Walcourt is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Yves-Gomezée, 34km from Citadelle de Dinant.
Walcourt is in Wallonia, Belgium, with about 18,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Yves-Gomezée, about 4 km away.
Walcourt (French pronunciation: [walkuʁ] ; Walloon: Walcoû) is a municipality and city of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.
On 1 January 2006, the municipality had 17,516 inhabitants. The total area is 123.18 km2, giving a population density of 142 inhabitants per km2.
The municipality consists ofRead more the following districts: Berzée, Castillon, Chastrès, Clermont, Fontenelle, Fraire, Gourdinne, Laneffe, Pry, Rognée, Somzée, Tarcienne, Thy-le-Château, Vogenée, Walcourt, Yves-Gomezée.
Within an hour or so of Walcourt: Chimay Street Circuit (24 km), Canal du Centre Hydraulic Boat Lifts (33 km), Citadelle de Dinant (34 km), Strépy-Thieu Boat Lift (34 km).
Are there any good drives near Walcourt?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Baraque de Fraiture and Voie Sacrée.
Where is Walcourt?
Walcourt is in Wallonia, Belgium, about 4 km from Yves-Gomezée.
Road trip
Drive to Walcourt
Add it as a stop and the planner works out the driving, the nights and what's worth seeing on the way.
A 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.
24 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Canal du Centre Hydraulic Boat Lifts
Four UNESCO-listed 19th-century hydraulic boat lifts near La Louvière, still standing on the old Canal du Centre.
33 km · about 40 min drive
castle
Citadelle de Dinant
A cliff-top fortress towering over the Meuse and a riverfront of pastel houses below the bulbous onion-domed church.
34 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Strépy-Thieu Boat Lift
A colossal 73 m boat elevator on the Canal du Centre, among the tallest in the world, hoisting entire barges in a concrete cathedral visible for miles across Hainaut.
34 km · about 40 min drive
castle
Citadel of Dinant
Clifftop fortress above the Meuse at Dinant, reached by 408 steps or a cable car, overlooking the river road.
34 km · about 40 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.
37 km · about 45 min drive
castle
Citadelle de Namur
One of Europe's mightiest hilltop fortresses guards the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse rivers in Wallonia's capital.
38 km · about 45 min drive
ancient ruins
Villers Abbey
The vast romantic ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, roofless Gothic arches lost in woodland near Brussels.
38 km · about 45 min drive
Driving roads near Walcourt
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
24 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.
65 kmTombeau du GéantA famous Semois viewpoint where the river loops around a tree-covered ridge resembling a giant's tomb near Botassart.