City route in Belgium

  • Belgium
  • Flanders
  • Tongeren
  • 54.21 km (Approximately 03:11 u)
  • Cycling route 188248
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City route in Belgium

  • Belgium
  • Flanders
  • Tongeren
  • 54.21 km (Approximately 03:11 u)
  • Cycling route 188248

In Belgian Limburg you can enjoy all the beauty that the area has to offer: natural beauty, delicious regional products and monumental buildings. You drive through a rolling landscape in which open fields, wooded banks, forests, orchards and stream valleys alternate. It is almost unbelievable how incredibly quiet it is in this beautiful area.


Wijnkasteel Genoels-Elderen is the first point of interest on your route. The castle was first mentioned in 1265. The core of the current building dates from the early eighteenth century. This wine castle, the only one in Belgium, is located on the old road that connected Tongeren with Cologne. With 22 hectares of vineyards, this is the largest wine estate in the country. Guided tours, including the thirteenth-century wine cellars, can be booked by appointment.


Grand Commandery Alden Biesen is also worth a visit. This complex was built from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century by the German order of knights. Now the impressive castle complex has been beautifully restored and transformed into a cultural center of the Flemish Government. A visit to the castle takes you far back in time. Almost the entire domain, including the English park, is free to visit.


Just like in Dutch Limburg, you can also experience the Burgundian way of life in Belgian Limburg. In Bilzen, for example, you can enjoy a beer from the local craft brewery Den Toetëlèr. Or you can try a regional dish, such as rabbit or farm chicken in Bilzer's style. You leave Bilzen via the natural Demer valley in a southerly direction and drive through picturesque villages such as Werm and Riksingen. In the distance you can see Tongeren appearing on the horizon.


Tongeren once started as a Gallo-Roman civilian settlement in the year 15 BC. In the following centuries, Tongeren played an increasingly important role in the history of the Low Countries. The town obtained market rights in the second century and a seat of the first diocese in the third century. Nowadays Tongeren is a tourist attraction where beautiful churches, a beguinage and Roman remains can be admired. There are plenty of nice restaurants to satisfy your hunger.

Directions

# Description Distance
Romana (Romana, 3700, Tongeren, Flanders, Belgium) 0.00 km
111
111 (3700, Tongeren, Flanders, Belgium) 1.01 km
112
112 (Oude Blaarstraat, 3700, Tongeren, Flanders, Belgium) 1.87 km
113
113 (3770, Riemst, Flanders, Belgium) 8.51 km
Wijnkasteel Genoelselderen (Wijnkasteel Genoels-Elderen, 3770, Riemst, Flanders, Belgium) 9.06 km
86
86 (3770, Riemst, Flanders, Belgium) 9.18 km

Sights

Wijnkasteel Genoelselderen

Wijnkasteel Genoels-Elderen
3770 Riemst

Independently fortified building from the Middle Ages that was easily defended at that time and was mostly inhabited by the noble families of Belgium

De Landcommanderij Alden Biesen

Landscommanderij Alden Biesen 6
3740 Bilzen

Alden Biesen is one of the largest castle domains in the Euregion. The history of the commandery dates back to 1220. A commandery is an estate that is controlled by a commander of a knighthood.

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