Within walking distance of the Casas:
-The village of Westouter with a small supermarket (also opened on sunday mornings), bakery, pharmacy, several restaurants and cafes, playground,... at 300m
-Westouter has a weekly market on tuesday afternoon
-forest/park and playground on the slope of the Rode Berg (500m)
-numerous shops, restaurants, terraces, minigolf,... on the top of the hills (Rode Berg and Zwarte Berg)
-Chair lift 'Cordoba' on the Rode Berg (1,4 km)
-Winery 'entre deux monts' (1,2km) (great for visiting or just to try the local wines)
Parks, forests and nature reserves:
-Nature reserves 'Sulferberg' and 'Broekelzen' at walking distance from the houses
-Forest 'Helleketelbos' (close to the village of Watou). Great for a picnic on a bike tour.
-Pond of 'Dikkebus' (8km) Also great place for a stop on a bike tour. There is a nice terrace and you can even rent oa boat to explore the pond.
-Domain 'Palingbeek' (19km) walking area with playground (Vaartstraat, Ieper)
-Nature reserve 'Verdronken Weiden and the adjacent pond of 'Zillebeke' (16 km) (Zillebekevoetweg, Ieper)
Eating and drinking in the neighborhood:
-Herberg Boerenhol, Driegoenstraat 4, Reningelst (op 4km) More than 50 kinds of beer, delicious local dishes and numerous traditional table games. Perfect stop on a bike touror a hike. www.boerenhol.be
-Several cafés and restaurants around the church of Westouter, and many other great stops on and around the hills, many at walking distance. You will find great local beers and wines, and anything from traditional local dishes to the star-rated restaurant 'In De Wulf' of chef Kobe Desramaults.
Exciting, relaxing or interesting:
Horse back riding at 'Ruiterschool Rodeberg) 2 km
Paardrijden bij Ruiterschool Rodeberg (2km)
Folkfestival Dranouter www.festivaldranouter.be (5km)
Bellewaerde theme park (18km)
Plosaland theme park and Plosaqua aquatic park (35 mins)
Golf Ieper (16km)
Citytours in Ypres (Ieper) with its monuments, museums and cozy terraces on the main square.
First World War:
The traces of WW1 are still visible everywhere in the region. The frontline between the German army and the allies went straight trough Heuvelland. The scars of Battle for Mesen (1917) and Battle of Kemmelberg (1918) are still present trough the many bunkers, bomb craters, military cemetaries and war monuments.
In the bunkers of the 'Lettenberg' (freely accessible, next to the Kemmelberg) and the trenches of the Bayernwald site (Wijtschate) you can 'feel' the war again, and in the 'Flanders Fields museum' in Ieper (Ypres) the First World War virtually comes alive again.
And in case the sun is missing... no problem:
Indoor playground Hopsiepops in Poperinge www.hopsiepops.be
Indoor playground Conquesta in Ieper www.conquesta.be
Indoor karting Eurokart in Poperinge (6km)
Public swimming pool of Poperinge (8km)
Public swimming pool of Ieper (15km)
'Sunparks' in Oostduinkerke (40km)
Flanders Fields museum, Ieper
Brouwerij St.-Sixtus Westvleteren (15km)
Indoor ski Ice Mountain in Komen (24km)
Bowling Big Strike in Poperinge
Bowling Atlantis in Ieper
Never far away from the (Belgian) coast:
Nieuwpoort, Koksijde, De Panne,... at just a mere 30 mins drive
Plopsaland theme park in Adinkerke (35 min)
Sunparks water park (40 min)
Here's a chance to brush up your French:
-Lille is just 30 min away
-Cassel, 25 min
-St.-Omer, 45km (with the nature reserve Parc naturel des Caps et Marais d'Opale)
-Cap Blanc Nez, 1h00 drive
-Cap Gris Nez, 1h15 drive
-Boulogne-sur-mer and Le Touquet, 1h20 drive
-The village of Westouter with a small supermarket (also opened on sunday mornings), bakery, pharmacy, several restaurants and cafes, playground,... at 300m
-Westouter has a weekly market on tuesday afternoon
-forest/park and playground on the slope of the Rode Berg (500m)
-numerous shops, restaurants, terraces, minigolf,... on the top of the hills (Rode Berg and Zwarte Berg)
-Chair lift 'Cordoba' on the Rode Berg (1,4 km)
-Winery 'entre deux monts' (1,2km) (great for visiting or just to try the local wines)
Parks, forests and nature reserves:
-Nature reserves 'Sulferberg' and 'Broekelzen' at walking distance from the houses
-Forest 'Helleketelbos' (close to the village of Watou). Great for a picnic on a bike tour.
-Pond of 'Dikkebus' (8km) Also great place for a stop on a bike tour. There is a nice terrace and you can even rent oa boat to explore the pond.
-Domain 'Palingbeek' (19km) walking area with playground (Vaartstraat, Ieper)
-Nature reserve 'Verdronken Weiden and the adjacent pond of 'Zillebeke' (16 km) (Zillebekevoetweg, Ieper)
Eating and drinking in the neighborhood:
-Herberg Boerenhol, Driegoenstraat 4, Reningelst (op 4km) More than 50 kinds of beer, delicious local dishes and numerous traditional table games. Perfect stop on a bike touror a hike. www.boerenhol.be
-Several cafés and restaurants around the church of Westouter, and many other great stops on and around the hills, many at walking distance. You will find great local beers and wines, and anything from traditional local dishes to the star-rated restaurant 'In De Wulf' of chef Kobe Desramaults.
Exciting, relaxing or interesting:
Horse back riding at 'Ruiterschool Rodeberg) 2 km
Paardrijden bij Ruiterschool Rodeberg (2km)
Folkfestival Dranouter www.festivaldranouter.be (5km)
Bellewaerde theme park (18km)
Plosaland theme park and Plosaqua aquatic park (35 mins)
Golf Ieper (16km)
Citytours in Ypres (Ieper) with its monuments, museums and cozy terraces on the main square.
First World War:
The traces of WW1 are still visible everywhere in the region. The frontline between the German army and the allies went straight trough Heuvelland. The scars of Battle for Mesen (1917) and Battle of Kemmelberg (1918) are still present trough the many bunkers, bomb craters, military cemetaries and war monuments.
In the bunkers of the 'Lettenberg' (freely accessible, next to the Kemmelberg) and the trenches of the Bayernwald site (Wijtschate) you can 'feel' the war again, and in the 'Flanders Fields museum' in Ieper (Ypres) the First World War virtually comes alive again.
And in case the sun is missing... no problem:
Indoor playground Hopsiepops in Poperinge www.hopsiepops.be
Indoor playground Conquesta in Ieper www.conquesta.be
Indoor karting Eurokart in Poperinge (6km)
Public swimming pool of Poperinge (8km)
Public swimming pool of Ieper (15km)
'Sunparks' in Oostduinkerke (40km)
Flanders Fields museum, Ieper
Brouwerij St.-Sixtus Westvleteren (15km)
Indoor ski Ice Mountain in Komen (24km)
Bowling Big Strike in Poperinge
Bowling Atlantis in Ieper
Never far away from the (Belgian) coast:
Nieuwpoort, Koksijde, De Panne,... at just a mere 30 mins drive
Plopsaland theme park in Adinkerke (35 min)
Sunparks water park (40 min)
Here's a chance to brush up your French:
-Lille is just 30 min away
-Cassel, 25 min
-St.-Omer, 45km (with the nature reserve Parc naturel des Caps et Marais d'Opale)
-Cap Blanc Nez, 1h00 drive
-Cap Gris Nez, 1h15 drive
-Boulogne-sur-mer and Le Touquet, 1h20 drive
