We had to get up early because the plane left Barcelona at 7:10 am. The flight went well and once at the airport of Charleroi went to find the bus that would take us to the train station Charleroi-Sud. This bus company Tec, runs every half hour and takes about 20 minutes to arrive. We buy combined tickets bus + train in front of the machine stop since according to the price guide out better than buying them separately.
Arriving at the train station where we seek out the first track to Namur. We thought everything was pretty simple to follow. The train we took was old and seemed the only tourists. After a while I spend the reviewer with a couple of companions. Seeing our combined ticket with the bus I was very happy and asked us to keep it. It is seen that some students went with them and explaining how it worked was that ticket. It was all very curious!
See 1b Belgium: Namur & Dinant in a larger map
We arrived around 10:30 Namur eager to start taking advantage of the visit was sunny. We went straight to the tourist office, very close to the train station, where we were given a map of the city and a fairly complete brochure (in French) with a tour of the main attractions of the city. We started walking down the Rue de Fer, a street full of shops with many people walking. In the end, the street widens to form a square, the Rue de l'Ange, flanked by houses of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Rue de Fer
Rue de l'Ange
Rue de l'Ange
A little later we arrived at the Place d'Armes, the main square. Dominating the square is the old stock market, 1932 is now the Palais des Congres. Right in front is a statue of "Joseph, François et les escargots" staging the slowness of the inhabitants of Namur, calmly strolling through its streets.
Place d'Armes, Palais de Congres
Place d'Armes, "Joseph, François et les escargots"
Just behind the Belfry is sensed circular medieval tower. The belfry bell civilians are symbols of communal freedom of citizens in the Middle Ages. Both Belgium and the French have been listed as World Heritage by Unesco. The Namur, also called Tour Saint-Jacques, dating from the fourteenth century, but it was not until 400 years later, when the clock was added, which became beffroi.
Belfry
Following Belfry Street arrived at the square as the Theatre Royal, completely rebuilt in 1863 after a major fire. Then cross the Sambre river, a tributary of the River Meuse long, rising in France and flowing into the Netherlands. Across the river lies the citadel of Namur. At the tourist office we were told that we could go up by cable car and had a good view and a museum, but did not give us time to go up if we wanted then go to Dinant. So we just went to see the Meuse River and the Parliament Wallon, located in a former hospice seventeenth century.
Théâtre Royal
views of the river Meuse
Parlament Wallon
Returning to the center saw the Halle al'Chair, the former livestock market in 1590 which now houses the Museum of Archaeology. We lacked even to visit all the western part of the Rue de l'Ange. We went first to the small Place aux Legumes also called Old Market Square. Although this full of terraces, offers the same charm since the eighteenth century.
Halle al'Chair, on the banks of the Sambre
Place aux Legumes
Below are the baroque church of Saint-Loup with its huge façade. Inside, just visible through a glass hinted violet marble columns and roof watermarks. Finally we come to the Cathedrale St. Aubain, located in a square full of cars. It is seen that the interior is quite nice, but we can not say the same from the outside.
Cathedrale St. Aubain
Once the tour ended we went back to the train station by pedestrian streets lined with shops and terraces. As it was sunny it was very pleasant to walk around. In total we were a couple of hours in the city. About one o'clock we took the train to Dinant. We take the time to train to eat snacks that we had brought from home.
Rue de Marchovelette
Rue St. Joseph
Dinant is a small town on the Meuse river with a fortress on top of a cliff. Upon arrival we went straight to the river to appreciate the beautiful view of the place. Hits quite see the line of houses, the church and the cliff so all together! It seems that there is room for all the people. The truth is it's a very small town post.
overview of Dinant
postcard view of Dinant
At the tourist office, located on this side of the river, we had a pretty clear map and a lot of explanations about the different things you could do. One option was to take a boat that made you a tour of the river 40 minutes. We crossed the river and went to see the schedules and prices, but at the time did not leave any.
See 1b Belgium: Namur & Dinant in a larger map
On this side, having the cliff, the village is very narrow with only three streets parallel to the river. We went to the main street, the Rue Grande, which was unfortunately under construction. There is the Hôtel de Ville or city hall where there is a memorial to the citizens of Dinant shot by the Germans in 1914 is seen that the battle for the city was a slaughter during World War II.
Hôtel de Ville, the monument slaughter of Dinant on the right
At the end of the Rue Grande is the Collegiate Notre-Dame, the great church that appears in any photograph people. We read in the guide that the first Romanesque church was completely destroyed in the thirteenth century by a falling rock. We were not surprised at all. The present church, held shortly after, is Gothic and later added the curious bell-shaped onion.
Collegiate Notre Dame
Notre Dame Collegiate interior
Right next to the church is the ticket to the Citadel. Although we wanted to walk there, we were told the price of admission included a trip on the cable car so we saved the rise. Visit only do guided, but we were lucky because when we only needed fifteen minutes to start the next. Most visitors were local tourists, especially families with children, and the visit was bilingual in French and Dutch. Seeing us foreigners were asked where we were from and got a brochure in which Castilian was explained very briefly visit.
courtyard of the Citadel
Dinant Citadel was built in the eleventh century and has been rebuilt and enlarged several times. Its present appearance is due to the Dutch and dates from 1818 The visit is made by different corridors and rooms that include performances in the history of Dinant. The impact us most was the room set in the trenches of 1914 where there was a sunken bunker, machine guns and explosions as background noise and a lot of darkness.
recreation of the trenches in the Citadelle
The tour also includes a trip to a viewpoint from where you can admire a beautiful view of the town of Dinant, with its church on the banks of the river. In total it lasted about an hour and left quite happy with everything they had told us.
Arriving at the train station where we seek out the first track to Namur. We thought everything was pretty simple to follow. The train we took was old and seemed the only tourists. After a while I spend the reviewer with a couple of companions. Seeing our combined ticket with the bus I was very happy and asked us to keep it. It is seen that some students went with them and explaining how it worked was that ticket. It was all very curious!
See 1b Belgium: Namur & Dinant in a larger map
We arrived around 10:30 Namur eager to start taking advantage of the visit was sunny. We went straight to the tourist office, very close to the train station, where we were given a map of the city and a fairly complete brochure (in French) with a tour of the main attractions of the city. We started walking down the Rue de Fer, a street full of shops with many people walking. In the end, the street widens to form a square, the Rue de l'Ange, flanked by houses of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Rue de Fer
Rue de l'Ange
Rue de l'Ange
A little later we arrived at the Place d'Armes, the main square. Dominating the square is the old stock market, 1932 is now the Palais des Congres. Right in front is a statue of "Joseph, François et les escargots" staging the slowness of the inhabitants of Namur, calmly strolling through its streets.
Place d'Armes, Palais de Congres
Place d'Armes, "Joseph, François et les escargots"
Just behind the Belfry is sensed circular medieval tower. The belfry bell civilians are symbols of communal freedom of citizens in the Middle Ages. Both Belgium and the French have been listed as World Heritage by Unesco. The Namur, also called Tour Saint-Jacques, dating from the fourteenth century, but it was not until 400 years later, when the clock was added, which became beffroi.
Belfry
Following Belfry Street arrived at the square as the Theatre Royal, completely rebuilt in 1863 after a major fire. Then cross the Sambre river, a tributary of the River Meuse long, rising in France and flowing into the Netherlands. Across the river lies the citadel of Namur. At the tourist office we were told that we could go up by cable car and had a good view and a museum, but did not give us time to go up if we wanted then go to Dinant. So we just went to see the Meuse River and the Parliament Wallon, located in a former hospice seventeenth century.
Théâtre Royal
views of the river Meuse
Parlament Wallon
Returning to the center saw the Halle al'Chair, the former livestock market in 1590 which now houses the Museum of Archaeology. We lacked even to visit all the western part of the Rue de l'Ange. We went first to the small Place aux Legumes also called Old Market Square. Although this full of terraces, offers the same charm since the eighteenth century.
Halle al'Chair, on the banks of the Sambre
Place aux Legumes
Below are the baroque church of Saint-Loup with its huge façade. Inside, just visible through a glass hinted violet marble columns and roof watermarks. Finally we come to the Cathedrale St. Aubain, located in a square full of cars. It is seen that the interior is quite nice, but we can not say the same from the outside.
Cathedrale St. Aubain
Once the tour ended we went back to the train station by pedestrian streets lined with shops and terraces. As it was sunny it was very pleasant to walk around. In total we were a couple of hours in the city. About one o'clock we took the train to Dinant. We take the time to train to eat snacks that we had brought from home.
Rue de Marchovelette
Rue St. Joseph
Dinant is a small town on the Meuse river with a fortress on top of a cliff. Upon arrival we went straight to the river to appreciate the beautiful view of the place. Hits quite see the line of houses, the church and the cliff so all together! It seems that there is room for all the people. The truth is it's a very small town post.
overview of Dinant
postcard view of Dinant
At the tourist office, located on this side of the river, we had a pretty clear map and a lot of explanations about the different things you could do. One option was to take a boat that made you a tour of the river 40 minutes. We crossed the river and went to see the schedules and prices, but at the time did not leave any.
See 1b Belgium: Namur & Dinant in a larger map
On this side, having the cliff, the village is very narrow with only three streets parallel to the river. We went to the main street, the Rue Grande, which was unfortunately under construction. There is the Hôtel de Ville or city hall where there is a memorial to the citizens of Dinant shot by the Germans in 1914 is seen that the battle for the city was a slaughter during World War II.
Hôtel de Ville, the monument slaughter of Dinant on the right
At the end of the Rue Grande is the Collegiate Notre-Dame, the great church that appears in any photograph people. We read in the guide that the first Romanesque church was completely destroyed in the thirteenth century by a falling rock. We were not surprised at all. The present church, held shortly after, is Gothic and later added the curious bell-shaped onion.
Collegiate Notre Dame
Notre Dame Collegiate interior
Right next to the church is the ticket to the Citadel. Although we wanted to walk there, we were told the price of admission included a trip on the cable car so we saved the rise. Visit only do guided, but we were lucky because when we only needed fifteen minutes to start the next. Most visitors were local tourists, especially families with children, and the visit was bilingual in French and Dutch. Seeing us foreigners were asked where we were from and got a brochure in which Castilian was explained very briefly visit.
courtyard of the Citadel
Dinant Citadel was built in the eleventh century and has been rebuilt and enlarged several times. Its present appearance is due to the Dutch and dates from 1818 The visit is made by different corridors and rooms that include performances in the history of Dinant. The impact us most was the room set in the trenches of 1914 where there was a sunken bunker, machine guns and explosions as background noise and a lot of darkness.
recreation of the trenches in the Citadelle
The tour also includes a trip to a viewpoint from where you can admire a beautiful view of the town of Dinant, with its church on the banks of the river. In total it lasted about an hour and left quite happy with everything they had told us.
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