Walking Holidays in the Belgian Ardennes

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Walking Holidays in Belgium - The Ardennes

The Belgian Ardennes is a country of hills and forests, rivers and streams, meadows and grasslands. Sparsely populated, the countryside is dotted with villages and small towns, while the economic base is largely forestry and non-intensive farming.

This countryside is exceptionally rich in wildlife; the many rivers, including the Salm, Amblève and Lienne, the Aisne, Semois, Ourthe, Lesse and others are popular with fishermen, while the woodlands team with game.

This means that the whole area is a gourmet paradise. When the residents of Belgium's cities want to get away for a weekend in the country, with excellent food, they head for the Ardennes.

For this reason our holidays in the Belgian Ardennes are only available on a half board basis, so you get an excellent introduction to the outstanding local cuisine as well as to the countryside.

The Crossing of the Central Ardennes

The Four Valleys Tour

La Roche-en-Ardenne

The Crossing of the Central Ardennes - a 7 day Walking Tour
The Central Ardennes are a huge plateau, highest point 1937 feet. This plateau is cut but a succession of valleys, sometimes very deep cut, separated by forested hills. The valleys run in different directions giving rise to varying local climates, flora and fauna.

This tour is known locally as the Transardennaisse. It is a fairly demanding walk - there are many ascents; some days there is little or no walking on the flat at all. The route runs mainly through beech and oak forests, with significant stretches through open country too. The towns and villages along the route are noted for their castles and châteaus; basillicas and churches, as well as the idyllic rivers running through them.

The full tour is an eight night holiday, but we also offer a six night tour which covers most of the walk and a three night short break tour.

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The Four Valleys Tour - a 5 day Walking Tour
The Eastern Cantons of the Province of Liège combine natural beauty and excellent Ardennes cusine with the cultural fascination of a linguistic borderland. The town and village names usually tell you whether most people living there are French or German speakers, but not always!

This walking tour offers a wide variety of landscapes. Hills, forests and charming valleys where you walk to the sound of water rushing down the streams and rivers combine with lively communities to make this a very special experience.

This is a six night holiday. Dinner on all nights is included, The basic package includes accommodation after the last day of the walk, but you have the flexibility to choose to stay on in the area or travel to another part of Belgium, France, Luxembourg or Germany.
You tell us what you want to do and we will arrange it!

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La Roche - a 6 night Single Centre Holiday
La Roche-en-Ardenne, at the start of the Crossing of the Central Ardennes, is situated on a great loop in the River Ourthe. It is crowned by a ruined castle. La Roche is sometimes thought of as the capital of the Ardennes, and though the pretty small town was almost completely destroyed in 1944, it still retains its character. La Roche is well known throughout Belgium both as a base for walking through forest and along rivers and also for rock climbing. The whole area can be discovered by the network of well marked paths.

This single centre holiday offers a wide variety of landscapes. There are both forests and river valleys to explore.

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We can also offer a number of other holidays in Belgium, and shorter or longer versions of those described in some detail on this site.
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