The trip, in order
Follow the route day by day. Times and prices can change, so check official information before you travel.
Gardens and belfry
Brugelette and Mons
- 1
Pairi Daiza
Large themed gardens and animal habitats occupy the grounds of a former Cistercian abbey estate, combining zoological collections with elaborate landscape design. The visit is worthwhile because it brings several strands of Belgian history and landscape together in one clearly legible setting. Time on site can focus on animal habitats, themed gardens, historic abbey elements, while the surrounding streets, grounds or scenery provide useful context. It works especially well as part of a regional itinerary because the place adds a distinct subject rather than repeating the experience of nearby attractions.
- Duration
- 150 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current official information.
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
- 2
Belfry of Mons
Mons' freestanding Baroque belfry rises above the historic centre and provides both a civic-history landmark and wide views across the city and surrounding Hainaut landscape. The visit is worthwhile because it brings several strands of Belgian history and landscape together in one clearly legible setting. Time on site can focus on Baroque tower, carillon, city panorama, while the surrounding streets, grounds or scenery provide useful context. It works especially well as part of a regional itinerary because the place adds a distinct subject rather than repeating the experience of nearby attractions.
- Duration
- 60 minutes suggested
- Price
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- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
Industrial Wallonia
Boussu and Charleroi
- 1
Grand-Hornu
Neoclassical industrial buildings and workers' housing preserve an unusually coherent nineteenth-century coal-mining settlement, now reused for design and contemporary art. The visit is worthwhile because it brings several strands of Belgian history and landscape together in one clearly legible setting. Time on site can focus on neoclassical industrial courtyard, former workshops, workers' housing context, while the surrounding streets, grounds or scenery provide useful context. It works especially well as part of a regional itinerary because the place adds a distinct subject rather than repeating the experience of nearby attractions.
- Duration
- 60 minutes suggested
- Price
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- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
- 2
Bois du Cazier
The preserved colliery combines machinery, industrial buildings and memorial interpretation of the 1956 mining disaster, placing Charleroi's coal and steel history in a human context. The visit is worthwhile because it brings several strands of Belgian history and landscape together in one clearly legible setting. Time on site can focus on mine headframes, industrial museum, 1956 disaster memorial, while the surrounding streets, grounds or scenery provide useful context. It works especially well as part of a regional itinerary because the place adds a distinct subject rather than repeating the experience of nearby attractions.
- Duration
- 60 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current official information.
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
Château, cathedral and belfry
Beloeil and Tournai
- 1
Château de Beloeil
A long, low château reflected in broad water features sits within formal gardens and parkland, representing the long aristocratic history of the Princes de Ligne. The visit is worthwhile because it brings several strands of Belgian history and landscape together in one clearly legible setting. Time on site can focus on moated château, formal gardens, historic interiors, while the surrounding streets, grounds or scenery provide useful context. It works especially well as part of a regional itinerary because the place adds a distinct subject rather than repeating the experience of nearby attractions.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
- Price
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- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
- 2
Tournai Cathedral
Five towers, a broad Romanesque nave and a later Gothic choir make Tournai Cathedral an unusually clear record of major medieval architectural phases in a single building. The visit is worthwhile because it brings several strands of Belgian history and landscape together in one clearly legible setting. Time on site can focus on five towers, Romanesque nave, Gothic choir, while the surrounding streets, grounds or scenery provide useful context. It works especially well as part of a regional itinerary because the place adds a distinct subject rather than repeating the experience of nearby attractions.
- Duration
- 60 minutes suggested
- Price
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- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
- 3
Belfry of Tournai
Belgium's oldest surviving belfry stands close to Tournai's Grand-Place and cathedral, reflecting the early civic privileges of a major medieval town. The visit is worthwhile because it brings several strands of Belgian history and landscape together in one clearly legible setting. Time on site can focus on medieval tower, bells, city views, while the surrounding streets, grounds or scenery provide useful context. It works especially well as part of a regional itinerary because the place adds a distinct subject rather than repeating the experience of nearby attractions.
- Duration
- 60 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current official information.
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.