ancient ruins
Villers Abbey
The vast romantic ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, roofless Gothic arches lost in woodland near Brussels.
19 km · about 20 min drive
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
Gilly works well as a base: 5 minutes from Jumet, 19km from Villers Abbey.
Gilly is a town located in Wallonia, Belgium. With a population of 20,043, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Gilly sits in Belgium, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Brussels time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Gilly to your route.
Gilly is a Charleroi Metro station, located in Gilly (part of the Charleroi municipality), in fare zone 2. Gilly is an underground station featuring a central platform
Until the opening of the Soleilmont extension on 27 February 2012, Gilly was the terminus of former lines 54 and 55.
Gilly station was opened on 28Read more
August 1992, although it had been built in the eighties. It was refurbished in 2008 and reopened in its current version on 23 April 2008. One of the walls is adorned with coat of arms of other Gilly's in Europe, while the opposite wall features the lyrics of La p'tite gayole, a song in Walloon language written by Belgian artist Oscar Sabeau.
While trams drive on the right on most of the Charleroi Pre-metro network, they drive on the left on the Gilly line.
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Gilly is located in Wallonia, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.4245 latitude, 4.4789 longitude.
Gilly has a population of approximately 20,043 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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8 notable places within an hour's drive.
ancient ruins
The vast romantic ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, roofless Gothic arches lost in woodland near Brussels.
19 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Four UNESCO-listed 19th-century hydraulic boat lifts near La Louvière, still standing on the old Canal du Centre.
24 km · about 30 min drive
racetrack
A flat, fast circuit that hosted two Belgian Grands Prix in the 1970s before closing in 1981. Much of the abandoned track survives among industrial development, its wide sweeping curves clearly readable from ground level.
24 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
A colossal 73 m boat elevator on the Canal du Centre, among the tallest in the world, hoisting entire barges in a concrete cathedral visible for miles across Hainaut.
27 km · about 30 min drive
castle
One of Europe's mightiest hilltop fortresses guards the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse rivers in Wallonia's capital.
28 km · about 30 min drive
castle
Extensive hilltop fortress at the Sambre-Meuse confluence in Namur, with a scenic road climbing to the ramparts.
28 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
A grass pyramid topped by a cast-iron lion marks the 1815 battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat.
29 km · about 35 min drive
museum
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.
29 km · about 35 min drive
April to October
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