Lille Festival of Flavours

1. Lille Christmas Fair (0.00 km)

   The French are known for their penchant for enjoying fine food and wine for the sake of it, so when an occasion like Christmas comes around a lot of...

2. The Ypres Salient 1914-1918 (27.33 km)

   The last few years has seen a resurgence of interest in the First World War and a massive increase in the number of visitors to the battlefields of...

3. Hof van Cleve, Belgium (43.37 km)

   A 19th century farm building houses this three Michelin-starred establishment, called the area’s “bastion of elegance” (foodeu.com). Run since 1992 by...

4. Brugge (64.96 km)

   'Brugge is an outstanding example of a medieval historic settlement, which has maintained its historic fabric as this has evolved over the centuries,...

5. Dunkirk and the Fall of France (67.54 km)

   Tracing footsteps of the Past : A pilgrimage When war was declared on 1st September 1939 Britain reluctantly sent another Expeditionary Force to...

6. Location of the Battle of Agincourt (68.49 km)

   The story of Agincourt and King Henry’s plans to substantiate his claim on the French throne across a narrow muddy, recently tiled field with an army...

7. Battlefields of Flanders (74.68 km)

   There is no more powerful experience than a visit to the cemetaries of the First World War in Northern France and Flanders - both to remind us of the...

8. Where the Battle of Waterloo was fought (93.24 km)

   The night of the 17th of June 1815 was wet and both Napoleon’s French Grande Army and the Allied Army of British, Dutch, Belgian, Prussian and German...

9. La Grand-Place, Brussels (93.53 km)

   La Grand-Place in Brussels is a remarkably homogeneous body of public and private buildings, dating mainly from the late 17th century. The...

10. Amiens Cathedral (98.49 km)

    'Amiens Cathedral, in the heart of Picardy, is one of the largest 'classic' Gothic churches of the 13th century. It is notable for the coherence of...

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