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Top tips for visiting Wallonia

Bike ride on the banks of the Eau d'Heure lakes (c) WBT JL Flemal
Bike ride on the banks of the Eau d'Heure lakes (c) WBT JL Flemal

 

Organising your trip beforehand by finding out where to go and recommended hints and tips enables you best choose your accommodation, restaurants, youth hostels and discover typical spots that suit you. Wallonia-Brussels Tourism has gathered, for the tourists who visit our regions, hints and tips and a very comprehensive guide for you to create a personalised itinerary, according to your budget, your destination, the number of people participating, etc.

Keep your budget low

Thanks to the numerous discount vouchers available on the Wallonia-Brussels Tourism website, you can get privileged access to tourist sites and venues in our five provinces. There are discounts for accommodation, for meals and for escapades as a couple or a family. for example, the Draisines de la Molignée, or visits to Namur Citadel, the centre d’éveil à la nature de Hotemme (Nature initiation centre in Hotemme)… As for accommodation, you will find discounts for holiday villages like Ardennes Résidences, stays in the countryside at the auberge du Vieux Cèdre in the province of Hainaut or at Val de Poix hotel in the Ardennes...

Prepare your walks

An online guide (you can also order a paper version), can help put together your discovery of Wallonia. This booklet fits easily into a backpack or handbag so it can accompany you on all your excursions thanks to its content on a range of themes that suit you. Whether you are looking for nature, culture, a way to let off some steam or just looking for top tips or accommodation, you'll find the answer in this guide. Packed full of information, it will direct you through all 5 provinces and our major cities. The added extras? The discount vouchers and the map that shows all the tourist offices and UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Visiting without any organisation worries

Whether your visit is a day-long, a weekend or longer, discover a selection of all-in breaks that make your life easier and let you make the most of your days.The offers start at €35 for a discovery bike trek at the edge of the Ardennes or a nature break in the High Fens for €50. The search engine on the Wallonia-Brussels Tourism enables users to find a break according to budget, the region and 13 different themes. Users can be sure to find exactly what they're looking for from all the "all-in breaks" possibilities that are on offer.

Dinant: The Meuse river, the Collegiate and the Citadel - (c) WBT JL Flemal
The Spa thermal baths, a wellness destination (c) WBT Joseph Jeanmart

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