Luxemburgo · Belgium
In the destination Ardennes.
In the photo: Bouillon viewed from the castle above the Semois
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The city
Bouillon is a small town on a tight bend of the Semois, in the southern part of Belgium's province of Luxembourg, near the French border. French is spoken. Perched on three rocky peaks is the Château de Bouillon, linked to Godfrey of Bouillon, leader of the First Crusade. The town also has the Musée ducal and the Bouillon Medieval Experience, and a few kilometres away is the Tombeau du Géant viewpoint.
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The local experience
Medieval fortress on three rocky peaks above the Semois, associated with Godofredo de Bulhão and strengthened by Vauban. It has rooms carved into the rock, the Tour d'Autriche and falconry flights.
Multimedia route about Godofredo de Bulhão and the First Crusade, at the foot of the castle on the Quai des Saulx. Former Archéoscope Godefroid de Bouillon, with seven rooms and three projections.
Museum in listed buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries with three sections: Godofredo de Bulhão and the Crusades, the life and trades of the Semois valley, and ironwork.
Viewpoint overlooking an almost complete loop of the Semois around a wooded hill, near Botassart. It is a landscape classified as exceptional heritage of Valônia.
Village of stone houses with slate roofs on a peninsula almost entirely encircled by a loop of the Semois, about ten kilometres from Bouillon. It has a church from 1843, old tobacco-drying sheds and ridge trails.
Viewpoint on the edge of the Rochehaut plateau, at about 340 metres altitude, overlooking Frahan and the Semois loop. It is classified as exceptional heritage of Valônia and lies next to the village.
Routes in Belgium
Five stops through the Belgian Ardennes, from the Ourthe valley to the Semois: Durbuy, the Han caves in Rochefort, La Roche-en-Ardenne, Saint-Hubert and Bouillon Castle, linked by forest roads.
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