No shops, benches or picnic tables along the route.
Note for those with asphalt allergies: approximately 5.5 km of tarmac path/road in total:
- 1.5 km in Presseux and on the RAVeL,
- 0.5 km in Renaumont and
- 3.5 km from the entrance to Séviscourt.
Circular Ardennes route in Séviscourt
The Ardennes is, of course, all about the forest. But it’s also about the countryside!
The traditional image needs to be slightly nuanced, and the circular route presented here is a fine example: half countryside, half forest, the route offers a wonderful variety of landscapes and passes through forests of various species, alternating between deciduous and coniferous trees.
The Belgian icing on the cake: a few signs placed on either side of the starting point remind us that Belgium is the birthplace of the comic strip.
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 19.40 km -
Average duration: 6h 20 -
Difficulty: Difficult -
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Back to start: Yes -
Ascent: + 268 m -
Descent: - 261 m -
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Highest point: 572 m -
Lowest point: 472 m
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Country:
Belgium
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Area: Massif des Ardennes -
District:
Libramont-Chevigny -
Start/End: N 49.936783° / E 5.396676° -
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Waypoints
- S/E : km 0 - alt. 528 m - “RAVeL” car park north-east of Libramont
- 1 : km 2.63 - alt. 495 m - The hamlet of Presseux
- 2 : km 2.78 - alt. 493 m - Former railway line 163
- 3 : km 4 - alt. 504 m - The hamlet of Petit Saidon
- 4 : km 4.79 - alt. 501 m - Voie Saint-Antoine
- 5 : km 7.71 - alt. 503 m - Sainte-Marie-Chevigny
- 6 : km 8.44 - alt. 480 m - Old mill on the western Ourthe
- 7 : km 8.8 - alt. 494 m - Renaumont
- 8 : km 11.49 - alt. 538 m - Crossroads
- 9 : km 12.02 - alt. 525 m - Path along a pasture
- 10 : km 12.09 - alt. 515 m - Crossing the pasture
- 11 : km 13.61 - alt. 477 m - Séviscourt
- 12 : km 14.49 - alt. 488 m - Chapelle du Bois de la Dame
- 13 : km 15.46 - alt. 543 m - Séviscourt Wood
- 14 : km 16.54 - alt. 549 m - Bois Voltaire
- S/E : km 19.4 - alt. 528 m - “RAVeL” car park north-east of Libramont
Notes
Other walks in the area
Circular towards the Freux ponds
Visorando member 
20.06 km
+248 m
-249 m
6h 25
Difficult
Departure from Libramont-Chevigny (Province de Luxembourg)
Several series of ponds strung together like a string of pearls stretch between Freux, Bougnimont and Séviscourt. The hike takes you to those near the magnificent Freux-Suzerain castle. The others are even more hidden away at the bottom of vast private estates. For the rest, this hike is rather rural on the north side and very wooded on the south side. The end of the wooded section crosses the pretty marshy area of Golo.
Freux walk
Visorando member 9.85 km
+68 m
-75 m
3h 00
Moderate
Departure from Libramont-Chevigny (Province de Luxembourg)
This unpretentious walk allows you to wander around the villages of Freux and Bras, through pastures and along country roads. The walk starts in front of Freux church, where there is a large car park.
A large circular loop at Freux
Visorando member 
19.10 km
+257 m
-264 m
6h 10
Difficult
Departure from Libramont-Chevigny (Province de Luxembourg)
Is the walk awful? Not at all! The route winds through the countryside and forests of north-eastern Libramont. And when the magic of winter appears, it can take many forms! Even when there is no snow! Frosty fog can adorn the vegetation with a magnificent display. Another completely different natural phenomenon is the formation of white filamentous ice on dead branches caused by a fungus that releases water which freezes in the form of silky filaments. In summer, the atmosphere is inevitably different... and so are the landscapes! You are unlikely to have the chance to observe a stray deer in the middle of the meadows near the ponds of Château de Freux for long.
Le Banibois from Tronquoy
Visorando member 
7.34 km
+52 m
-63 m
2h 15
Easy
Departure from Neufchâteau (Belgique) (Province de Luxembourg)
Set off to explore Banibois, in the heart of the woods crossed by the stream of the same name. This walk will take you through hundred-year-old oak trees, majestic beech trees and spruce plantations. You will also enjoy vast meadows on the edge of the woods.
The Libin Truffle Fields
Visorando member 
5.95 km
+91 m
-91 m
2h 00
Easy
Departure from Libin (Province de Luxembourg)
Troufferies: a Walloon word meaning peat bogs, i.e. a place where peat is extracted. Peat was extracted in Libin from the Middle Ages until the 1930s. Come and stroll through a forest landscape of marshes, peat bogs, mud flats and moors... unusual in this part of the Ardennes.
Starting from Lac de Neufchâteau
Visorando member 
15.32 km
+273 m
-274 m
5h 10
Moderate
Departure from Neufchâteau (Belgique) (Province de Luxembourg)
As you follow this circular route, discover the hidden gems of Neufchâteau and its villages: Keppler Mill, Étang de Bergh, Bois d'Ospau, the German mausoleum, the astronomical observatory, a replica of the Lourdes Grotto, the remains of an old slate quarry and, finally, the lake.
Around the hamlet of Beauplateau
Visorando member 
14.31 km
+242 m
-234 m
4h 45
Moderate
Departure from Sainte-Ode (Province de Luxembourg)
Starting from the hamlet of Beauplateau and the former convent built in 1880, set off to discover the Chapel of Notre-Dame de Lorette via covered and uncovered trails, roads and dirt tracks.
Walk in Val de Poix
Visorando member 
9.30 km
+169 m
-165 m
3h 10
Easy
Departure from Saint-Hubert (Belgique) (Province de Luxembourg)
Circular forest to discover the Chapel of Notre-Dame de Bon Secours, the Rocher Marie Gobaille and ending along the Lomme with its two 19th-century buildings, formerly hydroelectric power stations.
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