Dinant
Capital of the Walloon gastronomy

In the middle of the valley of the Meuse, valley of the fortresses and castles, is Dining, small city where the houses with slate roofs are aligned; fatherland of Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone.
Charming small town of the High Meuse, Dining will make you discover the many pleasures of mouth and throat of which it conceals: fish, cheeses, cakes, syrups of the soil…
In an area mysterious and full of legends, leave to discover the castles, abbeys, citadels and churches, witnesses a length and tumultuous last.

To see : The abbey Notre-Dame of Leffe, The descent of the Lesse River in canoe, the cave «the marvellous» of Dinant.

To taste : the couque of Dinant (cake to honey and whole wheat flour), the molignard (cheese with hard paste half and craw milk), the crochon (little bread lined with cheese of the soil, ham and cream), the mineral water of the sources Spontin, the “cassia”, the “dinantais” and other fruit cocktails.

To know : Dinant is the only town to have give its name to an craftsmen: the Dinanderie, work of coppe.

Very favourite : the citadel of Dinant (point of view on the Meuse, history European and Belgian with mannequins life size, visit of the dungeons, kitchens, fit with body animated, museum of the weapons, the ploughed up shelter…).

Navigation on the Meuse :

You will sail in a natural environment very diversified among immense cliffs and great wooded extents. You will meet castles and manors, and will undoubtedly cross some roe-deers and wild boars. A cruise full of surprises !

From Dinant :

One week one way cruise
Dinant - Pont-à-Bar : 112 km - 23 locks - 25 hours