Namur, Belgium Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

NAMUR is a pleasant and appealing town straddling the confluence of the rivers Sambre and Meuse, with the narrow streets of its antique centre dotted with elegant, eighteenth-century mansions, its nightlife lent vigour by the university. Occupying an important strategic location, it has been fought over time and again, the main result being the massive, rambling Citadel , which rolls along the top of the steep bluff overlooking the south bank of the Sambre. Originally constructed in medieval times, the citadel has been remodelled on several occasions and its assorted redoubts, underground passages, … more »