The living room seen from the mezzanine: lit open fire, sofa and terracotta tiles by the hearth

For two

A romantic weekend by the fire

Two nights to slow down, just the two of you: the crackle of the open fire, the forest when you wake up and a lovely meal in the valley.

The open fire, for winter evenings

The plan

Friday evening

You park right next to the bungalow and the bags are inside in two minutes. A match, the first flames, and the wood starts to crackle in the living room. A simple dinner from the kitchen, then the evening by the fire: the working week already feels far away.

Saturday

In the morning, walk along the Meuse to Waulsort and cross on the ferry, the little boat linking the two banks. In the afternoon, Freÿr château and its formal French gardens, facing the rocks.

Our tip for the evening: book a table. Restaurant Primitif in Gedinne for a special night, or a simpler place in Onhaye or Dinant. Back at the bungalow, you stir the embers and the evening carries on by the fire.

Sunday

Lie in, then coffee in the sun on the south-facing terrace if the weather allows. Before heading home, one last walk to the Cascatelles or a visit to Saint Peter’s abbey church on the Meuse. You’ll leave with a hint of wood smoke in your jumpers.

Places on this trip

  • Nature & walks · 2.7 km

    Passage d'eau de Waulsort

    Waulsort

    The little ferry across the Meuse at Waulsort, a classic of the valley.

  • Heritage · 4.2 km

    Château de Freÿr

    Hastière

    Renaissance château with formal French gardens on the Meuse, facing the climbing rocks.

  • Nature & walks · 2.5 km

    Les Cascatelles

    Hastière

    Small waterfalls on the Grand Étang stream, on a waymarked loop of about 11.5 km from Hastière.

  • Heritage · 400 m

    Église abbatiale Saint-Pierre d'Hastière

    Hastière

    Romanesque former abbey church on the Meuse, one of the oldest religious buildings in the valley.

  • Restaurants · 27 km

    Restaurant Primitif

    Gedinne

  • Restaurants · 3.3 km

    Le Walhère Roi

    Onhaye

  • Restaurants · 4.6 km

    La Table du Tout Simplement

    Dinant

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