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Villeneuve D'Ascq Hotels & Restaurants - Villeneuve D'Ascq, France Tourism
Villeneuve D'Ascq Hotels & Restaurants - Villeneuve D'Ascq, France Tourism
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Villeneuve D'Ascq Hotels & Restaurants - Villeneuve D'Ascq, France Tourism
With prices starting from as little as £35* each way for a car and up to nine people and day trip fares, don't miss out on a great break this spring. More details here.
Office
De Tourisme At Villeneuve D'Asque
These details were provided by the office
de tourisme at Villeneuve d'asque. If you need more information or to
confirm any of the details on this page you can email them at ot-vdascq@nordnet.fr or visit the website.
Situated between Lille and
Roubaix, at the crossroads of the main motorways towards Paris, Ghent,
Antwerp and Brussels thanks to the TGV (high-speed trains) it is :1 hour
from Paris, 38 minutes from Brussels and two hours from London, thanks to
the metro it is 15 minutes from Lille airport and 15 minutes from the
Lille Europe station.
- 180 ha green areas, 120 ha
natural zone, 1 ha lakes
- Stadium Nord : 22,000
places
- Palacium : sports centre
1,700 places
- 1 swimming complex and 1
swimming pool
- 2 18-holes golf courses
- 1 bowling alley and nearly
150 other sports facilities
- theater Espace Rose des
Vents
- congress centre MACC
Hotels in Villeneuve D'Asque and Lille
- Suite Novotel Lille Europe - book here
- Boulevard de Turin
59000 Lille
France
- From £68/night
- All Seasons Lille Centre Gare Beffroi - book here
- 172, rue de Paris
59800 Lille
France
- From £54/night
- Ibis Lille Villeneuve d'AscqSelect - book here
- Rue des Victoires
Quartier Hôtel de ville
59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq
France
- From £37/night
- Ibis Lille Centre Gares - book here
- 29, Av Charles St-Venant
Le Forum
59000 Lille
France
- From £46/night
- Ibis Lille Opéra - book here
- 21, rue Lepelletier
59000 Lille
France
- From £44
/night
- Etap Hotel Lille Villeneuve d'Ascq - book here
- 9 Boulevard de Mons
ZAC du Tir à Loques
59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq
France
- From £33/night
- Hotel F1 Lille Villeneuve d'Ascq - book here
- 3 boulevard de Mons
ZAC du Tir à Loques
59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq
France
- From £27/night
Markets:
- Mercredi matin : Place de
la République (quartier Annappes)
- Vendredi matin : Place du
Général de Gaulle (quartier Ascq)
- Samedi après-midi : Place
de Verdun (quartier Résidence)
Shopping:
Centre Commercial Auchan V2 (underground station "Hôtel de
Ville") More than 150 shops.
Christmas Market:
Last week-end in November and the 3 following week-ends in December
Flea Market:
Cf. feuille jointe
Museums and Heritage:
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Le Forum des Sciences
(Centre François Mitterrand)
1, place de l'Hôtel de Ville / Tel. 33 (0)3 20 19 36 36
4,000 m² to understand today's world, influenced by sciences and
technologies, through temporary exhibitions for general public.
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Le Musée d'art moderne
1, allée du Musée / Tel. 33 (0)3 20 19 68 68
Erected by the architect Roland Simounet, the museum shelters the
famous Masurel settlement that includes works of Braque, Van Dongen,
Laurens, Léger, Miro, Modigliani and Picasso and presents throughout
the year temporary exhibitions.
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Le Musée des Moulins -
ARAM
Rue Albert Samain / Tel. 33 (0)3 20 05 49 34
Let's meet the windmills and discover an exceptional site : 2 pivoting
windmills in the only grinding complex still in operation today, a
hydraulic tilt hammer, various mechanical components, and the windmill
museum relating their technical history.
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Asnapio
Rue du 8 mai 1945 / Tel. 33 (0)3 20 47 21 99
The 6 ha archaeological park with its life-size reconstitution,
located in the natural zone of the Parc du Héron, relates the habitat
evolution in the North of France, from the Neolithic to the late
Middle Ages (open from April to March).
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Le Musée du Terroir
12 Carrière Delporte / Tel. 33 (0)3 20 91 87 57
Housed in an 18th century square-style farm, the Rural Life Museum is
devoted to 19th century village life in and around the Mélantois
region. A kitchen, a bedroom and craftsmen's workshops from old days
are reconstructed.
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Le Musée du Souvenir FREE
77, rue Mangin / Tel. 33 (0)3 20 91 87 57
The museum pays tribute to the victims of the Ascq Massacre (April
1944) through a collection of pictures, posters and personal effects.
86 people were shot to death by a SS convoy from the Russian front.
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Le Château de Flers FREE
Chemin du Chat Botté / Tel. 33 (0)3 20 43 55 75
Built in 1661, this prestigious rural castle, typical of the Flemish
architecture, shelters the Archaeological museum which presents
throughout the year temporary exhibitions.
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La Villa Gabrielle and its
medieval garden
29, rue Pasteur / Tel. 33 (0)3 28 76 52 00
The medieval garden can be visited only by appointment. The rest of
the building is only visible from the outside.
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Les Hameaux de la Mémoire
This site presents Flanders and Artois habitats, but also from further
regions like Hainaut, Picardie, Denmark and should cover 24 ha.
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Le Centre d'Egyptologie
FREE
Université Charles de Gaulle, Lille III / Tel. 33 (0)3 20 41 61 12
The museum owns an important collection of jewels, funerary effects
and vases from the 3rd millennium on till the 15th century B.C. (only
by appointment).
Churches:
Nature:
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Villeneuve d'Ascq
The
very green lung of Lille Métropole, provides varied walks with its 30
km footpaths, its 6 lakes chain, its parks, its 120 ha natural zone,
and its 120,000 trees planted hill… The town is even crossed by a
walking path (description available at the Tourist Office).
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La Ferme du Héron
Chemin de la Ferme Lenglet / Tel. 33 (0)3 20 43 19 53
Initiation activities into environmental discovery are offered to
individuals, families, schools and associations, as well as guided
tours around the Lac du Héron, on the theme of fauna and flora.
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Le Verger Conservatoire
Very next to the Ferme du Héron, the Verger Conservatoire is a living
museum dedicated to the apple. Technicians from the Genetic Resources
Regional Centre protect and study former fruit varieties in order to
introduce them again in the shops. Information at the Ferme du Héron.
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La Réserve Naturelle
Volontaire du Héron
Created in 1995, it covers 73 ha. Walkers can discover along the paths
varied natural atmospheres.
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Le Parc du Héron
It is a unique transition between the urban environment and the
protected agricultural site.The 36 ha Lac du Héron, originally
artificial, became very soon a place where nature developed. It offers
an astonishing ornithological diversity : 200 bird species have been
observed so far, for the lake constitutes an important break or
crossing place for migrant birds.
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La Colline des
Marchenelles
All created with the rubble of the Lac du Héron, the hill covers 25
ha, among which 10 ha of forest (all in all 120,000 regional trees).
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Le Parc Urbain
Very next to the Musée d'art moderne, it is the favourite place for
joggers and families for its varied interests : pony-club, game and
picnic areas, woody paths.
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Lac du Château and Lac
des Espagnols
Next to the Château de Flers and to the Stadium Lille Métropole
another lake invites to walking, more common than the others, but it
is nonetheless the start of the 6 lakes chain : walking on the bridge
that leads to the Lac des Espagnols, that itself leads to the Lac
St-Jean… until the Lac du Héron.
Restaurants:
Please refer to our disclaimer.
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