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252  BEL GIUM AND L UXEMBOURG REGION B Y REGION

2 Fond-de-Gras benefit those suffering from liver
Administration, Place du Marché 1, and digestive complaints and
Pétange; 20 km (12 mile) SW of rheumatism. The spa installations
Luxembourg City. Road Map E5. in the park setting of the Domaine
Tel 26504124. £ Open May–Sep: Thermal include open-air and
12:30–7pm Sun & public holidays; indoor pools, saunas, Turkish
summer holidays: Thu. & - baths, a fitness centre, massage
∑ fond-de-gras.lu and a variety of special
treatments. Mondorf also has a
Known as Le Pays des Terres gambling centre, Casino 2000,
Rouges (The Red Lands), the established in 1983. The town’s
southwestern part of the Grand most interesting church is the
Duchy forms the old industrial pink Église St-Michel (built
heartlands, centre of the iron- 1764–66), whose interior has
and-steel manufacturing. Located stucco work, trompe-l’oeil
here, close to the borders with The soaring façade of the Église St-Michel paintings in the apse and a
Belgium and France, is the Parc at Mondorf-les-Bains lavish polychrome pulpit.
Industriel et Ferroviaire du
Fond-de-Gras (Industrial and Environs  Domaine Thermal
Railway Park of Fond-de-Gras), a Bettembourg, 8 km (5 miles) Avenue des Bains. Tel 23666666.
collection of industrial heritage to the north, has an activity Open daily. & 7 0 -
attractions that provides a fascinat- park and zoo for children. ∑ montdorf.lu
ing insight into bygone days. Parc Merveilleux offers moving
Fond-de-Gras is based around models of classic fairytales, as 5 Luxembourg’s
an old railway depot. Steam and well as a mini-train, mini-cars,
diesel trains make a 20-minute mini-golf and playgrounds. Moselle Valley
journey from here to Pétange Road Map F5. @ Remich:
under the title Train 1900. There  Parc Merveilleux n Esplanade; 26747874.
is an industry-themed Musée Route de Mondorf. Tel 5110481. Grevenmacher: Route du Vin 10;
de Plein Air (Open Air Museum), Open late Mar–mid-Oct. & 7 0 758275. Wellenstein: Heenegässel;
with miners’ houses, workshops ∑ parc-merveilleux.lu 23699858. ∑ visitmoselle.lu
and heavy industrial equipment.
A narrow-gauge mine train, 4 Mondorf-les- The broad River Moselle forms
minièresbunn, travels under- the southeastern border of
ground through a disused iron- Bains Luxembourg with Germany.
ore mine to Lasauvage, a 15 km (9 miles) SE of Luxembourg Flowing north from its source
preserved iron-founding and City. Road Map F5. * 4,900. @ in Alsace in France, it enters
mining village. Also of interest n Avenue des Bains 26-28; Luxembourg at the village
here is a nature reserve located 23667575. ∑ mondorf-les-bains.lu of Schengen, then runs for a
in a former open-cast pit. distance of 42 km (26 miles)
A pretty town on the border, to Wasserbillig before turning
3 Musée National Mondorf-les-Bains is the Grand east into Germany and joining
the River Rhine at Koblenz. In
Duchy’s only spa centre. Supplied
des Mines de Fer with naturally hot waters that Luxembourg, the Moselle valley
emerge from the ground at is known above all for its
Carreau de la Mine Walert, Rumelange;
17 km (11 miles) S of Luxembourg 24ºC (75ºF), Mondorf has been vineyards, producing mainly
City. Road Map F5. Tel 565688. £ attracting visitors since the 1820s. white wine. Various vineyards
Open Apr–Jun & Sep: 2–6pm Thu– The mineral-rich water is said to and producers on the Route du
Sun; Jul & Aug: 2–6pm Tue–Sun; Oct–
Mar: 2:30pm 2nd Sun of month. &
8 7 ∑ mnm.lu
This museum takes visitors
underground into the galleries
from which ore was extracted
for iron-smelting for nearly 200
years, until the 1980s. Guided
tours travel into the mine by
train. Visitors are then free to
wander the galleries and see
the collection of massive mining
machines. Exhibits reveal the
arduous nature of mining, and
how this evolved over time. Extensive vineyards of the Moselle Luxembourgeoise, Grevenmacher
For hotels and restaurants see p271 and pp292–3

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