Garden St Peter’s Abbey

Wander into this well-hidden abbey garden during your weekend getaway in Ghent. Students in Ghent revise during the summer months in this quiet spot where monks once prayed and goose quill pens could be heard scratching over parchment. The monks cultivated grapes on the slope down to the Scheldt behind the abbey, and there are still vines there today. It is an ideal sunny picnic spot in Ghent.