ChambreplusvsHotel the Boatel
Both hotels are praised by professional reviewers. Overall, Hotel the Boatel ranks significantly better than Chambreplus. Hotel the Boatel comes in at #10 in Ghent with praise from 4 sources including DK Eyewitness, Travel + Leisure and Insight Guides.
Chambreplus
 Travel + Leisure
Hoogpoort 31, Ghent 9000, Belgium
From $124/night
- Free Internet
 - Spa
 - Air Conditioning
 - Minibar
 - Bicycle rental
 - Express check-in / check-out
 
 "The husband-and-wife team run a cooking school in the cellar where guests learn to make Belgian chocolate. Upstairs, you’ll find three spacious guest rooms." Full review
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The best...is the honeymoon suite, with private access to a vine-covered garden.
Hotel the Boatel
 Insight Guides
 Travel + Leisure
 DK Eyewitness
 Fodor's
Voorhoutkaai 44, Ghent 9000, Belgium
From $100/night
- Bar/Lounge
 - Free Breakfast
 - Minibar
 - Breakfast buffet
 
 "A unique place to stay in Ghent, in one of the few cabins on board this floating hotel boat, moored on the river Leie, just 600m/yds from the main railway station." 
 "A moored canal boat refashioned into a seven-room floating hotel." Full review
 "A floating hotel constructed from a converted canal boat! Moored in Portus Ganda, a short walk from the centre of town, its seven cosy rooms (five standard and two luxury) are carefully decorated." 
 "Get a different perspective on Gent by staying aboard this 1953 riverboat, docked on the Leie since Portus Ganda opened." Full review