Amsterdam to Ghent,
the Altarpiece by lunchtime.
Ghent sits on the E17 between Antwerp and the coast, close enough to Amsterdam that a chauffeur turns it into a morning. Collected at your own door, past the Antwerp ring and down the E17, and set down on the Korenlei or at the university about two and a quarter hours later — one car, one fixed quote.
A university town, a port and a Van Eyck, all on one road.
Ghent is three cities at once. There is the medieval one — the Gravensteen, the towers along the Korenlei and Graslei, and the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb in St Bavo's Cathedral. There is the university, spread across the town with faculties and a hospital that draw visiting academics and conference delegates all year. And there is the port, an industrial harbour with a canal to the sea and the offices to match. A chauffeur serves all three from the same Amsterdam doorstep.
The drive is the A4 out of Amsterdam, the A16 past Breda, the E19 to the Antwerp ring and then the E17 west via Sint-Niklaas to Ghent. Motorway throughout, most of it in Belgium, and a road our chauffeurs drive often on the way to the coast. Around 141 minutes of it, with a stop in Antwerp on request.
From the Amsterdam ring to Ghent via the A16, the Antwerp ring and the E17 — Belgian motorway for the second half.
About 141 minutes at the wheel on a clear run. Add a coffee and a busy Antwerp ring and it is closer to two and a half hours door to door.
One fixed quote per car for the whole drive — chauffeur, fuel, taxes and every kilometre — settled at booking.
A same-day return with the car waiting in Ghent, or a two-city day with Bruges added on, is quoted individually as one fixed amount. Message dispatch on WhatsApp with the date and the rough timings.
Per-car amounts for the one-way drive from Amsterdam to Ghent. The chauffeur standard is identical across the four; the seats and the boot differ.
A research group heading to the university, or a family doing the canals and the castle, is exactly what the Van Class is for: seven proper seats and the luggage out of sight. Two people with a dinner reservation take the First Class.
What the quote already covers.
The amount on your confirmation is the whole story. Inside it:
St Bavo's Cathedral and the Van Eyck brothers' Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, then the Gravensteen and a walk along the Graslei — with a chauffeur who drops you at the edge of the old town and waits for the word to come home.
A lecture, a defence or a conference at Ghent University: collected at your Amsterdam hotel, working on the E17, delivered to the right faculty building rather than the station.
Meetings at the port offices or the plants along the canal to Terneuzen, on a corporate account with invoicing — and the car waiting to take you on to Antwerp or back to Amsterdam.
Bruges is a short drive west along the E40 and Lille not far south on the E17; stay in Ghent and let the same chauffeur run the days out. See Amsterdam to Bruges.
Every Belgian city we drive to from Amsterdam, and how the border crossing works.
The next stop west on the E40 — the Markt, the Belfry and the canals.
The city you pass on the way, as a destination in its own right.
Beyond Ghent into France — the E17 all the way.
About 141 minutes of driving over 235 kilometres, and roughly two and a half hours door to door once you allow for a stop and the Antwerp ring. Leaving Amsterdam before the morning peak keeps the drive on the quiet side of that.
One fixed all-in quote for the whole car, confirmed at booking: Business Class from €804, Van Class from €1043, First Class from €1596. The Mercedes-Maybach travels by arrangement. No meter runs, no surge applies, and paying by card costs nothing extra.
Yes. Ghent is close enough for the car to wait while you spend the day, then drive you home. That is quoted as one fixed amount for the day rather than by the hour, since hourly hire has to start and finish in the same city. Send the date to dispatch on WhatsApp.
Antwerp is on the route, so yes. A quick stop is arranged with your chauffeur on the day; a lunch or a meeting there is best mentioned when you book so it goes into the quote. Stops in Sint-Niklaas or Lokeren work the same way.
Wherever you ask: a hotel, a faculty building, the port offices or a house. Parts of the historic centre are closed to through traffic, so for the old town the drop is at the nearest point the rules allow — a few minutes on foot from the Korenlei and St Bavo's.
The drive in the other direction is quoted on the same basis. For a flight home, give us the departure time and we plan the pickup in Ghent so you are at Schiphol comfortably ahead of the three hours we recommend. Every intercity route is listed under city to city, the wider map under private driver Europe.