Main Street Hotel

Top choice in Ypres


Jumbling eccentricity with historical twists and luxurious comfort, this is a one-off that oozes character. The smallest room is designed like a mad professor's experiment. The breakfast room has a Tiffany glass ceiling.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Ypres attractions

1. Stedelijk Museum

0.12 MILES

This decent little gallery is set in a three-storey 1555 almshouse complex. Exhibitions change regularly but usually feature 19th-century paintings.

2. Merghelynck Museum

0.15 MILES

Unrelated to WWI, this museum faithfully reproduces a French manor house dating from 1774 and is filled with period antiques and artworks. The catch: it's…

3. Ramparts

0.15 MILES

Ypres is unusual in that it has retained extensive sections of its city fortifications. Designed by French military engineer Sébastien Le Prestre de…

4. Ramparts CWGC Cemetery

0.16 MILES

One of Ypres' most attractive military graveyards, this Commonwealth War Graves Commission site is found 1km south of the Grote Markt.

5. Rijselpoort

0.18 MILES

This medieval gate marks the entrance to the Ramparts Cemetery.

6. Museum Godshuis Belle

0.23 MILES

A single small chapel room featuring some unexpectedly high-quality medieval art, mostly religious.

7. Lakenhalle

0.32 MILES

Dominating the Grote Markt, the enormous reconstructed Lakenhalle is one of Belgium’s most impressive buildings. Its 70m-high belfry has the vague…

8. In Flanders Fields Museum

0.34 MILES

No museum gives a more balanced yet moving and user-friendly introduction to WWI history. It’s a multisensory experience combining soundscapes, videos,…