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ANDENNE Family strolls, mountain bike circuits, long-distance trails and Ravel, “nature” visits, Andenne offers unexpected circuits to walkers. Here are some trails for your walks. Marked walking trails kings (international marking). The A 1:25,000 scale map, produced Association des Sentiers de Grande by the Tourist Offi ce in coopera- Randonnée is an association for tion with the National Geographical long-distance trails that publishes Institute, contains more than a hiking guide (topo-guide). It is 200km of footpaths, mountain bike also available. and horseriding trails, together with all the authorised municipal The RAVeL (Autonomous paths, the sections of the RAVeL Network of Slow Ways) and of the long-distance trail GR The RAVeL is a network of green- 575 (“Tour du Condroz Namurois”, ways reserved for pedestrians, kilometres, the Samson fl ows into marked out in red and white) that cyclists, persons with reduced mo- the Meuse level with Thon-Samson, passes through our region. bility and horse riders. In Andenne, one of the most beautiful villages of this network follows the towpath Wallonia. Many limestone houses The long-distance trail GR 575 along the Meuse and so makes it lend charm to the spot which is a This trail, also called the “Tour du possible to connect Andenne to Na- wonderful place for hiking, horse Condroz Namurois”, is 128km long mur, Mons, and Tournai or to Huy, and mountain-bike riding … and goes past the most astonishing, Liège and Maastricht. the most fabulous and the most Sclaigneaux Nature Reserve fascinating places of interest of the The valley of the Samson This is one of the country’s most Namur Condroz region. It passes With one of the steepest slopes interesting sites. The site is listed through Andenne, Haillot, Jallet, in Belgium, the Samson makes its as a place of natural interest and is Evelette, Sorée, Gesves, Emptinne, way northwards, forming a deeply listed in the NATURA 2000 areas. Ciney, Chevetogne, Celles, Spon- embanked valley pierced with caves Its savage beauty impresses the tin, Crupet, Sart-Bernard, Mozet and caverns. The valley is home walker and the variety of ecosys- and Goyet. You can follow this trail to noteworthy fauna and fl ora ... tems that is to be found over such thanks to the red and white mar- After covering a distance of a few a small area (+/- 50 ha) attracts the scientist’s interest. It is a place The route of the Stone or the Jean markings representing a red shell where you will discover: a heath- Tousseul route is associated with on a white background and, since land, a pinewood, a forest of im- the memory of the writer Jean 2004, bronze shells mark out the posing oaks and beeches, dolomitic Tousseul, alias Olivier Degée, who trail in the pavements of Andenne expanses, a sand quarry, lichens worked at the Seilles quarries. It is and connect Andenelle church to typical of acid soils and a multitude an unusual trail of 135kms up hill Sclayn church. of different orchids (rare and legally and down dale and on both sides of protected plants). The fauna is no the Meuse valley, between Namur Several maps and other propo- less varied (wood larks, black wood- and Huy. It runs through the eco- sals for walks are available peckers, ring ouzels, grey herons, nomic riches of our region; stone: from the Tourist Offi ce of the etc.). Open all year round. its quarrying in the many local quar- Town of Andenne. ries and its use in beautiful civil and Tourist routes religious buildings, made of lime- Two marked tourist routes provide stone, sandstone and marble. you with an opportunity to discover our region. The Compostela Way The “cow war” route is a mag- Another way crosses the Andenne nifi cent circuit of 125kms through region: the “Camino de Santiago”, the Namur Condroz region on the proclaimed the fi rst European cul- traces of that legend of the Mid- tural itinerary and declared “World dle Ages. History tells us that, in Heritage” by UNESCO. In the fi rst the 13th century, a peasant from half of the 9th century, the dis- Jallet stole a cow from a citizen of covery of the tomb of the Apostle Ciney and attempted to resell it at St. James, at the confi nes of the Andenne market. Exposed, he was known world, was the beginning of hung, but the lord on whom the an immense movement of pilgrims thief depended started a war. For throughout Europe, which lasted two years, the earldom of Namur over a thousand years. Rediscov- and the principality of Liège were ered in the post-war years, that joined in bloody battle in the “Cow tradition developed again at an in- War” which only stopped thanks to credible speed. You can follow that the intervention of Philip III the Bold, route (Aachen – Namur – Givet King of France. section) thanks to the hexagonal Editeur responsable : Sandrine Cruspin - 5300 Andenne / 2008 • Crédits photos : offi ce du Tourisme. : offi : Sandrine Cruspin - 5300 Andenne / 2008 • Crédits photos Editeur responsable Offi ce du Tourisme - place des Tilleuls 48 - 5300 Andenne - +32(0)85/84.96.40 - www.andennetourisme.be.

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