"Kemmelen" = experiencing in and around Hostellerie Mont Kemmel ****

This page gives you an overview of all the things you can do in and around our hotel / restaurant / meeting center Hostellerie Mont Kemmel ****. There is more than enough to do whether you are on foot, by bike or by car. The most heard remark of our guests is that they have booked a far too short stay. In order to really relax and to be able to have a bit of a "camel ride", we recommend a stay of at least 2 to 3 days. And then you will have to miss a lot!

This page gives, as it were a list of top guests Philippe & Kristine, host and hostess from Hostellerie Mont Kemmel ****.

See also our more general Tourism page, or even better, our special web site www.top.vlaanderen : just the more than 180 spherical panoramic images there in high resolution of as many attractions, landmarks, etc. is already worth going to see! There are also over 1,500 HR photos to see.

Tip: If you are a user of "Google Earth", you can get an overview of all Philippe & Kristine's top locations with a single mouse click.

Everyone can experience the Kemmelberg in their own way. Walking, cycling, photographing, painting, ... it's all possible. — Everyone can experience the Kemmelberg in their own way.
Walking, cycling, photography, painting, ... it's all possible.

Experiencing in our hostelry...

Have a nice game in our bar, saloon, room... (we have several lying for you)
Gastronomic dining in our restaurant or on one of our sun-drenched terraces
Tasting a regional beer (Watou's white, Hommelbier, Sint-Bernardus 6-8-12°, ...) on one of our terraces or bar.
Reading a book while tasting a local wine
Drinking a delicious hot chocolate on the terrace with a fleece over you
Enjoy a relaxing Jacuzzi, alone or with 2, in one of our VIP rooms
Painting or photographing the landscape or hotel and its surroundings
At sunrise or dusk: listening to birdsong & bird watching
Watch the roe deer of our neighbors (nice for the kids!)

Around the Kemmelberg you can walk to your heart's content. There are also several attractions to visit within walking distance of Hostellerie Mont Kemmel ****.

Experience within walking distance of our hostelry...

If you want Hostellerie Mont Kemmel to explore the area and you are looking for maps, we can recommend you:
- OpenStreetMap (see also our message about this)
- Google Maps
Have you ever organized a picnic on or around the Kemmelberg?
We will be happy to help you. See our special picnic page.
climb the Belvédère Tower
discover the Cold War Command bunker
for children between 4 and 8 years old: walking and playing tour "De Bergkabouters".
Eating a pancake in "The Hollemeersch" or "In the Golden Years"
Tasting a local wine in winery De Monteberg
Visit the visitor centre of Heuvelland
West-Flinder Hiking Route on and along the Kemmelberg (4 km)
the Kemmelberg Hiking Trail (8 km around Hostellerie Mont Kemmel ****)
Discover other hiking trails (RouteYou)
Discover other hiking trails (Wandelroutes.org)
Routes (Tourist Office Heuvelland)
Discover 7 inspiring walks in the villages of Heuvelland (Tourist Office Heuvelland - 30/4/2020)

Tip: For example, those who want to walk longer distances can GR 128the so-called "Flanders route", follow. This is a 468 km long footpath that crosses Flanders from west to east, from Kemmel in the West Flemish Hill Country to Teuven in the Limburgse Voerstreek. Look here for the complete route.

Location Hostellerie Mont Kemmel **** in Kemmel

Experience within cycling distance of the Kemmelberg…

Visit Provincial Domain "De Palingbeek"
- the Project and Public Observatory AstroLAB IRIS ( = an absolute must !)
- the visitor's centre
- the work of art "Coming World Remember Me" of Koen Vanmechelen (c) Luc Vercoutter
Children's activities in Heuvelland
Visit to an estaminet: Chewackers, The Green Leaf, The Strange Fox, 't Hellegat, ...
Visit to the Rodeberg - Scherpeberg - Zwarteberg
Explore the region in a golf cart
Cableway Cordoba
Amusement park Bellewaerde
Water amusement park Bellewaerde Aqua
Outside Adventure Park (Poperinge)
Visit to the historic city Ypres (Vauban Fortresses, Cloth Hall, Belfry, Cathedral, "In Flanders Field" museum, ...)
- “YPRES IEPER by Drone"(Polychronis, 4K, May 24, 2019, 6m 14s)
- Historical images taken from a Zeppelin just after World War I (4m 35s)
- “Remembering Ypres"” (OPCWFebruary 2017, 10m 11s)
- “Last Post - Menin Gate - During the Coronation Age"(Last Post Association, 24 March 2020, 2m)
- “The history of the CWGC Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial"(CWGC, 1m 52s)
Visit to Zonnebeke & Passendaele
- “WORLD WAR I Memorial: Tyne Cot Cemetery"(Polychronis, 4K, May 2019, 3m 10s)
Visit to the city of beer Poperinge (hop museum, Talbot's House, …)
- View the 360° photo of a hop field in the region around Ypres - Poperinge (Vlamertinge) on 360cities.net .

Location Hostellerie Mont Kemmel **** with respect to Ypres and Poperinge

Cycling - Cycling routes... Everything for the cyclist & mountain biker

Mountain bikers, amateur cyclists as well as ordinary cyclists will find what they are looking for in the Heuvelland (near Ypres): a varied landscape, either flat or with sufficient altimeters, etc. . There is a cycling junction network.

Visit the website "Cycling in Heuvelland“
Database of Moutain Bike Routes (MTB)
Vintage Hill Country Cycle Route (24 km)
Flanders Cycling countryCycle routes in Heuvelland
Bicycle network of Westtoer (junction system)
Cycling from Ypres (Website of the Ypres Tourist Board)
Cycle routes on the website of the Tourist Office Heuvelland: "Wine & Cycling“
Cycling routes (RouteYou)
Cycle route "Ghent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields"(started in 2018, loops of 28 and 100 km, including the famous "Plugstreets" see also the website of "Cycling in Flanders“)
Cycling route "Heuvelland Hellingenroute" (started in September 2019, Route HHR40, 114 km, see also the website of "Cycling in Flanders")
Routes (Tourist Office Heuvelland)