Discover | Activities
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Our hotel in close proximity

To Valenciennes’ main activities

By staying at our hotel, you’ll be able to enjoy hundreds of activities on offer in Valenciennes and Nord-Pas de Calais.

Do you like skating? If so, head to Valigloo where you’ll find an ice-skating centre like no other. Open in summer and in winter, it’s one of the few centres in France to offer both an Olympic rink and a fun rink for leisurely skaters.

Do you like artistic and culture activities? At Le Phénix, Valenciennes’ civic performing arts centre, and Le Boulon, the National Centre for Street Arts for the Hauts-de-France region, you’ll be able to enjoy shows and events that give the town a great cultural reputation.

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Fun activities and sport

In and around Valenciennes

Do you like fun activities? In summer, the Beauregard maize maze, just 10 minutes from our hotel in Valenciennes, offers you more than 3.5 km of paths in magnificent surroundings at the heart of nature - a natural setting you’ll want to lose yourself in!

Do you like golf? Just 20 minutes away, the Golf de Mormal offers an 18-hole course in a hilly landscape dotted with trees and shrubs.

Do you like nature and walking? The Scarpe-Escaut Regional Natural Park is at the doorstep of Valenciennes. The Ecuries des Grands Masys also offers carriage rides with magnificent carthorses.

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Remembrance tourism

And exploring the coal mining area

Do you like remembrance tourism? Along the "Nord-Pas de Calais remembrance trails”, you’ll be able to explore the legacy that the combat during the First World War left in the region. The serenity and beauty of the sites each tell a story in the history of the war, be it that of a soldier, a troop, a battle or a location.

Do you like learning about the history of mining?  If so, visit the Mining History Centre in Lewarde,  France's largest mining museum. Seeing around 150,000 visitors each year, it retraces the history of the Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin, which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.