Hotondberg descent
Here we start a long descent with beautiful views
Author: Sport Vlaanderen - mountainbike routes
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Accommodation La Quitapenas
This holiday home is located on the quiet green hills of the Flemish Ardennes, with beautiful view of the city of Ronse and the hills of Wallonia ("Le Pays des Collines"). The name "La Quitapenas" means in Spanish: "She who takes away the worries". The décor with original objects, the crooked walls and the view give the house a unique charm. It lets you take a journey through time, far from your current concerns. We would like to invite you to come and taste the wonderful and authentic energy of this more than 200-year-old farm. Children call the house the "gnome house". In the immediate vicinity are several mountain bike and hiking trails, such as the hiking network witness hills Flemish Ardennes and the GR route LF6 (Great Route Paths).
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Bevoorrading Hotond
Author: JohnVH
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Windmill Ten Hotond
Stone windmill at the highest point of East Flanders (150m). Furnished as a viewpoint with stone orientation table. Also café. Magnificent panorama over the Flemish Ardennes and the Walloon Pays des Collines.
Author: BDST
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Frietelmeers
Length: 500 m
Average: 11.4 %
Maximum: 20 %
Author: mederico
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Riekestraat
The Riekestraat is a totally unknown masterpiece on the south side of the Hotondberg.This small asphalted road winds its way up in complete silence under horrific percentages. If there had been cobblestones here, this would have been the most notorious climb in the region. But make no mistake, even without cobblestones, this climb belongs to the absolute top of the Flemish Ardennes in terms of difficulty. Meandering between the agricultural fields, the road starts to rise considerably. For more than 500 meters, the road climbs an average of 10%, but when entering the forest you are treated to a stretch of around 17%! In the forest, the percentages go down very slowly. When you reach the main road, turn right for the last extra altimeters. Few people will cycle this climb only once. The Riekestraat is the hidden gem of Flanders.
Author: jp
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Ten giant sequoia trees in villa garden Scherpenberg
Ten giant sequoia trees as a relic from a late 19th- to early 20th-century garden at a villa that was laid out in the edge of the Scherpenberg forest and on the flanks of the Hotondberg. The giant sequoias are scattered throughout the garden, they are sometimes solitary, in pairs or in larger groups together. The group of trees consisting of five giant sequoias, planted high on the slope and in the edge of the forest, is very iconic and consists of trees with trunk circumferences of more than six meters.
Author: Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
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Brown beech trees in villa garden Scherpenberg
A late 19th- to early 20th-century garden at a villa was laid out on the edge of the Scherpenberg forest and on the flanks of the Hotondberg. A lot of brown beech was planted in the edge of the forest. A number of solitary trees and a group of three brown beeches also give the garden its own character.
Author: Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
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Three swamp oaks in villa garden Scherpenberg
A late 19th- to early 20th-century garden at a villa was laid out on the edge of the Scherpenberg forest and on the flanks of the Hotondberg. Three beautifully developed swamp oaks with their very characteristic horizontal branches have been planted in the edge of the garden along the Scherpenbergstraat.
Author: Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
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Windmill De Hotond
Formerly miller's house and associated former windmill so-called "De Hotond", now café so-called "Molen ten Hotond" with watchtower. Old windmill site on the Hotondberg, with a location at 150 m, the highest place in the province of East Flanders. Given a mention in 1672, a post mill that has existed since at least the third quarter of the 17th century; Probably replaced at the beginning of the 19th century by a stone oil and corn windmill of the ground sailer type. Repaired or rebuilt circa 1845 and still in 1911, last accompanied by the removal of oil hammers. Operation of the corn pumping station ceased in 1945, later followed by dismantling of the wind pumping station. The remaining mill pit was later used as a tourist watchtower, since 1957 it has been equipped with an orientation table on the flat roof. Conical, whitened round brick mill body with three levels, lowest with beam layer. Two arched gates and small windows with alterations (enlarged and added). Mill partly hidden from view by a house with café located on the street, a strongly modified, raised and extended original rural low-rise building from around 1860.
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Chapel of Our Lady of Wittentak
Chapel of Our Lady of Wittentak. Located on the edge of a forest park with Seqouiadreef in the Zandstraat on land donated by the Cambier family. The original polygonal chapel, erected in 1637-39 after the plague epidemic of 1635-36, was located a little further south, on the corner with Molekensstraat. New pilgrimage chapel dedicated to Our Lady and Saint Roch built at the instigation of the Cambier family. Neo-Gothic chapel designed by architect Hendrik Geirnaert and led by contractor J. Hantson in 1891, see year stone in choir. Consecrated in 1892, one year after the foundation stone was laid. Restored in 1968. Located on an eminence with prayer benches on both sides of the central aisle with stairs added in 1948 bordered by linden avenue and surrounded by beech hedge. Surrounded by brick chapels with white stone reliefs with fourteen Stations of the Cross from 1984 from a monastery in Ramegnies-Chin.
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Windmill Ten Hotond
Actually, it is only the hull of an 18th century stone windmill. On top of the mill is an orientation table. On a clear day, 108 church towers can be counted. You are more than 150m above sea level, which is also the highest point in East Flanders. Accessible via the inn along the Zandstraat, Zulzeke. You can ask for the key to get to the mill in the café.
Author: Centrum Ronde van Vlaanderen
Windmill

Windmill Ten Hootond
Mill "Ten Hootond" now serves as a watchtower and due to the care of the Touring Club, a bluestone orientation table was placed on top of the stone white tub. We follow the Zandstraat through the forest. The street forms the border between Ronse and Kluisbergen and runs over the highest point of the Flemish Ardennes, the Hootondberg, 140 meters above sea level. In the bend we turn right into the field road. The hollow road takes us quickly down between the woods. There
Suddenly, one of the most beautiful panoramas of the city strikes us. Here you have to stop for a moment to fully appreciate the splendor. We turn right and arrive back at our starting point.
Author: Toerisme Ronse
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Chapel Wittentak
Chapel "Wittentak" is hidden under the lime trees and located along the edge of a high-stemmed beech forest. The chapel was built in 1891 in neo-Gothic. Inside, it is very spacious and sleek. The colourful stained-glass windows are donations from devout individuals or associations. In the
At the beginning of the month of July, a novena is read here every year, which still has a lot of interest. A hundred meters lower we take the Noordstraat on the left, we walk further and cross the Fiertelmeers and then take the footpath Schaffendal.
Author: Toerisme Ronse
Chapel

Hotondberg West
RouteYou Climb Code : E_4_d
Length : 0.95 km
Ascent : 30 m
Average grade : 3 m / 100 m - 2.89 %
Maximal grade : 5.29 %
Author: Cols&Climbs@RouteYou

Schapenberg
RouteYou Climb Code : D_2_c
Length : 1.45 km
Ascent : 103 m
Average grade : 7 m / 100 m - 7.33 %
Maximal grade : 13.14 %
Author: Cols&Climbs@RouteYou

Hoogberg-Hotond
RouteYou Climb Code : D_4_e
Length : 2.92 km
Ascent : 91 m
Average grade : 3 m / 100 m - 3.17 %
Maximal grade : 4.97 %
Author: Cols&Climbs@RouteYou

Kruisberg-Hotond
RouteYou Climb Code : D_4_d

Hotondberg (Zandstraat)
RouteYou Climb Code : E_5_e

Zuid-Oost-Spinessenberg
RouteYou Climb Code : D_1_b

Spinessenberg/Kapellestraat
RouteYou Climb Code : D_3_c

Café Hotond
Author: Toerisme Ronse
Manger et boire

Hôtel sportif Hotond
Hôtel

Scherpenberg
RouteYou Climb Code : E_3_c

Fiertelmeers (off-road)
RouteYou Climb Code : D_1_a

Fiertelmeers
RouteYou Climb Code : D_1_c

Hotondberg
RouteYou Climb Code : E_4_d

Ronse - Renaix
From Noordstraat - Rue du Nord, 9600 Ronse - Renaix, Belgium
To Fiertelmeers, 9600 Ronse - Renaix, Belgium
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