Three days in East Belgium with Caro and Martin from the blog We Travel the World
Moorland, lakes and a night in a water tower: Caro and Martin explored East Belgium over a long weekend and tried out the Fens and Lakes Route.
The Fens and Lakes Route is one of three themed tours through East Belgium, alongside the Fortress Route and the Our Valley Route. At around 150 kilometres, it is the longest of the three, runs right across the region and is packed with exciting discoveries. You can join the route at any point. All the stops, maps and background information on the sights along the way can be found in the route guide (only available in German, French and Dutch).
Here is their travel program:
Day 1 (Friday): Fens and water tower
- Hike through the Brackvenn
- Lunch at Restaurant Horchem in Monschau and a stroll through the old town
- Check-in and overnight stay at the Wasserturm (water tower) in Elsenborn
- Dinner at the water tower’s fine-dining restaurant (open Thursday to Saturday)
Day 2 (Saturday): lake, ham and slate
- Breakfast at the water tower
- Walk around Lake Bütgenbach (approx. 10 km)
- Lunch at the Bütgenbacher Hof
- Visit to Montenauer ham smoke house
- Guided tour of the slate gallery Schieferstollen Recht (a constant 7 °C, wheelchair accessible)
- Check-in at My Hotel in Malmedy, relaxing in the spa area, dinner at the hotel and overnight stay
Day 3 (Sunday): castle, Belgium’s highest point and Eupen
- Visit of the Malmundarium
- A stroll through the old town of Malmedy and a chocolate tasting at MChocolate
- Guided tour of Reinhardstein Castle in Ovifat
- Visit to Belgium’s highest point: the Signal de Botrange and the Butte Baltia
- Lunch at Le Mont Rigi with a Peak beer
- Guided tour of Eupen
- Tasting the typical Eupener Platz at the bakery Kockartz
- Dinner at the Ratskeller with Eupener Bier
- End of the journey
Caro and Martin captured their impressions of the route in a blog article and on video.
Here is the video (Instagram Reel in German): https://www.instagram.com/p/DeR8vKYM2Mt/
Here is the blog article (in German): https://wetraveltheworld.de/hohes-venn-sehenswuerdigkeiten/
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