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Practical information 🕒 Open: usually daily from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (seasonal) 🎟️ Terra Nova: from €6 🎟️ Underground galleries (with guide): from €14 📍 Guided tours at fixed times – reservations recommended A fascinating and diverse stop where heritage, experience, and history converge at the citadel of Namur.

Terra Nova is the main visitor center of the Citadel of Namur and is the ideal starting point for discovering the history of this impressive fortress. Through models, audiovisual presentations, and interactive displays, you'll gain a clear overview of the strategic role the citadel played for centuries in defending the city and the Meuse Valley. From Terra Nova, you can also descend into the citadel's underground passages. These tunnels were part of the defense system and served for the movement of soldiers, storage, and protection during sieges. The cool, long passages offer a compelling glimpse into military life and are a fascinating addition to the visible heritage above ground. Today, Terra Nova combines heritage, education, and immersion, making it an essential stop to truly understand the scale, complexity, and history of the Citadel of Namur.

The Arville Cave is located near Arville Castle in Faulx-les-Tombes and consists of several smaller cavities collectively known as the "Arville Caves." The most famous cavity is the actual Arville Cave (also known as the Trou du Chantoir), which is located on the northern slope of a paleokarst depression. This depression has a nearly permanent pond at its bottom, the water level of which varies with the seasons. The caves are not open to the public or tourists. They are primarily an interesting karst area for geological and local nature walks.

This path, which you reach after a short, steep climb from the stream, leads you along an inaccessible nature reserve, where you literally walk above an old quarry and caves for a part. At a certain point you literally walk above the entrance to that underground quarry that you can also see below. Part of the path runs between the edge of the valley and fields and on another part you have the nature reserve instead of the fields that was given the name 'Réserve naturelle Natagora des Caves Paheau'. Natagora is the counterpart of Natuurpunt and the quarry and caves are therefore called the 'caves Paheau'.

Not the nicest location, but there is a terrace here...

The Arville cave is a karst site made up of nine different caves aligned over around fifty meters. You can explore the Grotte d'Arville proper, a small cave about a hundred meters in size, or the Trou de la Gueule de Bois, a larger cave measuring 208 meters in diameter with some narrow passages. You can also enjoy the landscapes of Château d'Arville, a historic castle with a pond and park, or Bois d'Arville and Bois des Pauvres, two forests with hiking trails and diverse flora and fauna. The Grotte d'Arville is a hidden gem for caving enthusiasts and nature lovers.

Nice views from the hillside path...

Limit your speed on the descent!!! Blind turn and possible pedestrians.