Mondo Verde, A Beautiful Family Park

Since our first visit to Mondo Verde in 2016, the park now has a all you can eat formula included in the ticket prices. At the attractions section a new ride was added for those seeking adrenaline, and in 2018 a new panther enclosure will open. Besides these, Mondo Verde is a great place for a walk, take beautiful pictures or see some animals.

Location: Groene Wereld 10, 6372 PW Landgraaf, the Netherlands

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Sunparks Kempense Meren

Sunparks Kempense Meren is a holiday village located at Flanders biggest land-locked lake. They offer self catering holiday homes with private garden or the possibility to stay at a hotel room.

During your stay you can choose from a wide variety of activities. One of the most popular is Aquafun, a subtropical swimming pool. Other indoor activities include: bowling, archery, pool, snooker, trampoline and an indoor playground.

Activities outside include: biking, nature walks, mini golf, Pétanque, pedal boats and many more. The park has a sandy beach for the children to play on and is located close to Olmen Zoo and Bobbejaanland.

Sunparks Kempense Meren also offers wellness at the new new Sauna and Well-being centre.

Location: Postelsesteenweg 100, 2400 Mol, Belgium.

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Be-Mine

Be-Mine is a tourist-recreational project on the former mine site of Beringen. The site contains 100 000 m² of existing buildings and is the largest industrial heritage site in Flanders.

Be-Mine has transformed the old buildings, grounds and spoil heap into a multi family activities experience.

Its spoil heap is now a great place for hiking and biking. Children can have a great time on the adventure mountain which was especially made for climbing and playing. The top of the spoil heap offers great views as far as the other mines in Limburg.

If you want to learn more of the history of the mine you can always visit the Mine Museum. A visit is definitely recommended and will also bring you in the old buildings of the site.

For a more spectacular experience you can visit Todi or Alpamayo. Todi is an indoor diving centre, it's 10m deep, 36m in diameter and has more than 6.200.000 l of water. Alpamayo is a wall climbing centre with a surface of 1300m² and around 170 different routes. Both are situated in buildings that where once used by the mine.

Besides these activities you can also chose for the swimming pool called 'Sportoase' or spend you're time shopping at retailpark Be-MINE boulevard.

Location: Koolmijnlaan 201, 3582 Beringen, Belgium.

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Barrage de la Gileppe

The Gileppe Dam was built between 1867 and 1875 and is one of the oldest in Europe. Between 1967 and 1971 the dam was increased to store 25 millons cubic metres of water. The lake is fed by the Gileppe, Louba and Soor rivers and provides electricity and water for Verviers.

At the complex you can find a panoramic viewing tower. Inside the tower is an exhibition which provides information about the history of the dam. At the top on 77 meters above the dam is also a restaurant.

The lion statue was created by artist Félix-Antoine Bouré. It is 13,5m high, weighs 130 tons, and is composed of 183 individual blocks of granite.

Location: Route de la Gileppe 55A, 4845 Jalhay, Belgium.

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