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What to do · Villers-la-Ville Abbey

L'Ardoise and Radulphe: the abbey as a game

Game · 1 h 30 · tablet €5 · game booklet €2.50 · for children

InformationFrom €2 game
From
€2 game
Duration
1 h 30
Season
All year, during abbey hours

For children there are two games. L'Ardoise is a tablet with ten stations in which you help the soul of Odelin the builder solve the mystery of the abbey, for €5, or €4 from the second tablet per family. With the booklet "Moi, Radulphe", for €2.50, it is the child who guides the adult through the medieval part with the monk Radulphe: 15 stages of observation and deduction, about an hour and a half. There is also a model, touch screens and paths partly suitable for scooters and small bikes.

With young childrenAs 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 bar of the Bistro de l'Abbaye beneath the stone vault© Abbaye de Villers-la-VilleHome cooking and abbey beers in a vaulted cellar

Bistro de l'Abbaye

Restaurant · Villers-la-Ville · inside the abbey · €€€€

What to order: a dish of the day from the board with a V or an IX, the abbey's beers

Every day, 11:00–19:00 from April to October and 11:00–18:00 from November to March

To stay nearby

Country house

Chambres Léonard

Three rooms · Family house with garden · A few steps from the abbey

Why we like it: Family guesthouse a few steps from Villers abbey, with three simple rooms and breakfast on the terrace when the weather is good.

The outdoor pool and the wooden terrace of the B&B© B&B Les Autres SensCountry house

B&B Les Autres Sens

Two rooms · Heated outdoor pool and jacuzzi · Countryside near the abbey

Why we like it: Two-room guesthouse in the countryside near Villers abbey, with a heated outdoor pool, jacuzzi and sauna.