Herve : Walk of the apple trees in the land of orchards (32,2 km)

Surrounded by enclosed expanses of pastureland, the village stands at the summit of a promontory which dominates the church. The use of brick for the walls, slate for the saddleback roofs and stone for the frameworks of the windows and the right-angle quoins characterise the architecture of the whole village.To break up the simplicity of the buildings, decorative research has been applied to the slates. Windvanes dominate the roofs and bear witness to an art of ironwork brilliantly executed. Worth of seeing:• St-Jacques-le-Majeur church (17th-century) and its cemetery,• Place de la Halle• The Old Town Hall (1888), which goes over the main road, is today used as a registry office, so that one can say in Clermont "we marry in the street"• Stop on the pilgrim route to St James of Compostella, on the Via Mosana• Crawhez Castel• Clermont Castle• Ste-Anne chapel• Remember Museum 39-45

Founded by the Cistercians in 1216 at the confluent of the Bel and the Berwinne, the Val-Dieu abbey, in its present form, is the sole abbey in Belgium to have survived the French revolution.Apart from a few roman relics, most of the buildings date back to the 17th and 18th centuries. The abbey features various items relating to farming activities (brewery, stables, barn and mill) as well as the abbey church rebuilt in the 19th century, which was established as a basilica after the Second World War.Visitors can join a guided visit to discover the key locations of monastery life, such as the chapter house, the refectory, the scriptorium and the abbot's quarters.As skilled farmers, the Cistercians managed to maintain the Val-Dieu site with its splendid park, as an oasis of greenery that is just perfect for attending to the spiritual and cultural system of beliefs that has developed over a period of nigh 800 years.The Courtyard and the Church are always open.