The Château de la Motte, a stop for tourism in the Avesnois

From the Château La Motte various hiking trails
can be discovered.

	31 km		02:24
	Moyen		152 m
	242 m		353 m
	351 m

Discover the Avesnois Regional Nature Park with its hedged meadows and hardwood forests

and deciduous forests crossed by two thousand kilometres of waterways.

Practical information :

Monday to Friday from 9am to 12pm and from 2pm to 5pm

And from May to September :

Sundays and public holidays from 2pm to 7pm

The ValJoly departmental park is first and foremost a majestic setting

and a 180-hectare lake, which offer visitors a 100% guaranteed change of scenery.

It is an ideal "nature destination" for a short or medium stay with friends, family or groups.

Located in the heart of the "Terres de Thiérache" and the Avesnois Regional Nature Park,

this "Nature Destination" offers a whole range of leisure and discovery activities

for nature lovers and lovers of water sports, mountain biking

fishing, sports or horse riding, mini-golf, archery, traditional games,

walking, horse riding or cycling...

The Matisse Museum in Cateau-Cambrésis is a museum created by the painter

by the painter himself in 1952.

Practical information :

MUSEUM OPEN EVERY DAY from 10 am to 6 pm, except on Tuesday

1 January, 1 November and 25 December.

Located in Sars - Poterie, the glass museum represents the most important

collection of glass works by international artists.

Practical information :

From 4 October the museum is open from 11am to 6pm,

every day except Mondays

Near Maubeuge, the fort of Leveau, dating from the end of the 19th century, has been completely restored

to become a magnificent museum dedicated to the First World War.

Practical information :

From April to October

The last two Sundays of the month from 2.30 pm to 6 pm

Guided tour starts at 3pm

Closed on public holidays except 11 November from 2.30 pm to 6 pm

Until 1989, the customs service played an important role in the village of Hestrud.

Since 1996, a museum has been showing the history of the village.

Reconstruction of the old customs office, evolution of the customs administration,

costumes, objects from customs life, evidence of local smuggling.

Exhibition on the memory of the border, the attachment of part of Hainaut to France

(history and geography, enclaves and border developments)