Green Ardennes

At 9 am the mist lifts over Botrange and the boardwalk creaks underfoot; cotton grass dots the peat and a stonechat skims the fenceposts. You swing past Robertville Lake and its 1928 dam, then into Malmedy where warm rice tart perfumes the street. Between valleys, dry-stone walls stitch the fields while beech woods climb the slope. This is High Ardennes country, not just hills but a patchwork of ponds, peat bogs and slate-built villages.

Here’s how the day works: pick-up at your Liège hotel, smooth Mercedes transport, and a driver on standby all day; you taste and explore while he drives and waits. In the Hautes Fagnes, your private driver handles parking near Baraque Michel (674 m) and lines up a countryside lunch in Sourbrodt; the afternoon brings Stavelot’s abbey museums, then Thirimont for a 15 km panorama before the 60–90 minute cruise back to Liège, traffic and coffee stop allowing.