neo-Gothic style Ghent’s old Central Post Office looks hundreds of years older than that. You don’t come to this part of..." Full review
Mr & Mrs Smith "Boutique hotel 1898 The Post inhabits the building that was once Ghent’s head post office, a tour de force of neo-Gothic architecture built for the 1913 World’s Fair. Its fairy-tale..." Full review
Fodor's "This stately boutique hotel, on the quayside of the Graslei, occupies two floors of Korenmarkt's magnificent old neo-Gothic post office, which was the setting for the 1913 World's Fair..." Full review
The Telegraph8.0
"If you like the idea of hiding away in a historic building overlooking Ghent’s medieval centre, then 1898 The Post might be just the place. Occupying a former post office, the hotel feels..." Full review
The Guardian "We opted for tea at 1898 The Post, a hotel in a neo-gothic former post office with a clock tower designed by Louis Cloquet, architect of the grand St Pieters railway station. A stone..."
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