Is A Flemish Tale pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at A Flemish Tale?

A Flemish Tale doesn't offer parking.

What time is check-in at A Flemish Tale?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM.

What time is check-out at A Flemish Tale?

Check-out is at 10:00 AM. Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability).

Where is A Flemish Tale located?

Located in Ghent City Centre, this guesthouse is steps from Hotel d'Hane Steenhuyse and Masons' Guild Hall. Ghent Cloth Hall and Belfry of Ghent are also within 5 minutes. Ghent-Dampoort Station is 20 minutes by foot and Ghent-Sint-Pieters Station is 28 minutes.

A Flemish Tale Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

10/10 Excellent

Henry

9 July 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great place and locstion

The photos do not do this hotel and the room justice. The room had ample space, a large comfortable king bed and an excellent patio that we used through out our whole stay. Very centrally located to the best restaurants and local must see sites. Houssein was a very gracious host and ensured we had everything we needed during our stay. 10/10 highly recommend!

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

2/10 Terrible

Henri

13 August 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Don't get rained out

We stayed at this hotel in June, but had to check out early because it was not in a condition suitable for paying guests. Whenever the upstairs neighbour took a shower, water started pouring out of our ceiling. Even though we were told multiple times that we would receive a refund, this has still not happened.

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

2/10 Terrible

kathleen

15 April 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

never book this hotel

towels were stained, vinyl flooring was loose and patched, bathroom smelled, stains on the external of the wardrobes, safety chain was broken, blind in sitting area had been cut away, smell from restaurant below was noticed throughout the hotel, this was not a five star experience as the hotel claims, even their budget prices could not make me stay. I moved out without even staying the night.

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

2/10 Terrible

Eleni

13 March 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Avoid!Although I booked "flemish tales" I've been informed last minute to transfer at another tiny room 10' walking distance with a heavy luggage named "the librarian" because of an alleged double booking. Unfriendly and Rude customer support by telephone!I would never recommend that room to anyone because it's not worthy the price and I've been fooled!

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

dorna

9 June 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service

The only pros is the location. The rest is to be revised, room not properly cleaned, I had to argue to get an iron, and request bedsheet change. They collected the bath mat on the first day but did not replace it. I was in room 3 and someone came to the room upper floor, I could here them waking on the parquet until 1am. Very noisy in general, isolation to be reviewed. Do not go there if you have big luggage, there is no elevator. I regret not to have booked the B&B next door.

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Alessio

2 June 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

For being a tale, it's a tale. is it a nice one?;

The name does not betray the expectations: it was a tale, and it was a Flemish one; however not necessarily a pleasant one. The automatic check-in/check-out do not help in entering in the city environment of Ghent. The communication with the codes worked well, so no problem for that. The building is very traditional and quite nice. Position fantastic in the very centre of Ghent. But. My room, number 4, was on the fourth and last floor. I had really and almost literally to climb between floor three and four, with a wooden stair. No lift: I would NEVER recommend it in particular to people with mobility issues and/or large baggages. The room: more an attic than a penthouse. Bed: rather comfortable with quality sheets. The additional pillows in a small wall closet were horribly stained. Towels: I had just two shower towels, no hand one, no shower mat. The quality was great, really, but it is not normal to have just the large towels. Toilet::incredible. The basin in the room. The WC behind a room, next to the shower (separated). All this within the room. No moquette (great!) but parquet: a very old and creaking one (a bit rotten close to the shower... Without the mat is not surprising). A good coffee machine was available. Some kind of a strange puff and a couple of chairs were also present. No TV at all. WiFi working correctly. In general, not recommended.

Stayed 1 night in May 2024

4/10 Poor

Jesus

3 November 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Bad and expensive Heirloom the house or Edward

The property was not the Flamish Tale, but the Heirloom house or Edward. This was a downgrade, and nobody informed us of this change. Very expensive for what it is... Bad bad bad

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

4/10 Poor

ezgi

8 July 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Asansör yok valizlerle dördüncü kat ve ekstra tahtadan bir merdiveni tırmanmak ölüm gibiydi. Lavaboda sıkıntı vardı. Aşırı sivrisinek var ve sineklikler yırtılmış. Havlu konusunda iki kişiye bir havlu verecek kadar çevre dostu davranmışlar. İkinciyi talep edinde alabildim. Merkezi konumda. Yatak rahat. Ancak nevresimler üç gün değişmedi.

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Gang

1 April 2024

Liked: Amenities

I was not expecting a code-style reception at "A Flemish Tale. To me, an in-person reception check-in is essential for a traveler overseas like me. Thankfully, I was waiting downstairs at least 2 hours before my "check-in time" at 3:00 p.m., so that I was able to meet, totally by chance, the lady in charge at the entrance. But for this, I would not have been able to get my access code. Imagine how scary it was!

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

yasmine

25 March 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Parfait

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Felix

4 June 2023

We kregen eerst instructies voor het verkeerde appartement, en de volgende dag deed de code het niet. Na even bellen met het hotel waren allebei deze zaken geregeld, alleen het was wel een gedoe. Verder een mooi appartement. Iets meer servies en keukengerei zou fijn zijn.

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Amber

5 January 2023

Liked: Staff & service, amenities

Disliked: Cleanliness

De locatie is echt super! Je zit letterlijk tussen de winkels en is 2 minuten lopen naar het centrum. Helaas was het appartement niet heel schoon. Vooral in de douche zat enorm veel aanslag. Het bed bestond eigenlijk uit 2 matrassen die op elkaar gelegd zijn die aan de zijkant ook niet echt schoon waren. Het is wel een top appartement voor als je de hele dag weg bent en daar alleen even wilt slapen!

8/10 Good

Rutger

11 December 2022

Liked: Amenities

Disliked: Cleanliness

Prima locatie en leuke locatie op zolder. Echter is de hygiëne slecht (vies bed, vieze kitnaden, defecte douchekop)

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

8/10 Good

Gloria Hannel Maldonado

23 November 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Tiene lo indispensable para ser cómoda y excelente ubicación

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lideweij

8 January 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Top locatie!

Wij hebben heerlijk geslapen in de mooie kamer (/eigenlijk studio!). Alles zag er netjes uit en de locatie is echt top!! We moesten alleen even zoeken naar het hotel; dit zit namelijk boven een restaurantje. Eenmaal gevonden helemaal blij met de centrale locatie.

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

17 January 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Room with a view

Lovely little hotel with larger than usual rooms and amenities like coffee machine. Spotless and clean, great view of the city and close to all the sites worth seeing in Ghent. Tram is close by to get back to the station with little effort.

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

CHARLES

17 November 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Très jolie chambre, par contre nous n’avions pas reçu le code d’accès et il n’y avait de lumière dans l’escalier. Spacieux et bien placé

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

6/10 Okay

Alia

12 November 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Disliked: Staff & service

L'appartement est top mais nous nous sommes retrouvé sans le bon code à notre arrivée ( à minuit) et donc compliqué pour le recuperer.

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

4 November 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

I was on the first floor in a king bedroom and it was beautiful and spacious with a modern bathroom. The only downside was that there was no TV and the noise from the restaurant below was a bit loud but not too bothersome for me.

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

26 September 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Perfect location and spacious room.

Beautiful and very spacious room, though up three flights of steep stairs. No reception on site, so can't easily get little things dealt with (eg the television didn't work, no cleaner for the three days we were there, and very little complimentary tea and coffee). But that is outweighed by the perfect location, the lovely room, and very reasonable price. If you are fit and don't worry about details, very highly recommended.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Wendy, New Zealand

13 September 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Location was outstanding. Loved the quirky loft character of the room. The problem however was the stairs (no lift option) - 95 stairs to get to our room, the last 10 of which are a narrow spiral staircase with no handrail. If you are unfit, have knee issues etc, or have a suitcase over 15kg, then you will likely struggle. I believe “the stairs” should have been mentioned in the hotel description.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

3 July 2019

Liked: Property conditions & facilities

Disliked: Staff & service

My room was cute but on the 4th floor, with no lift I had to carry my luggage up 4 flights of stairs plus a very narrow spiral staircase right at the end to actually access my room. I was actually concerned about doing an injury. It was also a very warm day, the room had 2 fans, one which did not work at all and another that didn’t do much. No refrigerator, so the water I had ended up more than room temperature quickly. Room was also an awkward shape, toilet and bathroom sink required ducking down to use. However, the linen was lovely, and a very comfortable bed. Location was pretty good but probably wouldn’t stay again.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

28 June 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

The room we stayed in was really unique, it was the rooftop of an old building with views of the churhes and towers. It was also located in the center so most sights were within minutes of walking distance. Yet there are problems with the room too. First of all the room can be accessed via steep stairs that take you up to fourth floor. So if you have heavy luggage, reconsider. Second thing is, because of the roof structure in some parts of the room the ceiling is too low. I am only 160 cm and yet I had to bend over to use the toilet. So looking back I would stay at another place next time.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

YaChu

10 April 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

入住心得

床很大很好睡，wifi網速快。但是因為房間在閣樓（5樓）無電梯，而且4樓上去的樓梯為螺旋狀有一段無扶手，不建議帶行李箱的旅客住這個房型因為上下樓梯蠻危險的。

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Anonymous, Australia

13 February 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The location and heritage character of the apartment was stunning The owners were so kind , helpful and friendly.

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

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