I would go with the latter deduction if I were you.
Hotels in the Ardennes, please (cut from another thread)
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I would go with the latter deduction if I were you.
I too quite like the Poste hotel in Bouillon.
I booked our three rooms at short notice, using Booking.com simply as I was in a hurry and wanted to be able to cancel at short notice if necessary. At euro 50 a night, the rooms (third floor, non-river facing) were OK and the same price as the Ibis Budget in St Omer, booked via the Ibis website.
Its location and large garage suit me, not least as I often have several other bikes in a gaggle with me. To save a bit, I have also left my bike outside on the street, always making sure there’s a pound of butter in the fridge back at home.
Breakfast is OK. The restaurant is OK, priced similarly to others in the area. The small bar just across the road is reasonable, as are a couple of others in the town.
I prefer the town to say, Bastogne and, like you, also like several other towns in the area or in Luxembourg or even Germany. There is enough choice for everyone, that’s for sure.
I popped down to Bastogne for an overnight stop on my way to Amsterdam from Calais. I have no hesitation in recommending Hotel Melba, good rooms, walking distance from all the site in town, and secure bike parking to the rear. Short run up into the hills the next day to find La Gleize where the December 44 museum is a good place for a coffee. Fantastic roads.
Love the area.
Love the area.
Looks perfect!
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Depends on your budget....
https://uk.hotels.com/ho561250/chateau-beausaint-la-roche-en-ardenne-belgium/
Near Le Roche en Ardenne
https://uk.hotels.com/ho561250/chateau-beausaint-la-roche-en-ardenne-belgium/
Near Le Roche en Ardenne
Dinant is nice and has an Ibis hotel on the riverside with superb views you do not usually associate with a cheapish chain. Parking too.
I also liked Clervaux - stayed in Des Nations hotel opposite the train station. We never met Des.
Outside the Ardennes in the Mosel wine region, but easy to include in a weekend trip, is the riverside town of Remich in Luxembourg. St Nicholas Hotel was good with a big garage. Drink beer and shout across the Mosel at German campers.
I also liked Clervaux - stayed in Des Nations hotel opposite the train station. We never met Des.
Outside the Ardennes in the Mosel wine region, but easy to include in a weekend trip, is the riverside town of Remich in Luxembourg. St Nicholas Hotel was good with a big garage. Drink beer and shout across the Mosel at German campers.
Yup, I remember staying in that Ibis the week it opened , something like 2005 at a guess.
They’re normally a bit soulless but I’d stay there again
same area but Luxembourg this hotel was fantastic
https://www.hotel-de-la-sure.lu/index.php?cont=2&mode=ctc&lgn=1
most of the rooms are in houses in the street next to the Hotel, secure bike parking in underground garage with repair facilities, some tools and tyre changing equipment, they had bike touring routes in the reception, and made up lunches if you wanted them.
the location is spectular, it is in the ox bow bend of a river so almost an island.
and not that expensive either
https://www.hotel-de-la-sure.lu/index.php?cont=2&mode=ctc&lgn=1
most of the rooms are in houses in the street next to the Hotel, secure bike parking in underground garage with repair facilities, some tools and tyre changing equipment, they had bike touring routes in the reception, and made up lunches if you wanted them.
the location is spectular, it is in the ox bow bend of a river so almost an island.
and not that expensive either
Thank you everyone for your hotel suggestions for the Ardennes.
What I think I’ll do is create a file of routes, onto which I will do my best to pinpoint each of the hotels recommended. That way punters might be able to chose the one that suits them best.
Keep ‘em coming, as they say.
Richard
PS If you are really lucky, I’ll add in some of mine, too.
What I think I’ll do is create a file of routes, onto which I will do my best to pinpoint each of the hotels recommended. That way punters might be able to chose the one that suits them best.
Keep ‘em coming, as they say.
Richard
PS If you are really lucky, I’ll add in some of mine, too.
Add in whatever hotels you like. The budget will always vary between punters, not least as it might depend on why they are staying there. Equally, two to three nights in a lower budget hotel on the trip, might well go a long way to subsidising a more expensive night.
Great town with lots of places to eat / drink / party and other POI's, particularly WW2 related.
It is a few miles out of town before you hit the great roads in Luxembourg to the East, which is why if I plan to loop around from a base I tend to stop for a couple of nights in Luxembourg somewhere.
I am sure someone will be along shortly with a long list of great roads on the doorstep of Bastogne to prove me wrong.
Roads, great or otherwise, will always depend on the expectations of the rider, the time available and sometimes the weather. For example, we hear that there are no great roads in northern France, so it’s best to blast down the motorway. Yet, we came back from Bouillon to Calais last Monday (which wasn’t a holiday in France) not using any significant amount of motorways at all. The D roads were all empty and good progress could be made, with some pretty decent riding.
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It now has fab bike kit lockers on main square and they are free
Chain supplied, all you need is a disc lock or padlock
Great system, better than walking round in 37 deg heat dressed like a mobile Klim advert
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Chain supplied, all you need is a disc lock or padlock
Great system, better than walking round in 37 deg heat dressed like a mobile Klim advert
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I had forgotten about my excellent blue Mountain Marathon top. Thank you for the reminder.
Many thanks to Bowser for the link to the the Hotel de la Sure. Stayed there last Thursday night and it really is an unusual and delightful place. Arrived later than planned after the sat nav decided to give up the ghost just outside Dunkirk necessitating purchase of an ancient artifact known as a map and planning a route over a particularly bad coffe at a Belgian service station somewhere on the E42.
I stayed in the main hotel which an absolute rabbit warren of stairways and passages and has its own library and ganes room. The restaurant and the bar are good and well priced and I like the garage because I don't have to mop of the dew in the morning.
Worth noting that they have a "how did you hear of us?" questionnaire and when I told the boss at checkout that they were recommended on here, he handed me a 5% voucher for my next stay.
Also stopped at the Hotel de la Poste in Bouillon on Sunday and sat in Wapping's chair, fortunately without any chair/bush incident.
I passed by the Hotel de la Sure last Friday, making a note to give it a go next year. Glad that ‘my chair’ in Bouillon is still there, the flower trough too,
