Echappée Grand Andenne

This great tour takes you to the discovery of the Grand Andenne. 

You start your tour in Seilles where you will discover the Joseph Wauters Square, then the small Jean Tousseul Square where you will see the bust of the famous author. 

You then pass by the beautiful Romanesque church of Saint-Etienne before reaching the Sclaigneaux Nature Reserve. 

At the end of the wood, you will see the Chant d'Oiseaux educational farm. 

You then go down into the Loysse valley to join the Meuse river which you follow until you reach the Sclaigneaux bridge where you cross to go to Sclayn. 

You then pass in front of the majestic Saint-Maurice Church, the second Romanesque church of your route. 

You go along the Fond des Vaux before reaching the Marchempré quarry. The site is closed and secured but it offers nevertheless very beautiful points of view on the rocks and the basin. 

You will then discover Thon-Samson, classified among the Most Beautiful Villages of Wallonia. 

Then you go down in the Samson Valley before going up to the village of Maizeret. 

A very beautiful section of the GR575 takes you to the Bois d'Herpet before going down in the valley and going up by the Try de Goyet to Bonneville. 

In the middle of the fields, you will come across the pretty little chapel Notre-Dame du Bon Secours. Do not hesitate to stop there to admire the view on the countryside ! 

You go around Bonneville by the small roads to come back to the Bois de Stud, next to Andenne. 

After the golf course, you go down the small paths to reach the lock of Andenne-Seilles which will allow you to cross the Meuse and to return to Seilles. 

After a passage along the Castle of Seilles, transformed into apartments, you join the Sports Complex of Seilles, your starting point.