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Fervent, lively Liège (pop. 160,000) is known as La Cité Ardente (the Passionate City). Nowadays it exudes in part the aura of an aging industrial gloom, but that seems to fade next to its gracefully down-at-the-heels 19th-century monuments, and remnants from the time of its powerful ruling prince-bishops. Liège has always had an independent spirit. Its 12th-century charter decreed that the pauvre homme en sa maison est roi (the poor man is king in his home)—an attitude still vividly alive in Liège today. The city straddles the Meuse, with a backdrop of Ardennes foothills. Read More

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Hotels

Hotel Derlon

O.L.V Plein 6
Maastricht 6211 HD Map

Distance: 15.9 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 3 class stars

Expert Rated & Recommended

Beaumont Maastricht City Centre

2 Wycker Brugstraat
Maastricht 6221 EC Map

Distance: 16.1 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 2 class stars

Expert Rated & Recommended

Best Western Hotel Restaurant L'Auberge

Place Du Monument 3 & 4
Spa B-4900 Map

Distance: 16.3 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 2 class stars

Expert Rated & Recommended

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Attractions

Eglise St-Jacques (Church of St. Jacques)

South of the Cathedral of St-Paul
Place St-Jacques 8
Liege, Belgium

Distance: 0.3 mi. (from destination center)

Description:

A felicitous mixture of architectural styles, the church has a Gothic Flamboyant exterior, a... Read More

Cathédral de Liège (Liège Cathedral)

Place Cathédrale
Liege, Belgium

Distance: 0.5 mi. (from destination center)

Description:

Ask the sacristan to show you the cathedral's priceless treasures. These include a... Read More

Aquarium et Musée de Zoologie (Aquarium and Zoological Museum)

Beside the Meuse at Pont Kennedy
Quai Van Beneden 22
Liege, Belgium

Distance: 0.5 mi. (from destination center)

Description:

Though owned by the University of Liège and housed in the university's neoclassical... Read More


Airports

Major Airports near Liege

Distance (mi.)
Brussels National Airport 50.9 map
Dusseldorf International Airport 68.4 map
Bonn/Cologne Airport 71.2 map

Other Smaller Airports near Liege

Distance (mi.)
Aachen/Maastricht Airport 21.8 map
Charleroi Brussels So Airport 52.0 map
Antwerp Deurne Airport 61.2 map

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