Tourist Guide to the Semois Valley & Belgian Ardennes

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Every place in the Belgian Ardennes tourist guide

Find here all the sights, viewpoints and itineraries of our guide: suspension bridges, castles and citadels, Trappist abbeys, terroir routes and museums.

Bridges, footbridges and hikes

• Himalayan Footbridge of Florenville — a 150 m suspension bridge over the Vierre lake.
• Wattle footbridge of Kelhan — a traditional woven crossing on the Semois near Chiny.
• Pont de Claie — the emblematic wattle bridge of the Semois valley.
• Hikes in Vresse-sur-Semois — 49 waymarked walking loops in the valley.

Castles and citadels

• Bouillon Castle — the oldest feudal fortress in Belgium.
• Citadel of Dinant — 408 steps or a cable car above the Meuse.
• Citadel of Namur — one of the largest fortified sites in Europe.

Abbeys and religious heritage

• Orval Abbey — Trappist beer, cheese and a ruins garden.
• Maredsous Abbey — a neo-Gothic Benedictine abbey with brewery and cheese dairy.
• Cordemois Abbey — a Cistercian monastery by the Semois, in Bouillon.

Terroir routes, museums and craftsmanship

• Semois Tobacco Route — 45 km through drying barns, plantations and the Tobacco Museum.
• Ardennes Beer Route — a tour of the local craft breweries.
• Maison Leffe — an abbey-beer museum set in a former convent in Dinant.
• Art Centre of Vresse-sur-Semois — the Albert Raty collection and Ardennes art.
• Ardois'Alle — slate heritage and a descent into a former pit in Alle-sur-Semois.
• Han Caves — an underground river, a sound-and-light show and a wildlife reserve.
• Spa-Francorchamps Circuit — the legendary track with the Eau Rouge Raidillon.
• Jambon de la Semois viewpoint — an exceptional panorama over the Botassart meander.