# Road trips in Belgium > 5 road trips and 17 hand-picked places in Belgium, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping. Source: https://camping-spirit.com/roadtrips/belgium/ 5 road trips and 17 hand-picked places in Belgium, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping. ## Road trips through Belgium - [In Flanders Fields: the Yser and Ypres](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b5-flanders-fields/): The Western Front of the First World War, from the flooded Yser plain to Tyne Cot and the Last Post under the Menin Gate. - [Waterloo to the Meuse: battlefield, abbey and caves](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b14-waterloo-meuse/): The Atomium, the Waterloo battlefield from the Lion’s Mound, a Cistercian ruin, Namur’s citadel, Dinant and the caves of Han. - [High Fens and the Belgian Ardennes: Spa to Bastogne](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b14-high-fens-ardennes/): The original spa town, boardwalks over the High Fens at Belgium’s highest point, the Coo waterfall, the Ourthe valley and the Bastogne memorial. - [The Belgian coast: Zwin to the Westhoek dunes](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b14-belgian-coast/): A tidal marsh, a canal-side village near Bruges, Ostend’s seafront, Atlantic Wall bunkers, the Yser flood memorial and wild dunes at the French border. - [The Ardennes: Luxembourg and Belgium](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/ardennes/): Hilltop castles and river towns in the Ardennes forest, from Vianden to Dinant. ## Places worth the detour in Belgium - [Tyne Cot Cemetery](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-tyne-cot/): The largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the world, on the ridge fought over at Passchendaele in 1917. The visitor centre reads out the names of the missing. - [Menin Gate](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-menin-gate/): A memorial arch carved with the names of over 54,000 soldiers who have no known grave. The Last Post is played under the arch every evening at 8 pm; arrive early to find a place. - [Atomium](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b14-atomium/): Nine steel spheres forming a giant iron crystal, built for the 1958 World’s Fair, with exhibitions and a view from the top sphere. Parking at the Heysel; buy tickets online to skip the queue. - [Lion’s Mound, Waterloo](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b14-lions-mound/): An artificial hill topped by a cast-iron lion, raised where the Prince of Orange was wounded in 1815. Climb 226 steps for a view of the battlefield; the underground memorial museum is next door. - [Caves of Han-sur-Lesse](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b14-han-caves/): A vast cave system carved by the Lesse, visited on a guided walk through huge halls after a ride on an old tram. Tickets from the village; combine with the wildlife park run by the same site. - [Mardasson Memorial](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b14-mardasson/): A star-shaped memorial on a hill outside Bastogne honouring the US soldiers of the Battle of the Bulge. The memorial is free; the Bastogne War Museum next to it explains the winter siege of 1944. - [Markt, Bruges](https://camping-spirit.com/places/bruges/): A medieval market square under a belfry, with canals and chocolate shops all around. - [IJzertoren](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-ijzertoren/): A tall peace tower on the Yser front line, with a museum of war and peace inside and a view from the top across the flat polders where the front stood still for four years. - [Langemark German Cemetery](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-langemark-cemetery/): More than 44,000 German soldiers lie beneath oak trees and flat stone slabs. It is quieter and darker in tone than the Commonwealth cemeteries nearby. - [Villers Abbey ruins](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b14-villers-abbey/): The extensive ruins of a Cistercian abbey in a wooded valley, with a roofless church and a restored medicinal garden. Paid entry; parking across the road. - [Namur Citadel](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b14-namur-citadel/): One of Europe’s largest fortresses, on the rock where the Sambre meets the Meuse, with tunnels you can tour. A cable car runs up from the town; the ramparts and views are free. - [Signal de Botrange](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b14-signal-de-botrange/): At 694 m the highest point in Belgium, on the edge of the High Fens moorland with its boardwalk trails. Some fen areas close in dry spells because of fire risk; check at the Botrange nature centre nearby. - [Coo Waterfall](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b14-coo-waterfall/): The Amblève falls over rocks in a double cascade, one channel cut by monks in the 18th century. Visible from the roadside in Coo; paid parking nearby. - [Zwin Nature Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b14-zwin/): A tidal salt marsh on the Dutch border, with a visitor centre, storks and many migrating birds. Paid entry and parking; bring binoculars and come at high tide in spring or autumn. - [Atlantikwall Raversyde](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b14-raversyde/): An open-air museum of German coastal bunkers, gun positions and trenches from both world wars, kept in the dunes. Open from spring to autumn; allow two hours and wear good shoes. - [King Albert I Memorial](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b14-king-albert-memorial/): A rotunda at the Ganzepoot locks, where the Yser plain was flooded in 1914 to stop the German army. A lift and stairs lead to a viewing gallery; a visitor centre explains the flooding. - [Westhoek dunes](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b14-westhoek/): A nature reserve of wild, shifting dunes on the French border, one of the largest dune areas on the Belgian coast. Marked walking paths leave from the edge of De Panne; stay on the trails. ## FAQs **What are the best road trips in Belgium?** Popular routes include In Flanders Fields: the Yser and Ypres, Waterloo to the Meuse: battlefield, abbey and caves, High Fens and the Belgian Ardennes: Spa to Bastogne and The Belgian coast: Zwin to the Westhoek dunes. CampingSpirit has 5 trip guides that pass through Belgium, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary and a route map. **Which places in Belgium are worth a detour?** Our editors recommend Tyne Cot Cemetery, Menin Gate, Atomium, Lion’s Mound, Waterloo, Caves of Han-sur-Lesse and Mardasson Memorial. **Do you need a vignette or pay tolls in Belgium?** No motorway tolls for cars. Low-emission zones in Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent; register foreign vehicles. Rules and prices change. Check official sources before you travel. **What is the motorway speed limit in Belgium?** 120 km/h on motorways for cars, unless signs show otherwise. **Are there low-emission zones in Belgium?** Low-emission zones in some cities.