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MAARKEDAL RENINGE

Hostellerie Shamrock The half-timbered ’t Convent Chef Rudi De Volder is a truffle
country house was built as a summer residence in enthusiast; guests sometimes fly in by helicopter
1928, and the gardens were landscaped by the to savour the Périgordian speciality in his regional
internationally known designer Jacques Wirtz. It’s and French-based cuisine. The style of the
now a gourmet hostellerie owned and run by bedrooms varies widely, from Venetian through
Claude and Livine De Beyter, with an ambitious rustic to modern. The stone and timber-built farm
menu and florally decorated bedrooms. and manor house has its own vineyard.
N Ommegangstraat 148, 9681 Maarkedal. N Halve Reningestraat 1, 8647 Reninge. Map p136 A2.
Map p136 B2. § (055) 215 529. ` (055) 215 683. § (057) 400 771. ` (057) 401 127.
$ shamrock@edpnet.be 0 b,l,d. Rooms 5. ∂ $ convent@itinera.be 0 b,l,d. Rooms 15. S÷ ∂
¢ 2 weeks Jan, 2 weeks July. / AE, DC, V. ¡¡ ¢ Feb and March. / AE, DC, MC, V. ¡¡
MOL-WEZEL STAVELOT

Manoir Hippocampus The food at this manor Le Val d’Amblève ‘Carpe diem’ is the motto of
house is particularly good, with owner-chef the owners of this half-timbered hotel in the Liège
Francis Scheyvaerts planning his menu around countryside; you would be hard-pressed to find
what’s best at market that day. In summer, tables more elegant surroundings in which to enjoy the
are set out next to the white house overlooking pleasures of the moment. The style is in details
the lily pond. The bedrooms are named after such as the cool ‘garden room’ restaurant. The
puddings: tarte tatin, sabayon and javanais. garden has recently been renovated.
N Sint Jozeflaan 79, 2400 Mol-Wezel. Map p137 E1. N route de Malmedy 7, 4970 Stavelot.
§ (014) 810 808. ` (014) 814 590. Map p137 F3. § (080) 281 440. ` (080) 281 459.
$ chef@hippocampus.be 0 b,l,d. Rooms 3. ∂ $ info@levaldambleve.com 0 b,l,d. Rooms 12.
¢ 2 weeks Aug. / AE, DC, MC, V. ¡. ∂¢ Jan. / AE, DC, MC, V. ¡¡¡

KORTRIJK SPA
Damier An old coaching inn now furnished in Villa des Fleurs A town-centre mansion built in
English country-house style, and popular with 1880, characterized by yards of draped and
business people. Breakfast is in the orangery. swagged curtains and crystal-drop chandeliers.
N Grote Markt 41, 8500 Kortrijk. Map p136 B2. N rue Albin Body 31, 4900 Spa. Map p137 F3.
§ (056) 221547. ` (056) 228631. § (087) 795 050. ` (087) 795 060.
$ info@hoteldamier.be0 b,d. Rooms 49. ¡¡ $ info@villadesfleurs.be 0 b. Rooms 12. ¡¡
RIEMST-KANNE TEUVEN
Huize Poswick This relaxed hotel’s bedrooms Hof De Draeck A very popular hotel in what
have wood floors, beamed ceilings, period was once a feudal manor house, with creaking
furniture and bright walls. stairs and a park with deer. Dinner is good value.
N Muizenberg 7, 3770 Riemst-Kanne. N Hoofdstraat 6, 3793 Teuven. Map p137 E2.
Map p137 E2. § (012) 457127. ` (012) 458105. § (04) 381 1017. ` (04) 381 1188. 0 b,l,d.
0 b. Rooms 6. ¡¡ Rooms 11. ¡
For key to symbols see backflap. For price categories see p135