Hikes
Every walk that goes through Spa
Loop Easy SPA 01 – Berkeley 9,3 km · 3 h · +369 m Berkeley, an English gentleman, spent more than twenty years in Spa in the 18th century and was a great patron of the town. His walk runs beneath century-old oaks, elms and beeches Loop Moderate SPA 02 – Grande Duchesse 6,1 km · 2 h · +246 m From Sol Cress you head straight into the woods north of Spa along the Reickem path, passing the Parcours Vita fitness trail. The village of Marteau offers fine views, then you cli Loop Moderate SPA 03 – Princesse Clémentine 9,5 km · 3 h · +245 m One of Spa's finest woodland walks, through the beech forest of Staneux. The Princesse Clémentine path, named after Leopold II's daughter, follows the Chawion brook; oaks painted i Loop Moderate SPA 04 – Promenade du Golf 9,2 km · 2 h 45 · +222 m A loop around Spa's golf course, a green haven in the Longue Heid woods on the eastern side of the Staneux forest. Each stretch follows one of Spa's historic promenades: the chemin Loop Moderate SPA 05 – Promenade J. Houyon 8,5 km · 2 h 30 · +227 m Jacques Houyon, a great connoisseur of Spa and a Resistance fighter in the Second World War, ran the Tourist Office for many years. The walk first crosses the Parc de Sept Heures a Loop Moderate SPA 06 – Promenade Meyerbeer 6,7 km · 2 h · +216 m The composer Giacomo Meyerbeer often stayed in Spa, where he found the inspiration for « Robert le Diable »; he was often seen out walking on a donkey. The path follows the stream, Loop Moderate SPA 07 – Promenade des Artistes 7,6 km · 2 h 15 · +183 m In the footsteps of the spa town's famous visitors, this walk follows the enchanting Picherotte brook, dotted with wooden footbridges. The setting inspired many local painters, who Loop Moderate SPA 08 – Promenade d'Orléans 9,4 km · 2 h 45 · +226 m In the footsteps of a duchess: in 1787 the Duchess of Orléans came to Spa to take the waters and regained her health at the Sauvenière spring; her children raised a small monument Loop Moderate SPA 09 – Le Chincul 7,1 km · 2 h 15 · +191 m A walk through authentic, typically Spa countryside: from the Pouhon Pierre-le-Grand and the Parc de Sept Heures you reach the Annette et Lubin hill and the Grunne 'mushroom' shelt Loop Moderate SPA 10 – La Géronstère 5 km · 1 h 30 · +127 m A loop around one of Spa's best-known springs, 400 m up: the Géronstère, an iron-rich, naturally sparkling pouhon fed by the Fagne de Malchamps. Its strong taste earned it the nick Loop Easy SPA 11 – Petite Boucle de Malchamps 5,1 km · 1 h 30 · +123 m A short loop to discover the Domaine de Bérinzenne and the Fagne de Malchamps, moorland stretching as far as the eye can see, sometimes shrouded in mist, sometimes bathed in light. Loop Moderate SPA 12 – Les Eaux de Spa 9,5 km · 2 h 45 · +227 m Starting from Bérinzenne, the panoramic tower gives an exceptional view over the Fagne de Malchamps. A little further on stands the Royal Air Force memorial. After a stretch on boa Loop Moderate SPA 13 – Le Thermalisme de Spa 12,4 km · 3 h 45 · +262 m Leaving Bérinzenne along the long Tir firebreak, you come across several springs: the Reine spring, then Sauvenière and Groesbeek. The route skirts the Château Neubois at the edge Moderate SPA 14 – Promenade Royale 9,5 km · 2 h 45 · +78 m A one-way route descending from the Domaine de Bérinzenne (take the chance to visit the Forest Museum) to the centre of Spa, through the lovely woods and the village of Nivezé, pas Loop Easy SPA 15 – Les Caillebotis de Malchamps 4,1 km · 1 h 15 · +48 m The ideal family walk on the heights above Spa: paths and boardwalks (wooden walkways that protect the peat bog) venture into the Fagne de Malchamps, a state nature reserve since 2 Loop Easy SPA 16 – L'Eau sous toutes ses facettes 3,8 km · 1 h 15 · +90 m An easy walk through superb woodland scenery that shows how rich Spa's springs are. The route des Fontaines leads to the Géronstère spring, a lovely spot for a break, before return Loop Moderate SPA 17 – La Fagne de Malchamps par la Vecquée 9,1 km · 2 h 45 · +103 m An exceptional site from the very first steps: you cross the Fagne de Malchamps on paths, boardwalks and through woodland, with water everywhere along the way. The Vecquée, an old Loop Easy SPA 18 – Promenade Sol Cress 3,4 km · 1 h · +35 m A pleasant short, almost flat walk in the woods north of Spa, ideal for families. Manageable with a pushchair, though a few stretches are trickier. Start: Sol Cress, Spaloumont 5. Moderate Liaison Spa – Stoumont 2,7 km · 45 min · +60 m A link route leaving the Domaine de Bérinzenne for the Stoumont network, through beautiful scenery and past the remains of the Via Mansuerisca, an ancient road that became a fronti Loop Easy Parcours NaturAccessible 1,9 km · 30 min · +31 m A trail of almost 2 km run by the Parc naturel des Sources, with a viewpoint indicator and learning stations adapted for deaf, hard-of-hearing, visually impaired and intellectually Loop Easy Parcours santé 2,8 km · 45 min · +61 m A fitness trail of about 2.8 km through the forest, with some fifteen exercise stations: parallel and hanging bars, jumps, sit-ups, press-ups, squats… Walk it, run it or do it Nord Loop Difficult La Reid 29 – D'une vallée à l'autre 14,4 km · 4 h 15 · +360 m La Reid's « panorama circuit », by the local Syndicat d'Initiative, passing through Marteau and the Eau Rouge valley in Spa. Wide views all the way, between meadows, hedges and woo Loop Easy Tiège – Golf – Ligné – Troisfontaines 9,2 km · 2 h 45 · +137 m The route of wells, fountains and troughs from Tiège (Jalhay): the Arbespine cross and well, the restored great fountain, the Ru des Ponts well, then along Spa golf course and thro Difficult Chemin des Sources 1 – Spa › Francorchamps 21,5 km · 7 h · +920 m First stage of the Chemin des Sources, a 160 km long-distance trail in 9 stages around Spa. After a view over the town and Lake Warfaaz, it links the Tonnelet, Barisart, Sauvenière Difficult Chemin des Sources 9 – La Reid › Spa 15,8 km · 5 h · +633 m Last stage of the Chemin des Sources. From Vert Buisson, wide views then a long descent to the Eau Rouge brook and the Haldeboeuf waterfall; beyond the hamlet of Winamplanche, a co Loop Difficult Extratrail Spa – 10 km 11,4 km · 3 h 45 · +470 m The shortest of the three Extratrail trail-running routes from Spa, waymarked in blue: technical forest paths around the town. Up-to-date tracks and diversions on extratrail.com (c Loop Difficult Extratrail Spa – 20 km 21,5 km · 7 h · +916 m The 20 km Extratrail trail-running route from Spa, waymarked in red, for trained runners: forests and sustained climbs and descents on the hills around the town. Up-to-date tracks Loop Difficult Extratrail Spa – 30 km 32 km · 10 h 15 · +1420 m The longest Extratrail route from Spa, waymarked in black: some thirty kilometres of demanding trail through forests and moorland. Up-to-date tracks on extratrail.com. Start: Touri Easy RAVeL ligne 44A – Spa › Stavelot 22,8 km · 6 h 45 · +460 m A tarmac greenway on the former 44A railway line, reserved for walkers, cyclists, riders and people with reduced mobility. It climbs gently from Spa to Sart-Station and Hockai, dro Loop Easy La Ligne bleue 3 km · 45 min · +30 m A walk through the heart of the spa town, guided by blue paving stones: the Pouhon Pierre-le-Grand, the Pouhon Prince de Condé, the Town Hall, the Thermes, the Parc de Sept Heures, Easy La promenade des points de vue 2,6 km · 45 min · +130 m From the « Montagnes Russes » to the mushroom shelter in the Parc de Sept Heures, a short walk past the viewpoints on Spa's northern heights (suggested by Spa Réalités). Trees some Moderate Femmes & Patrimoine – Des villas à Spa 9,8 km · 3 h · +200 m Around 1900 Spa had more than 300 named villas, often bearing a woman's name. This route visits some twenty of them, from Villa Marguerite to Villa Marie-Henriette, along the avenu Loop Moderate Des escaliers et des villas – A 1,9 km · 30 min · +29 m A slightly sporty route, up and down several flights of steps, past luxurious late-19th-century villas (Hermosa, Orizaba, Villa de la Chapelle), the Leloup chapel and the Place du Loop Moderate Des escaliers et des villas – B 2,7 km · 45 min · +51 m Route B climbs the steps past villas (Le Freuheux, the « White House », Les Ormes) then dives into Vieux-Spa, the old working-class quarter behind the spa town's success: the ice h Loop Easy Explore ma ville 4,5 km · 1 h 15 · +80 m Spa told by its people: some twenty landmark sites (pouhons, Town Hall, Casino, Thermes, villas, Parc de Sept Heures, station, wash houses, Waux-Hall…) presented by local associati Loop Easy Rallye patrimoine pour les enfants 2,6 km · 45 min · +50 m A self-guided rally by Spa Patrimoine for children and their parents: learn to read façades by answering questions on the buildings of the southern quarter and the centre (monument Easy Parcours Art nouveau 3,4 km · 1 h · +50 m Sgraffito, mosaics, stained glass, wrought iron, bow windows and plant-like curves: some fifteen Art Nouveau façades, or façades with Art Nouveau touches, on rue du Marché, avenue Loop Easy Balmoral, quartier de villas 3,3 km · 1 h · +65 m In the early 20th century the « Spa-Extension » estate laid out large wooded plots at Balmoral, on the town's north-eastern ridge. Some twenty fine villas by renowned architects an
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