From the cities of Liege and Tournai with
their quaint cobbled alleyways to Ardennes with its delicious
pate and steep hills that put Tour de France hopefuls through their paces,
Wallonia, Belgium's south, proves on par with its popular Northern sibling.
Predominantly French-speaking, among its gems are striking architecture, age-old
traditions, forests and rivers, charming villages and, like the rest of Belgium,
a near obsession with food.
Nowhere is this more apparent than in the cosmopolitan capital of
Brussels, with its mind-boggling tally of 1800 restaurants and
alarming offering of over 400 Belgian beers. Put alongside the city's dousing of
museums, galleries and Art Nouveau architecture on display in the streets, this
makes Wallonia a top destination to visit by escorted coach tour.