Discover the Magic of Spa, Liege, Liege

You first pass through the Ardennes village of Nivezé, situated on the southern side of the Warfaaz lake. After a few kilometres in the heart of the typical Fagne landscape, you will pass the Spa airfield called "La Sauvenière", as well as the "Fagne de Malchamps", a high plateau of moorland, peat bogs and forests. After passing the military barracks of Spa, you will end your journey in the water city with its intense history. Nodes to follow: 69 - 23 - 22 - 18 - 17 - 16 - 15 - 14 - 58 - 67 - 69

From Spa you will head for the "Fagne de Malchamps", a high plateau of moorland, peat bogs and forests. You will then ride along the Spa airfield called "La Sauvenière" to the place called "Fagne Récheurs". After a few kilometres in the heart of typical Fagne landscapes, you will find the City of Water, its springs and its particular history.Difficulty: easyLevel: -10mDistance: 18kmStart: Rue du Waux-Hall, 4900 SpaNodes to follow: 69 - 17 - 18 - 22 - 23 - 69

Vanuit Spa gaat u naar de "Fagne de Malchamps", een hoogvlakte van heide, venen en bossen. Na enkele kilometers in het hart van het typische landschap van de Fagne, doorkruist u het dorp Desnié. Dit Ardense stadje ligt op de westelijke helling van de Eau Rouge, een beek die ook wel de Winamplanche wordt genoemd en die de grens vormt tussen de gemeenten Theux en Spa. U eindigt uw tocht in de Stad van het Water, te midden van haar bronnen en haar bijzondere geschiedenis.Start: Rue du Waux-Hall, 4900 SpaTe volgen knooppunten: 69 - 17 - 16 - 15 - 14 - 58 - 67 - 69

Beautiful mountain bike ride of 7,5kms. To discover with family or friends. Photo: WBT - Pierre Pauquay

What better way to visit our beautiful region than on a legendary Vespa? That's what V'Spa has to offer, with its hire service, its excursions and its 3 routes designed for an out-of-the-ordinary experience, departing from Spa (just opposite the tourist office)! Whether you're visiting the region on your own or with a group, there's a package to suit you. For more information or to book, visit: www.vspa.be V'Spa rue Général Bertrand, 2 4900 Spa 00 32 (0)495/75.02.32 info@vspa.be severine@vspa.be www.vspa.be

What better way to visit our beautiful region than on a legendary Vespa? That's what V'Spa has to offer, with its hire service, its excursions and its 3 routes designed for an out-of-the-ordinary experience, departing from Spa (just opposite the tourist office)! Whether you're visiting the region on your own or with a group, there's a package to suit you. For more information or to book, visit: www.vspa.be V'Spa rue Général Bertrand, 2 4900 Spa 00 32 (0)495/75.02.32 info@vspa.be severine@vspa.be www.vspa.be

What better way to visit our beautiful region than on a legendary Vespa? That's what V'Spa has to offer, with its hire service, its excursions and its 3 routes designed for an out-of-the-ordinary experience, departing from Spa (just opposite the tourist office)! Whether you're visiting the region on your own or with a group, there's a package to suit you. For more information or to book, visit: www.vspa.be V'Spa rue Général Bertrand, 2 4900 Spa 00 32 (0)495/75.02.32 info@vspa.be severine@vspa.be www.vspa.be

We invite you to discover the old villas of Sparta villas and the Old Spa district (route B) via a somewhat a somewhat sporty route, during which you will have to climb several several staircases. This slightly "off the beaten track" itinerary will plunge you into the history of Spa and show you two history of Spa and show you two sides of it. You will discover luxurious villas, witnesses of the mundane character of the spa town at the end of the end of the 19th century, and you will understand how the former working-class district of Vieux-Spa played an active role in the in the creation and success of the present spa town, member of the European Association of Historic Thermal Cities and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the "Great European Spa Towns". ATTENTION !!! Deviation during the works at the Anciens Bains.

We invite you to discover the old villas of Spa and the Old Spa district (route B) via a somewhat sporty route, during which you will take several steps. This slightly "off the beaten track" route will take you into the history of Spa and show you two sides of the city. You will discover luxurious villas, witnesses of the mundane character of the spa town at the end of the 19th century, and you will understand how the old working quarter of the Vieux-Spa actively participated in the creation and success of the current spa town, member of the European Association of Historic Spa Towns and candidate for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage list with the "Great European Spa Towns". ATTENTION !!!Deviation during the works at the Anciens Bains.

Villa located in one of the most beautiful residential areas of Spa.Close to the city centre, the woods and the pre-Ravel, it offers the possibility of numerous walks from the gîte.The gîte reflects the life of its owner through his numerous professional trips to the four corners of the world.Renovated in 2015-2016, it offers all the modern comforts for a family stay, in the peace and quiet, in the magnificent nature of the Pearl of the Ardennes.

Welcome to Spa! If you are looking for wellness and relaxation, you won’t be disappointed. Spa is an amazing city full of surprises.Certainly, the gods of Tourism were present at its birth. Spa is synonymous with the art of living surrounded by green spaces. It’s a place where you stop, because you feel good there.Spa, an authentic thermal health resort, is the birthplace of modern thermal treatments.Spa deserves its place among the Great Water Cities of Europe. The town has applied for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List, alongside ten exceptional spa towns such as Vichy, Baden Baden and Bath.The application was officially submitted to the UNESCO World Heritage List in January 2019. The response is expected in July 2020.We would like to thank you warmly for your presence at SPA, a place we cherish.

Welcome to Spa! If you are looking for wellness and relaxation, you won’t be disappointed. Spa is an amazing city full of surprises.Certainly, the gods of Tourism were present at its birth. Spa is synonymous with the art of living surrounded by green spaces. It’s a place where you stop, because you feel good there.Spa, an authentic thermal health resort, is the birthplace of modern thermal treatments.Spa deserves its place among the Great Water Cities of Europe. The town has applied for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List, alongside ten exceptional spa towns such as Vichy, Baden Baden and Bath.The application was officially submitted to the UNESCO World Heritage List in January 2019. The response is expected in July 2020.We would like to thank you warmly for your presence at SPA, a place we cherish.

Stay at Spa with your family in a comfortable 2-bedroom gîte. Au Cerf et Fagnes is the ideal address for a stay dedicated to relaxation and discovery, on foot, by bike, on 2 or 4 wheels..., of the superb Hautes Fagnes region.

Nestling in a peaceful hamlet, this 19th-century house has no fewer than 8 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms, and can accommodate groups of up to 22 people.What's more, the large living spaces on the ground floor make for great entertaining all year round, as do the garden and terrace in the shade of the vine ...

15 minutes from Spa by car, the Artémis cottage is set up on 275 m2 accessible to all profiles. It has all the necessary equipment for 8 people:3 bedrooms: 6 single beds and 1 double bed1 garden of 1,500 m2 with a private tennis court1 terrace, 1 trampoline for children and 1 brazier for grilling1 private parking with charging station for electric vehicles1 secure box for bicycles...On the farm, a chicken coop, a sheepfold and a vegetable garden are accessible. Also discover the mini-museum of agricultural tools which tells the story of life on the farm in the past.On site, also enjoy an exceptional view of the Hoëgne valley.A perfect place for a successful reunion!

Famed for its iron-rich waters since Roman times, Spa attracted some very important people in the 18th century, including Peter the Great of Russia. Following a period of decline, a major programme to re-launch the spa began, with support from Leopold II, king of the Belgians. As part of this programme, a covered gallery 130 metres long was inaugurated in 1878. There is a pavilion at each end, the oval Pavillon des Petits Jeux and the square pavilion dedicated to the wife of Leopold II, queen Marie-Henriette. The gallery has three projecting parts, and its subdivided wooden roof is supported by cast-iron columns embellished with decorative cast iron work.   Building listed by Ministerial Decree of the French Community (20-04-1982) Listed as an exceptional heritage site of Wallonia

Here, the boulevard is lined with opulent villas set in beautiful gardens enclosed by gates or hedges. Villas are elegant houses located close to the town centre and surrounded by lush greenery. They often bear a name. Those built on boulevard Rener date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.As you walk down the boulevard, take a good look at all the colours of the materials that make up these villas. They are varied. There is grey cut stone (around the windows, for example), brown stone (for the base), painted or unpainted bricks in different colours. The windows and doors are also painted, as are the shutters and wooden balconies.Like the two avenues before it, Boulevard Rener is embellished with two rows of tall trees. They provide welcome shade in hot weather, help to filter the air and produce oxygen.Question 15: How many different brick colours can you count on the façade of number 3?Cross bld Chapman. At the end of Boulevard Reiner, turn left and walk over the railway (Rue Jules Lezaack) to reach Place des Écoles.ANSWER15. There are 3 colours of brick on the facade: red and white bands and green bands above the windows.

At the corner of the street is an old cast-iron letterbox painted red. Brought into service in 1897, this model bears the trademark of the J.G. Réquilé foundry in Liège. This letterbox still in use.Question 12. What time is the postman's last collection?Here too, two rows of trees adorn the avenue. The presence of trees considerably enhances the street scene. Thanks to the planting, the living environment is more colourful and changes with the seasons. Look closely at the shapes of the windows of the houses as you walk along the avenue.Question 13. What are the numbers of the two houses next to each other that have a round window?A round window in a wall closed by a glass frame is an oculus. A round window in a roof closed by a glazed frame is an oeil-de-boeuf.Question 14. What is the name of the villa at number 32? According to a census carried out in 1903, 300 villas in Spa had names that personalised them. The names are varied: first name, family name, name of a foreign place. The name chosen can also be related to the site in which the villa is located, or to a plant (flower, tree, etc.) or even a bird, etc. Turn right on Boulevard RenerANSWERS 12. The last lift is at 10 o'clock.13. The number of the houses with round windows is 9 -13.14. The villa at no. 32 is the Villa Jenny.

This villa was occupied by the first female alderman of the town of Spa in 1982, Colette Séquaris.Known as the Villa de l'Amblève, it features a square tower and many of the characteristics of Anglo-Norman villas in Spa. The painted half-timbered rendering and wooden balcony link it to this style.The Anglo-Norman style was very popular in Spa from the late 19th century onwards. The Normandy seaside resort of Deauville was a source of inspiration for many architects and future owners of villas in Spa.

This traditional facade has been embellished by a careful decorative rendering combining stylised plant motifs and female faces in relief on the window lintels. The undulating hair underlines the curves of the lintels of the first floor windows. Long female hair and plant motifs are common in Art Nouveau and are a pretext for sinuous curves. Here is the end of the " Art nouveau " tour which made you discover 17 treasures of the heritage of our thermal town, candidate to a registration on the list of the UNESCO World Heritage with the " Great European Water Cities ". We hope that you have appreciated all the richness of this artistic trend and that you have had real blows of heart by admiring some facades.

The façade of this small traditional house is covered with decorative plaster of Art Nouveau inspiration. Panels with stylised plant motifs between the windows and flowers in relief under the cornice are all elements borrowed from the style in fashion at the very beginning of the 20th century. The windows, door and decorative panels are further enhanced by curved and sinuous frames in relief on the entire façade.

This attractive, well-to-do villa, built in 1882, features a square-plan corner turret and masonry with alternating coloured bricks to emphasise the door and window surrounds and the quoins. The entrance is protected by a portico with cast-iron columns topped by a long terrace with a wrought-iron balustrade. Terraces and balconies allow you to take full advantage of the garden. These are typical of spa villas, set in lush green surroundings. in a green setting.The important chronicles of hygiene that appeared in architectural magazines from the late 19th century onwards extolled the merits of the spa. century, extolled the virtues of building in rural areas. The need to build houses in the countryside was a recurring theme. Affluent city dwellers wanted to relax in the fresh air, away from industrial fumes, enjoy a green setting and then play sports. Spa is the ideal place.

The Waux-Hall is a large brick building painted pale pink, preceded by a courtyard of honour bordered by a beautiful wrought-iron gate. The work of Liège architect Jacques-Barthélemy Renoz.It was built between 1769 and 1771 to house a casino and a large ballroom upstairs. This ballroom is lit by the large arched windows on the upper floor of the central building.The old brick buildings were always painted. Not just to embellish them, but above all to protect them. Bricks used to be fired by hand. They were therefore porous, permeable to rain. To make them more resistant to damp, they were painted or coated. In the second half of the 18th century, pastel shades were in fashion: off-white, beige, very pale yellow, light green (lime green) and pearl grey.Question 10: Which of these colours would you choose?The colour palette of buildings has evolved over the centuries. Generally speaking, until the early 18th century, the range of colours used to cover façades ranged from dark reddish-brown to orange-red, with local clays and lead oxides providing the colouring raw materials. Little by little, under the influence of fashion and classical and neo-classical trends, red was abandoned in favour of pastel shades, popular in the second half of the 18th century, and then white, a symbol of purity and cleanliness. In opposition to the general uniformity sometimes imposed by white a new aesthetic emerged in the 19th century: eclecticism. The combination of different materials and shades was given pride of place. This was followed by a trend towards stripping façades, which not only led to the disappearance of traces of old colours, but also caused sometimes irreversible damage to brick facings, whose protection was lost. The large arched windows, characteristic of the second half of the 18th century, light up the ballroom. This is a prestigious building, richly decorated. The keystone (the keystone in the middle of the arch) of each of these bays is sculpted. It bears alternating male and female mascarons (fantastical figures). To avoid falling out of the windows, each has a small wrought-iron balustrade, known as an armrest.Walk through the Waux-Hall garden along the left-hand side of the gate. Local residents have laid out a small herb and vegetable garden here and grown flowers. Then take the second street on the right, Avenue Antoine Pottier.ANSWER10. Response to choice among the pastel shades offered

Right in the centre of Spa, on Place Royale, at the foot of the thermal baths, this establishment has a lovely terrace and offers bistronomic cuisine to share with family and friends. www.facebook.com/brasseriedesbobelines/

On the shores of Lake Warfaaz, at the foot of Balmoral, 2 km from the centre of Spa.Open Tuesday to Sunday - Kitchen open non-stop from 12:00 to 8:30 p.m.

La Ferme Damzai is a serene, gastronomic setting where the owners take pleasure in welcoming you for a moment of culinary relaxation that will delight gourmets. A varied menu that pays tribute to seasonal produce and regional producers, and a warm, enchanting setting.

The restaurant at the Hotel Le Menobu : unsurpassed.Le Menobu is also a restaurant which is well known in the region and even further afield. Its proprietress, Myriam Wuidar, can be found in the kitchen every day using seasonal products to  create dishes which are as tasty as they are sophisticated.

Website: www.la44.be/fr Tel: 0472 59 21 84 E-mail: brasseriedelagleize@hotmail.com For further details, please contact the brewery.

Villa located in one of the most beautiful residential areas of Spa.Close to the city centre, the woods and the pre-Ravel, it offers the possibility of numerous walks from the gîte.The gîte reflects the life of its owner through his numerous professional trips to the four corners of the world.Renovated in 2015-2016, it offers all the modern comforts for a family stay, in the peace and quiet, in the magnificent nature of the Pearl of the Ardennes.

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La Reine, a 3-star hotel in Spa, offers an impeccable service, modern rooms, a gourmet bistrot-restaurant and the promise of a memorable stay. walloniabelgiumtourism.co.uk/en-gb/content/la-reine-hotel-centre-spa

Located at the heart of Spa, in the Ardenne, the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel gives direct access to these famous mineral springs thanks to its private cable car. There are 120 designer rooms and suites with scenic views of the city or the region’s rolling hills to choose from. walloniabelgiumtourism.co.uk/en-gb/3/accommodation/eco-labelled-accommodation/radisson-blu-palace-hotel/12994

‘Chez Jojo - Gîte rural’ is a fully renovated villa for 4 to 6 people, located on the heights of Spa in a green setting.The ground floor of this 130 m2 villa features a bright living room with dining area, sitting room (with sofa bed for 2 people), reading and relaxation area and fully-equipped kitchen.Upstairs, there is 1 double bedroom, 1 bedroom with 2 single beds (which can be made into a double bed), 1 bedroom with a cot and a bathroom.In the basement, there is a large private garage with a laundry area, as well as an area dedicated to bicycle maintenance.Outside, there is a large south-west-facing garden and terrace, a large private driveway with an electric charging point, and 4 outdoor parking spaces.Claire and Sébastien will be delighted to show you around this villa and the peace and quiet of this pretty neighbourhood, which they themselves are lucky enough to live in.

Stay at Spa with your family in a comfortable 2-bedroom gîte. Au Cerf et Fagnes is the ideal address for a stay dedicated to relaxation and discovery, on foot, by bike, on 2 or 4 wheels..., of the superb Hautes Fagnes region.

Welcome to Queen's Avenue at Avenue Reine Astrid 126 in Spa, where luxury and comfort meet to create an unforgettable experience.Access to the accommodation is an experience that begins on arrival, with a fully private garage offering secure space for two cars and is equipped with a charging point.Our two elegant suites offer total privacy, each with en-suite shower room and toilet, as well as flat-screen TV with internet access for total relaxation. The super cosy lounge offers a warm welcome, creating the perfect atmosphere for socialising.The superbly equipped kitchen has a modern, functional layout. The wellness area is an oasis of well-being, featuring an invigorating hammam shower, a Health Mate infrared cabin with therapeutic effects, and a whirlpool bath for total relaxation, all under a starlit ceiling for a magical touch. For moments of entertainment, take advantage of the games room, equipped with a kicker for frenzied games and darts to challenge your friends.Book now and let yourself be seduced by the comfort, refinement and unforgettable moments that await you.We look forward to welcoming you to your future home away from home!

Treat yourself to a « zen » stay just a stone's throw from the city of Spa!Onsen Place offers you an ideal vacation setting in a four-faced villa located in the privacy of a closed area on the edge of the village of Nivezé.Tranquility, security and modernity are the key words of this comfortable and welcoming house located near the spa town.A neat and refined Japanese garden brings the essential touch of serenity to a unique moment of relaxation. Imagine the well-being of breakfasts and barbecues on the terrace with a view of the surrounding wooded hills.

4 bedroom accommodation ideally located to discover the region. At 800m from the Lake of Warfaaz.Many possibilities for walking and cycling. Quiet and yet very close to the centre of the city of Spa. Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps at a few minutesSuitable for a large family or 2 families. Large terrace & garden.Large bright space on the ground floor (kitchen, living room, dining room).4 bedrooms on the first floor.One bathroom with bath.One of the bedrooms has a shower.Fully equipped kitchen (oven, microwave, dishwasher, hotplates) - 2 coffee machines (for Nespresso & Senséo capsules) - Fruit press, toaster...Board games - television - console - bluray - WIFITranslated with www.deepl.com/translator (free version)