Tourist attractions Monschau

The dam was originally built on this tributary of the Vesdre between 1869 and 1876, and reconditioned between 1967 and 1971. 67m high, 320m long, on a 235m-rock foundation, its capacity has doubled to 26 million m3. It supplies the region with water ..

Built for a wealthy draper and merchant, the house has preserved its 18C interior decor , hand-painted wall hangings, and 6 000 textile designs from Monschau's cloth manufactories. Be sure to see the magnificent carved oak staircase in the Rococo st..

This pleasant walk follows boarding over the peat bogs and enables to appreciate the vastness of the landscape. Hikers can also see local birds and plants (rowans, bilberry bushes, heather, birches, conifers) close up.

This gravity dam (1950) lies of the confluence of the Vesdre and Getzbach rivers. It is one of the largest projects of this type in Belgium, with the Giuleppe Dam and Eau d'Heure complex. It was designed to supply water to the Eupen and Liège areas a..

This keep standing on a rocky spur in the middle of a coniferous forest gives the impression of being untouched by time. However, it was rebuilt from ruins, according to 17C engravings, by Professor Overloop in the 1960s. Its rooms with stone walls a..

This magnificent house was built by a cloth manufacturer in 1783. Its heraldic gables and balconies supported by Atlantes give it the appearance of a noble town house.

The 4 200-ha Réserve Naturelle Domaniale des Hautes Fagnes was created in 1957 to protect local fauna, flora, soil and landscape. Most peat bogs lie within its boundaries. Though the plateau is not very high, its harsh climate enables the spread or b..

A vast, well-lit, warm building in pale wood greets visitors to the Hautes Fagnes. It offers tourist information, exhibitions, audio-visual presentations and a bookshop all devoted to Belgium's highest region.

This is Belgium's highest peak (694m). Together with the Baraque-Michel station, it lies in the middle of this convex plateau of wild, marshy land, dotted with shaggy tufts of cotton grass. The top of the tower offers a fine panorama. On a clear da..

This is a land-surveying station (1886-1888), at an altitude of 675 m, near the Signal de Botrange. Liège University has set up a scientific station on the nearby Mont Rigi.

Since 1971 the Hautes Fagnes Nature Reserve has been part of this park, which also includes the Robertville, Bügenbach, Gileppe and Eupen lakes, and the Our and Eifel valleys. It ajoins the German Nordeifel Nature Park. Together they form the Deut..

This dam on the River Warche (1928-1932) has a vast 120-ha reservoir and is a popular tourist attraction (swimming, sailing, boating, pedal boats, fishing, tennis, windsurfing).

The arch gravity dam (1928) overlooks the Warche from a 55-m height. Its reservoir forms a 62-ha lake which supplies Malmédy with drinking water and runs an electric power station at Bévercé. It is surrounded by forest and offers numerous sports ..

This museum in a picturesque 17C house is devoted to watch and clockmaking, local history, the development fashion and contains a silver and goldsmith's workshop and a Raeren pottery collection.