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discovery guide French Ardennes The great escape scenery at the heart of the Ardennes www.ardennes.com 01 amber p.02 THE ARDENNES IN FRANCE, BELGIUM AND LUXEMBURG emerald p.04 THE ARDENNES REGIONAL NATURE PARK aniseed p.06 CHARLEVILLE-MÉZIÈRES AND ITS REGION stone p.10 SEDAN AND PORTES DU LUXEMBOURG There are any number of ways ochre p.14 PREARDENNAISE CRESTS AND CHAMPAGNE ARDENNAISE to explore the Ardennes region: aqua p.18 MEUSE AND SEMOY VALLEYS friendly, unconventional, relaxed and natural. slate p.22 THIÉRACHE - RIÈZES AND SARTS Each area offers a multitude of features that you will forest p.26 ARGONNE ARDENNAISE just love. So why not take full advantage of them? p.30 USEFUL ADDRESSES Whether they are cultural,sporting or simply rural p.32 ACCOMMODATION delights, you will surely treasure them all: souvenirs forever engraved in green in your memory. So come and visit the French Ardennes! Agence de Développement Touristique des Ardennes 24 place Ducale – B.P.419 - 08107 Charleville-Mézières Cedex – France Tél. (+33) 03 24 56 06 08 – [email protected] - www.ardennes.com Photographs by: Couverture : © Ingairis - © Chorazin - © Dudarev Mikhall Pages intérieures : © magann - Fotolia – © R. Moss – © C. Loiseau – © M. Molitor - © AFBA – © JM. Lecomte – © B. Gouhoury – © CDT 08 - © JM Lecomte - Dircom CG 08 – © PY. Herbin – © C. Goupi – © E. Luider - © Golf des Poursaudes - © CDT 08 – JH – © R. Roodhorst – © J. Linschooten – © Fantasticable - © OT Rocroi - © 2C2A - A. Frézard – © W. Fautré - © Getty Images – © S. Génin – © B. Gouhoury – CG 08 – © M. Monteaux - © Musée du Feutre - © PNR des Ardennes - © Darkroom - © P. Dureuil - © Ville de Charleville-Mézières - © Laetis-reportage 2012 - © N. Delaporte - © L. Gizart - © J. Champion - © F. Barbe - © P. Papier - © Région Champagne-Ardenne - © Ville de Charleville – service de communication - © T. Pruvot - © P. Argirakis - © Jaka Ivanc - © S. Van Wonterghem - © FTLB – P. Willems - © Rétroscapade - © Rémy Talarico – Talacom. Cartographie: Actual Editorial staff: Jean Batillet - Martine Molitor Translation: Alizé Euro Excessive drinking of alcohol harms your health. Please drink with modesty. (P.3) This brochure is published by the French Ardennes Tourist Board in conjunction with the Tourist Offices. We would like to express our gratitude to the Conseil Départemental for its financial support. In spite of every care being taken in the production of this brochure, some information may be incorrect or incomplete. The French Ardennes Tourist board cannot be held responsible for any changes. Thank you for your understanding. Designed and produced by: ALOHA Création - www.alohacreation.fr - (+33) 03 26 47 03 60 This brochure has been printed by the company L'Artésienne (Liévin-62) on PEFC paper. Coordination and initiative: Comité Départemental du Tourisme des Ardennes. DISCOVERY GUIDE FRENCH ARDENNES // 01 amber p.02 THE ARDENNES IN FRANCE, BELGIUM AND LUXEMBURG emerald p.04 THE ARDENNES REGIONAL NATURE PARK aniseed p.06 CHARLEVILLE-MÉZIÈRES AND ITS REGION stone p.10 SEDAN AND PORTES DU LUXEMBOURG There are any number of ways ochre p.14 PREARDENNAISE CRESTS AND CHAMPAGNE ARDENNAISE to explore the Ardennes region: aqua p.18 MEUSE AND SEMOY VALLEYS friendly, unconventional, relaxed and natural. slate p.22 THIÉRACHE - RIÈZES AND SARTS Each area offers a multitude of features that you will forest p.26 ARGONNE ARDENNAISE just love. So why not take full advantage of them? p.30 USEFUL ADDRESSES Whether they are cultural,sporting or simply rural p.32 ACCOMMODATION delights, you will surely treasure them all: souvenirs forever engraved in green in your memory. So come and visit the French Ardennes! Agence de Développement Touristique des Ardennes 24 place Ducale – B.P.419 - 08107 Charleville-Mézières Cedex – France Tél. (+33) 03 24 56 06 08 – [email protected] - www.ardennes.com Photographs by: Couverture : © Ingairis - © Chorazin - © Dudarev Mikhall Pages intérieures : © magann - Fotolia – © R. Moss – © C. Loiseau – © M. Molitor - © AFBA – © JM. Lecomte – © B. Gouhoury – © CDT 08 - © JM Lecomte - Dircom CG 08 – © PY. Herbin – © C. Goupi – © E. Luider - © Golf des Poursaudes - © CDT 08 – JH – © R. Roodhorst – © J. Linschooten – © Fantasticable - © OT Rocroi - © 2C2A - A. Frézard – © W. Fautré - © Getty Images – © S. Génin – © B. Gouhoury – CG 08 – © M. Monteaux - © Musée du Feutre - © PNR des Ardennes - © Darkroom - © P. Dureuil - © Ville de Charleville-Mézières - © Laetis-reportage 2012 - © N. Delaporte - © L. Gizart - © J. Champion - © F. Barbe - © P. Papier - © Région Champagne-Ardenne - © Ville de Charleville – service de communication - © T. Pruvot - © P. Argirakis - © Jaka Ivanc - © S. Van Wonterghem - © FTLB – P. Willems - © Rétroscapade - © Rémy Talarico – Talacom. Cartographie: Actual Editorial staff: Jean Batillet - Martine Molitor Translation: Alizé Euro Excessive drinking of alcohol harms your health. Please drink with modesty. (P.3) This brochure is published by the French Ardennes Tourist Board in conjunction with the Tourist Offices. We would like to express our gratitude to the Conseil Départemental for its financial support. In spite of every care being taken in the production of this brochure, some information may be incorrect or incomplete. The French Ardennes Tourist board cannot be held responsible for any changes. Thank you for your understanding. Designed and produced by: ALOHA Création - www.alohacreation.fr - (+33) 03 26 47 03 60 This brochure has been printed by the company L'Artésienne (Liévin-62) on PEFC paper. Coordination and initiative: Comité Départemental du Tourisme des Ardennes. DISCOVERY GUIDE FRENCH ARDENNES // 03 02 DISCOVERY GUIDE FRENCH ARDENNES // THE ARDENNES IN FRANCE, BELGIUM AND LUXEMBURG ENCHANTING EXPLORE Visitors exploring the byways are often taken by surprise by the enchantment of the "Ardennes effect", somewhere between nature and poetry, which immerses them in a world where imagination reigns. The rivers and hills ring with the clash of swords, the echos of battles in the mist, and the polished verses of its defiant poets - legendary figures... Devour the Ardennes and its enchantment without moderation The French Ardennes The Belgian Ardennes rom thrills and spills to gentleF strolls, from stimulating your taste buds to visual delights, the vast he border is intangible choice of attractions in the Ardennes will and theT landscapes blend in with each whet your appetite. From the banks other. Only the patrimony is stands apart: of the Meuse in Givet to the Place Ducale the Belgian Ardennes has some real gems, The Ardennes is a multiplicity of settings. It borders in Charleville-Mézières, from the fortress from the magical galleries in the Han grotto on three other French regions and the now invisible of Sedan to the Semoy valley... to the refined lines of the Château frontier with Belgium and Luxembourg. It offers an in the air, in the taverns, de Durbay. At Spa, the waters sooth, Luxembourg unbeatable abundance of tourist attractions in the along the river banks… and the motor racing circuit Ardennes heart of Europe. Its cross-border circuits explore a without moderation. steps up the pressure... territory which has its roots in a tradition of good A land of contrasts. food, of which beer is one of the key features. he Grand Duchy emanates AND LUXEMBURG THE ARDENNES IN FRANCE, BELGIUM Whether you explore it on foot, bicycle or by boat, it affluence,T and its tourist resources is a rich source of discoveries, surprises and emotions. are the proof of this. Rural, with excursions Its cross-border itineraries such as the Beer Route, on horseback or solar-powered boat the Fortifications Route and the Route of Legends in the Haute-Sûre Nature Park. are paths to exploration and discovery! More sporting, with its obstacle courses and their inevitable rushes of adrenaline... A place www.visitardenne.com for creative holidays. 03 02 DISCOVERY GUIDE FRENCH ARDENNES // THE ARDENNES IN FRANCE, BELGIUM AND LUXEMBURG ENCHANTING EXPLORE Visitors exploring the byways are often taken by surprise by the enchantment of the "Ardennes effect", somewhere between nature and poetry, which immerses them in a world where imagination reigns. The rivers and hills ring with the clash of swords, the echos of battles in the mist, and the polished verses of its defiant poets - legendary figures... Devour the Ardennes and its enchantment without moderation The French Ardennes The Belgian Ardennes rom thrills and spills to gentleF strolls, from stimulating your taste buds to visual delights, the vast he border is intangible choice of attractions in the Ardennes will and theT landscapes blend in with each whet your appetite. From the banks other. Only the patrimony is stands apart: of the Meuse in Givet to the Place Ducale the Belgian Ardennes has some real gems, The Ardennes is a multiplicity of settings. It borders in Charleville-Mézières, from the fortress from the magical galleries in the Han grotto on three other French regions and the now invisible of Sedan to the Semoy valley... to the refined lines of the Château frontier with Belgium and Luxembourg. It offers an in the air, in the taverns, de Durbay. At Spa, the waters sooth, Luxembourg unbeatable abundance of tourist attractions in the along the river banks… and the motor racing circuit Ardennes heart of Europe. Its cross-border circuits explore a without moderation. steps up the pressure... territory which has its roots in a tradition of good A land of contrasts. food, of which beer is one of the key features. he