Chaudfontaine works well as a base: 5 minutes from Chênée, 15km from Ninglinspo Valley.
Chaudfontaine is in Wallonia, Belgium, with about 21,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Chênée, about 4 km away.
Chaudfontaine is also a brand of mineral water, owned by The Coca-Cola Company.
Chaudfontaine (French pronunciation: [ʃofɔ̃tɛn] ; Walloon: Tchôfontinne) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
On January 1, 2006, Chaudfontaine had a total population of 21,012. The total area is 25.52Read more km2 which gives a population density of 823 inhabitants per km2.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Beaufays, Chaudfontaine, Embourg, and Vaux-sous-Chèvremont.
Some of its best-known enterprises are Galler chocolates, Magotteaux and Chaudfontaine drinking waters.
Chaudfontaine was strongly hit by the 2021 European floods.
Belgium's only true mountain stream, tumbling through the Aywaille woods in a chain of red-rock cascades and natural bathing pools with names like 'Bain de Diane'; the trail starts directly at the Sedoz roadside parking.
15 km · about 30 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Gileppe Dam
A 19th-century dam near Spa crowned by a 13-ton stone lion, with a 78 m panorama tower and forested Ardennes reservoir views a short detour off the Verviers road.
24 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Durbuy
Billed as the smallest town in the world, a cluster of grey-stone houses and a castle in a green Ardennes valley.
28 km · about 35 min drive
racetrack
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Home of the Belgian Grand Prix, featuring the legendary Eau Rouge corner
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Vrijthof Maastricht
A grand cafe-ringed square anchored by two medieval churches in the Netherlands' oldest, most Burgundian city.
30 km · about 35 min drive
museum
Stavelot Abbey
A 1,000-year-old abbey minutes from Spa-Francorchamps housing the circuit's official racing museum, with historic F1 and endurance cars in its vaulted cellars.
30 km · about 35 min drive
national park
Hautes Fagnes
Belgium's highest, wildest plateau of peat bog and boardwalk trails, often the snowiest corner of the country.
33 km · about 40 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Vaalserberg Drielandenpunt
The Netherlands' highest mainland point at 322.4 metres, where the Dutch, Belgian and German borders meet near Vaals.
33 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Chaudfontaine
5 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
24 kmGileppe DamA 19th-century dam near Spa crowned by a 13-ton stone lion, with a 78 m panorama tower and forested Ardennes reservoir views a short detour off the Verviers road.
33 kmVaalserberg DrielandenpuntThe Netherlands' highest mainland point at 322.4 metres, where the Dutch, Belgian and German borders meet near Vaals.
34 kmSignal de BotrangeAt 694m this is the highest point in Belgium, marked by a stone tower on the Hautes Fagnes plateau.
38 kmBaraque de FraitureBelgium's second-highest point at 652 m, a windswept Ardennes plateau crossroads on the N89 with a small ski station and sweeping high-fen scenery.