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New! Procession Tournai cruise
Would you like to experience something really special? Take a look at the trip Special. This week-long cruise also starts and ends in Oudenaarde. Very unusually, we will stay a whole day in Tournai! So you can immerse yourself in the historic, religious atmosphere of La Grande procession.
Around 1089, the people of Tournai suffered a massive epidemic poisoning by ergot. A procession from the cathedral put an end to this. Acknowledging this divine favour, Bishop Radbod decided to repeat the procession every year. And this tradition is still kept alive after 9 centuries! So discover and enjoy this colourful, historical procession that passes through the streets of Tournai on the 2nd Sunday of September. Very special to experience…
Tournai, with its 100 towers and 1000 bells, medieval Kortrijk and Oudenaarde, with the historical wall carpets, give this tour the necessary cultural touch. A beautifil bike ride along the canal at Blaton will surprise you with a visit at the castle of Beloeil, with its French gardens. The green region Hainaut will provide you with breathtaking landscapes. Do you like to pair biking with barging?The whole area is well signposted.
Around 1089, the people of Tournai suffered a massive epidemic poisoning by ergot. A procession from the cathedral put an end to this. Acknowledging this divine favour, Bishop Radbod decided to repeat the procession every year. And this tradition is still kept alive after 9 centuries! So discover and enjoy this colourful, historical procession that passes through the streets of Tournai on the 2nd Sunday of September. Very special to experience…
Tournai, with its 100 towers and 1000 bells, medieval Kortrijk and Oudenaarde, with the historical wall carpets, give this tour the necessary cultural touch. A beautifil bike ride along the canal at Blaton will surprise you with a visit at the castle of Beloeil, with its French gardens. The green region Hainaut will provide you with breathtaking landscapes. Do you like to pair biking with barging?The whole area is well signposted.
• Fr: Oudenaarde welcome ca 19.00, beautiful mediaeval city, known for wall carpets
• Sa: Tournai Belgians most ancient city
• Su: Tournai historical and religious procession commemorating the epidemic in 1089.
• Mo: Blaton look at the locks stairway and/or bike ride to the castle of Beloeil
• Tu: Bossuit admire the artistic museum church. Beautiful region for a walk or bike ride
• We: Zwevegem a transfo of 1911 and 3 windmills or visit of the cultural city Kortrijk
• Th: Oudenaarde cultural city and visit also archaeological Ename with 11th century church
• Fr: Oudenaarde goodbye ca 10.00
• Sa: Tournai Belgians most ancient city
• Su: Tournai historical and religious procession commemorating the epidemic in 1089.
• Mo: Blaton look at the locks stairway and/or bike ride to the castle of Beloeil
• Tu: Bossuit admire the artistic museum church. Beautiful region for a walk or bike ride
• We: Zwevegem a transfo of 1911 and 3 windmills or visit of the cultural city Kortrijk
• Th: Oudenaarde cultural city and visit also archaeological Ename with 11th century church
• Fr: Oudenaarde goodbye ca 10.00
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For more information around our stops, feel free to try one of the following external links:
- Ename archaeological site and museum
- Oudenaarde, our starting harbour has a history of almost 1000 years
- tourism Wallonia (information can be found about most places where this trip takes you)
- Castle of Beloeil
- the city of Tournai
- Tournai’s Great Procession
- the city of Kortrijk