STAVELOT - présentation - version anglaise
STAVELOT - passion City in all seasons
- Situation

- A little history

- Stavelot in photographs

la fontaine de la rue Haute à Stavelot

Situation ::

Stavelot, town of Province of Liege, in Belgium, is located in the valley of Amblève, to 5 km of the National Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps, 25 km of Verviers and 55 km of Liege. (Motorway E42 Verviers-Trier, exit 11)

The commune of Stavelot counts more than 6000 inhabitants divided into villages dispersed on a territory of 8.380 hectares very wooded.

Stavelot is located at an altitude from 260 to 580 meters..

Prépare your route to go to STAVELOT

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and consult the weather in Spa (10 km of Stavelot)

 

La tour de l'ancienne abbaye de Stavelot

A little history :

In preserved nature, Stavelot, small city with prestigious past offers its discrete charm to you.

It is one of oldest town of Belgium. The foundation of Stavelot : in 648 when Saint-Remacle, "Limousin monk", was charged by Sigebert, King of the "Francs", the evangelization of Ardenne.

In 1944, Stavelot had to suffer terribly from the Offensive of the Ardennes. Today, with the villages of Coo (cascade) and Francorchamps (national circuit), Stavelot is a major site of tourism in Ardenne.

The town of Stavelot  keeps moving vestiges : an Old Abbey and its archeological site, rich museums, old houses, small streets, fountains, churches

Thus, you will be able to discover the attractions of Stavelot or to enjoy its great demonstrations of musics, théatre or folklore.

CONTACTS : Tourist information of Stavelot - B-4970 STAVELOT +32 / 80 / 86.27.06

Entrée de la cour de l'Hôtel de Ville de Stavelot

 

Stavelot in photographs

La chapelle Ste Lucie de Parfondruy-Stavelot

The Chapel of "Sainte-Lucie" - Village of Parfondruy

La cascade de Coo-Stavelot

The cascade of Coo - Stavelot

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