Car park on Rue Nicolas Roeltgen between the very modern church (don’t look for a spire) in Nothomb and the school.
No signposting
(S/E) With your back to the church, walk up the street to the junction. Look out for the path with a red gate in front of the pedestrian crossing, to the right of the house opposite you. Cross at the pedestrian crossing and take the path. At the end of the path, turn left. Walk uphill to the Fork in the road, then take the road on the right, which quickly becomes a dirt track. Follow the Lamicht stream.
(1) At the fork in the road, turn right and continue until you reach the road. Cross carefully and carry on straight ahead. Ignore the path on the left before the bend and the next one too. Continue until you reach a fork in the road and turn right.
(2) Then take the path on the right, fords the stream (dry at the end of July 2018) and head uphill.
(3) At the next junction, head diagonally to the right. 800 metres further on, the path emerges from the woods, passes a house and joins the road. Turn left and walk a few dozen metres to see the Raveau Chapel. Retrace your steps and continue straight ahead. On your right, just before the junction with another road, look out for the Wilverts Chapel between two houses.
(4) At the junction with the other road, take a short detour to the right to see Thommes Chapel. Return the way you came and carry on straight ahead.
Blue Rectangle Signposting
(5) At the hiking sign just past No. 104, turn right. Walk along the meadows; the path curves sharply and enters the forest. Head downhill; at the crossroads, go straight on. At the next junction, continue straight on again. After just under 1 km, the path curves sharply to the right.
(6) Now is the time to pay attention: look out for the tree with the marker, stop and look down into the ravine – border marker 151 is there. It is over 1 metre high and bears the coats of arms of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. At the moment, it isn’t really highlighted. ‘(A major update of points of interest is currently being carried out by the Val d’Attert Tourist Office).’
Continue down the slope and ignore the two paths branching off to your right, one after the other. Keep going along the main path.
(7) At the junction with information boards for the state nature reserve, carry on to your left. Walk downhill alongside the River Nothomb. 300 metres further down, cross the footbridge on your right if the ford is too deep. A hairpin bend in the path brings you back to your left. Walk to the clearing on your right.
(8) Turn right and take the brand-new wooden walkway crossing the River Nothomb and the State Nature Reserve. Climb the steps and turn left. Follow the forest path back up to the road.
(9) Cross the road carefully and take the path behind the bench. Follow the small Stations of the Cross path up to the Grande Croix de Mission, dating from 1949. Retrace your steps and take the road towards Nothomb.
Unmarked
At the fork in the road, keep to the left. Walk past the Zhalen Chapel, which is built into the wall of the old mill. Continue through the village; at the next junction, turn right.
(10) At the end of the street, next to the last house on your right, note the Bettendorf Chapel. Then carry on straight ahead and, at the Fork in the road, take the road on the left. Head up towards the church, turn right at the junction and head for the car park (S/E).
