castle
Citadelle de Namur
One of Europe's mightiest hilltop fortresses guards the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse rivers in Wallonia's capital.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Bois-de-Villers
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
About Bois-de-Villers
Bois-de-Villers works well as a base: 5 minutes from Lesve, 39km from Grottes de Han.
Bois-de-Villers is in Wallonia, Belgium, with about 3,300 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Lesve, about 4 km away.
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What is there to see near Bois-de-Villers?
Within an hour or so of Bois-de-Villers: Citadelle de Namur (8 km), Citadel of Namur (8 km), Citadelle de Dinant (16 km), Citadel of Dinant (16 km).
Are there any good drives near Bois-de-Villers?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Baraque de Fraiture and Route du Vin.
Where is Bois-de-Villers?
Bois-de-Villers is in Wallonia, Belgium, about 4 km from Lesve.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 3,325
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Wallonia
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.3903, 4.8241
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Worth the detour from Bois-de-Villers
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
Citadel of Namur
Extensive hilltop fortress at the Sambre-Meuse confluence in Namur, with a scenic road climbing to the ramparts.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Citadelle de Dinant
A cliff-top fortress towering over the Meuse and a riverfront of pastel houses below the bulbous onion-domed church.
16 km · about 30 min drive
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Citadel of Dinant
Clifftop fortress above the Meuse at Dinant, reached by 408 steps or a cable car, overlooking the river road.
16 km · about 30 min drive
ancient ruins
Villers Abbey
The vast romantic ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, roofless Gothic arches lost in woodland near Brussels.
30 km · about 35 min drive
museum
Musée Hergé
Christian de Portzamparc's angular white museum in Louvain-la-Neuve devoted to Tintin's creator, holding original plates, sketches and the world's largest Hergé collection across eight themed galleries.
35 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
Grottes de Han
A spectacular river cave system explored by tram and boat, the finest show caves in Belgium's Ardennes.
39 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Lion's Mound Waterloo
A grass pyramid topped by a cast-iron lion marks the 1815 battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat.
44 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Bois-de-Villers
- 53 kmChimay Street CircuitA Belgian village street circuit running since 1926, still used for historic car and motorcycle racing on closed public roads. Between meetings you can drive the whole flat-out 4km lap through farmland and the town outskirts.
- 66 kmTombeau du GéantA famous Semois viewpoint where the river loops around a tree-covered ridge resembling a giant's tomb near Botassart.
- 66 kmBaraque de FraitureBelgium's second-highest point at 652 m, a windswept Ardennes plateau crossroads on the N89 with a small ski station and sweeping high-fen scenery.
Driving in Belgium
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.74/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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