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Château de Bouillon
Godfrey of Bouillon's rambling medieval fortress sprawls over a rocky spur in a loop of the Semois in the Ardennes.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Sedan
Grand Est, France · Europe
About Sedan
Sedan works well as a base: 5 minutes from Bazeilles, 14km from Château de Bouillon.
Sedan is in Grand Est, France, with about 21,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Bazeilles, about 4 km away.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Sedan?
Within an hour or so of Sedan: Château de Bouillon (14 km), Tombeau du Géant (14 km), Castle of Bouillon (14 km), Belvédère de la Longue Roche (26 km).
Are there any good drives near Sedan?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Voie Sacrée and Baraque de Fraiture.
Where is Sedan?
Sedan is in Grand Est, France, about 4 km from Bazeilles.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 20,620
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Region
- Grand Est
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
- Coordinates
- 49.7019, 4.9403
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Carrying a warning triangle and hi-vis vest in your vehicle is mandatory. Motorway emergency phones connect to official breakdown services only.
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Worth the detour from Sedan
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
scenic viewpoint
Tombeau du Géant
A famous Semois viewpoint where the river loops around a tree-covered ridge resembling a giant's tomb near Botassart.
14 km · about 25 min drive
castle
Castle of Bouillon
Medieval fortress on a rock spur in a Semois river loop in the Ardennes, associated with Godfrey of Bouillon.
14 km · about 25 min drive
photogenic
Belvédère de la Longue Roche
Quartzite ledge 140 m above Monthermé with the classic head-on view of the Meuse doubling back in a full horseshoe meander: the signature photograph of the French Ardennes, a short walk from roadside parking.
26 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Orval Abbey
Romantic medieval abbey ruins beside a working Trappist monastery in the Gaume forest, source of the cult Orval beer; visit the ruins and museum, then drink the beer at the Ange Gardien inn opposite the gate.
30 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Redu
Ardennes hamlet reborn in 1984 as Europe's second 'book town', its barns and cottages housing a dozen second-hand bookshops, binderies and galleries, with the Euro Space Center just across the motorway.
37 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Rocroi
Perfect star-shaped bastioned town in the French Ardennes, laid out in 1555 and remodelled by Vauban, its five-pointed geometry of ramparts and radial streets still fully intact.
39 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Torgny
Belgium's southernmost village, a huddle of golden-stone, Roman-tiled houses on a vine-planted south-facing slope in Gaume: a microclimate so mild locals call it the 'Belgian Provence'.
44 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Sedan
- Right hereTombeau du GéantA famous Semois viewpoint where the river loops around a tree-covered ridge resembling a giant's tomb near Botassart.
- 62 kmChimay Street CircuitA Belgian village street circuit running since 1926, still used for historic car and motorcycle racing on closed public roads. Between meetings you can drive the whole flat-out 4km lap through farmland and the town outskirts.
- 79 kmVoie SacréeThe 'Sacred Way' from Bar-le-Duc to Verdun, the lifeline road that supplied the 1916 battle with a truck every 14 seconds. Milestones topped with poilu helmets line the route through Souilly.
Driving in France
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.85/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€10.00/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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