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Belgium/Luxembourg Taster

262 km from Trois-Ponts in the Belgian Ardennes to Clervaux, Luxembourg — forest switchbacks, quiet river valleys, and a border you'll barely notice crossing.

Hand-drawn watercolor map illustration of the Belgium/Luxembourg Taster route
Route of the Week Archive · Week of July 13

Forest switchbacks and a border you'll barely notice

262 km from Trois-Ponts in the Belgian Ardennes to Clervaux, Luxembourg — forest switchbacks, quiet river valleys, and a border you'll barely notice crossing. Point-to-point, so sort your return before you set off.

Distance262 km
Climbing+3,100 m
Peak altitude536 m
SurfacePaved
Moving time4 hrs 25
Best seasonAll year
DifficultyEasy

Moving time only — it excludes stops. Fuel, coffee breaks and lunch easily add a couple of hours to the day, so plan accordingly.

Portrait illustration of Migsel Rider
Migsel Rider
Guest rider · Belgium/Luxembourg regular

Elevation profile

Click the map to enable zoom. Numbered markers match the start and finish points recorded in the GPX file.

Rider notes

Nobody sends you here for the mountains. They send you here for the road that never stops turning — forest, then farmland, then forest again. Go early if you want the forest sections to yourself.

What's in the GPX

#WaypointWhy stop
1Trois-PontsStart — Belgian Ardennes
2ClervauxFinish — Luxembourg

Older Garmin and TomTom units that navigate from route points rather than a recorded track may prefer this second file — same road, 62 waypoints instead of a dense track. Download the route-point version