Ypres Town Walls
The town walls and ramparts of Ypres are what is left of the star fort encirclement of the town, designed by Vauban in the 17th… Read More »Ypres Town Walls
Belgium
Dinant Citadel
The citadel at Dinant is the culmination of a thousand years of fortification and dominates the river Meuse in this historic Belgian town. Built by… Read More »Dinant Citadel
Eben Emael Fort
Fort Eben Emael is a testament to both Belgian and engineering and German strategic genius. The capture by glider assault was a world first and… Read More »Eben Emael Fort
Atlantic Wall – Ostend
This visit to the Atlantic Wall fortifications near Ostend was in 2007 and it was great to see such a well preserved site, with guns,… Read More »Atlantic Wall – Ostend
Gravensteen Castle
Any visit to Ghent should include time to walk around Gravensteen Castle, the nineteenth century renovation of the Castle of the Counts. We visited as… Read More »Gravensteen Castle
Reinhardstein Castle
Reinhardstein Castle was the first stop on our Ardennes tour and despite the rain was a fabulous visit. I knew absolutely nothing about the place… Read More »Reinhardstein Castle
La Roche en Ardennes Castle
This castle was chosen purely as it was a convenient stop between other sites on our Battle of the Bulge tour. I am actually really… Read More »La Roche en Ardennes Castle
Bouillon Castle
When I was planning our Battle of the Bulge tour and saw that Bouillon Castle was on the route it was quite exciting! The castle… Read More »Bouillon Castle