Grand Est, France · Europe
Charleville-Mézières works well as a base: 10 minutes from La Francheville, 25km from Château de Bouillon.
Charleville-Mézières is in Grand Est, France, with about 52,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is La Francheville, about 4 km away.
Charleville-Mézières (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁləvil mezjɛʁ] ) is a commune of northern France and the prefecture of the Ardennes department, in the Grand Est region. Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the river Meuse.
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Within an hour or so of Charleville-Mézières: Belvédère de la Longue Roche (13 km), Tombeau du Géant (23 km), Rocroi (23 km), Château de Bouillon (25 km).
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Baraque de Fraiture and Voie Sacrée.
Charleville-Mézières is in Grand Est, France, about 4 km from La Francheville.
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Carrying a warning triangle and hi-vis vest in your vehicle is mandatory. Motorway emergency phones connect to official breakdown services only.
Full driving guide for France8 notable places within an hour's drive.
photogenic
Quartzite ledge 140 m above Monthermé with the classic head-on view of the Meuse doubling back in a full horseshoe meander: the signature photograph of the French Ardennes, a short walk from roadside parking.
13 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A famous Semois viewpoint where the river loops around a tree-covered ridge resembling a giant's tomb near Botassart.
23 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Perfect star-shaped bastioned town in the French Ardennes, laid out in 1555 and remodelled by Vauban, its five-pointed geometry of ramparts and radial streets still fully intact.
23 km · about 25 min drive
castle
Godfrey of Bouillon's rambling medieval fortress sprawls over a rocky spur in a loop of the Semois in the Ardennes.
25 km · about 30 min drive
castle
Medieval fortress on a rock spur in a Semois river loop in the Ardennes, associated with Godfrey of Bouillon.
25 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Ardennes hamlet reborn in 1984 as Europe's second 'book town', its barns and cottages housing a dozen second-hand bookshops, binderies and galleries, with the Euro Space Center just across the motorway.
41 km · about 45 min drive
historic highway
A 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.
45 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Romantic medieval abbey ruins beside a working Trappist monastery in the Gaume forest, source of the cult Orval beer; visit the ruins and museum, then drink the beer at the Ange Gardien inn opposite the gate.
47 km · about 55 min drive
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
April to October
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