Luxemburgo · Belgium
In the destination Ardennes.
In the photo: Center of La Roche-en-Ardenne
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The city
La Roche-en-Ardenne is a small town tucked into a bend of the Ourthe in the Belgian province of Luxembourg. French is spoken. It was marked by the Battle of the Ardennes: it was taken by the Germans in December 1944 and liberated in January 1945, with much of the town destroyed. Today it features the Château féodal, the Musée de la Bataille des Ardennes, the British Achilles tank and the Deister viewpoint.
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The local experience
Ruins of a medieval castle on a rocky spur, between a bend of the Ourthe and the Deister hill. It has ramparts to walk, views over the town centre and the legend of the ghost of Countess Berthe.
Musée de la Bataille des Ardennes, with over 2,000 square metres across four floors: about 120 uniformed mannequins, military vehicles, weapons, maps and a wing dedicated to the British troops.
British tank destroyer M10 Achilles, the first armoured vehicle to enter La Roche in the liberation of 11 January 1945. Restored, it is a monument to the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry regiment.
Viewpoint at the top of the Deister, the hill above La Roche. The climb on foot starts near the chapel Sainte-Marguerite and ends with views over the town, the castle and the bend of the Ourthe.
An artificial lake of about four kilometres where the western Ourthe and the eastern Ourthe meet, southeast of La Roche. The 116-metre dam supplies water to the valley; around it there are trails, viewpoints and a picnic area.
Ardennes animal park on the Deister plateau above La Roche. A forest trail passes enclosures with deer, wild boar, wolves, lynx, foxes and mouflon, and ends at a small farm.
Rock ridge about 1.5 kilometres long that crosses the Ourthe valley near Nadrin, southeast of La Roche. It is 80 to 90 metres high, forces the river to make tight bends, and has been a protected site since 1937.
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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