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A room in the Bouillon ducal museumSzilas · CC BY 4.0

What to do · Bouillon

Scriptura Museum, La Collection and Bouillon Medieval Experience

Museums · 1–2 h · included in the City Pass · in the town, at the foot of the castle

InformationIncluded in the City Pass
Price
Included in the City Pass
Duration
1 h 30
Season
All year

Besides the castle, the City Pass includes the Scriptura museum, devoted to writing; La Collection, the former ducal museum, in a house in the old town, and the new Bouillon Medieval Experience. You can visit them another day with the same pass, which does not expire, or hand the coupons you do not use to someone else. They are the plan if it rains.

As a family

Opening hours and prices can change: check them before you go.

Round off the plan

Where to eat, where to stay and what else to do

To eat nearby

The dining room of La Diligence with chandeliers© Hôtel de la PosteFranco-Belgian cooking opposite the castle

La Diligence, at the Hôtel de la Poste

Restaurant · Bouillon · Place Saint-Arnould · €€€€

What to order: the three-course seasonal bistro menu; for something light, the Napoleon bar

The dining room of La Petite Etable, with wooden beams© La Petite EtableLimousin beef from the farm opposite, with a view of the Semois

La Petite Etable

Restaurant · Rochehaut · above the Semois · €€€€

What to order: the Limousin beef stew with Orval beer or the farm's matured pork chop

Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 11:00–15:00 and 18:00–21:00 · Sunday without a break · closed Tuesday and Wednesday

To stay nearby

The Hôtel de la Poste lit up at dusk beside the Semois© Hôtel de la PosteHotel

Hôtel de la Poste, Relais de Napoléon III

Building from 1730 · Views of the castle and the Semois · Three restaurants

Why we like it: Historic hotel from 1730 in the centre of Bouillon, on the banks of the Semois, with more than 60 rooms, many with a view of the castle.

A lounge with a lit fireplace at the Auberge de Rochehaut© Auberge de RochehautHotel

Auberge de Rochehaut

Above the Semois valley · Half board with dinner at L'Epi d'Or · Boreux family

Why we like it: The Boreux family's hotel restaurant at Rochehaut, above the Semois, with gourmet stays, a tavern, gîtes and an animal park.

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