L'Auberge de Bouvignes



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Welcome to L'Auberge de Bouvignes, your Dinant “home away from home.” L'Auberge de Bouvignes aims to make your visit as relaxing and enjoyable as possible, which is why so many guests continue to come back year after year.
For those interested in checking out popular landmarks while visiting Dinant, L Auberge De Bouvignes is located a short distance from Charles de Gaulle Statue (1.5 mi) and Adolphe Sax Statue (2.2 mi).
Rooms at L'Auberge de Bouvignes provide a flat screen TV and air conditioning, and guests can stay connected with free wifi.
You can also enjoy breakfast while staying at L Auberge De Bouvignes. Need a place to park? Free parking is available at L'Auberge de Bouvignes.
If you like Mediterranean restaurants, L'Auberge de Bouvignes is conveniently located near Nono and Au Coeur de Marrakech.
If you are interested in exploring Dinant, check out one of the architectural buildings, such as La Citadelle de Dinant and Château de Freyr.
L'Auberge de Bouvignes puts the best of Dinant at your fingertips, making your stay both relaxing and enjoyable.
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We can't say enough about how wonderful our experience was. Elena, Vincents wife, a lovely gentle woman from Sardina, picked us up at the train station in Dinant and drove us a short distance to the L'Auberge, luckily her limited English is better than our French and we sorted things out easliy, thank goodness for sign language.
On our first night Elena also drove us back into town so we could have dinner and Vincent brought us back to the Inn, where we had a drink and then a great nights sleep in our very large room with a comfy king size bed with nice linens. Everything in the inn was spotless, there is a bit of a musty smell when you first enter the building, but it is after all a very old stone building, after awhile the smell disappears or maybe it just becomes part of the charm.
We were offered bikes, free of charge, and we happily rode them during our stay along the path of the Muese River into town where we visited the population center, the Citadel and other attractions. Then the next day we rode down an amazing mountain trail that followed some train tracks and back to the inn. It was simply a great experience.
To top off our visit we were fortunate enough to be there on a Friday night when L'Auberge serves dinner. It is without question one of the best meals we have ever had. The atmosphere, the banter and the kindness of Vincent and Elena will be forever etched in our memories. We chose the lamb dinner, lamb which is raised and cooked by Vincents sister, it was absolultey delicious, we still can't stop talking about it. We travel the world for business and we can say with certainty, you will not be disappointed if you stay here.
We loved the L'Auberge and thouroughly enjoyed speaking with the other quests during our stay, but it was Vincents humour, welcoming spirit and devotion to his Inn that stands out for us. From the very moment we stepped off the train and walked inside the stone building I felt like I had come home. For me, it was an overwhelming experience to stay at L'Auberge, to wander along the Muese River and look at the surrounding landscape and actually see what my ancestors use to see.
On a stop over in Paris on our way back home to Vancouver Canada we lost our camera, with all our photos, business and pleasure. We are devasted as we aren't able to look back at our wonderful stay at L'Auberge de Bouvignes...But sometimes fate steps in and shows itself in unusual ways. Maybe it's fates way of saying we have to go back to Dinant, to L'Auberge de Bouvignes, but if we are lucky enough to return, it will be for a longer period of time and we will download our photos everyday!
They didn't just go the extra mile: Vincent actually took his motorcycle and drove 100 miles to retrieve our lost shopping bag (with something of sentimental value). He called the shop, found it and went to pick it up under rain, with a smile, just to help us. It was truly amazing.
The hotel itself is in a historic house (older than Belgium) with all the amenities of modern life. The rooms have been recently renovated. Our room was smaller than the others (as warned by Vincent at the time of reservation) but it was actually a great size, with a comfy double bed and a nice bathroom. It had free wifi and a telephone with Skype (how cool is that?)
The common areas are warm and cozy. We were just sipping the welcome drinks and talking to the hosts and the other guests (who were visibly enjoying the atmosphere too) while choosing our dinner. Food was very good, full of fresh Sardinian products and yummy recipes. The next morning, breakfast was also excellent. All of that for a very reasonable price.
I cannot recommend this place enough!
We had booked a room for ourselves and our four month old baby, and on arrival we were really impressed with the both the room and the very comfortable travel cot they had made up for our daughter with beautiful linens etc. The room was huge: Vincent explained how he normally keeps this room for families when possible. A huge bathroom with an impressive range of toiletries, including nappy sacks, cotton wool, changing mat, etc. for the baby. A real nice touch of class! Our bed was also very comfortable, and the free Skype and WiFi were a bonus.
Breakfast was a highlight of the day. While I am not a big fan of continental breakfast, I would definitely go back for this one: beautiful hams and salamis which Vincent and Elena import themselves from artisan butchers in Sardinia, boiled eggs, freshly squeezed (by Elena!) orange juice, crème brulee, fresh bread and pastries, coffee (any way you like it)….delicious!
After breakfast, Vincent was more than delighted to mark on our map a fantastic tour of the Ardennes, showing some real highlights of this beautiful corner of Europe: let him know what tickles your fancy and he will show you where best to get it tickled!
It is so nice to see someone take such pride in their own business, and Vincent was delighted to show us the additional works that he has been adding to the hotel: a business centre and fitness suite, along with an even bigger family room.
Unfortunately, we were not fortuitous to stay over the weekend, so we missed the restaurant, but again, Vincent was more than happy to recommend several highlights in town, and they even offered to drop us off and pick us up any evening so we could have a few beers. We never actually took them up on that offer, mind you, as it is a lovely walk along the river path that leads right to the Auberge. We also looked forward to our evenings back in the Auberge. With baby monitor in hand, it was lovely to sit in the bar and have long chats with Vincent over a bottle or two of Belgian ale: like I say, a good chat with what is now a good friend. My wife and I (and our baby!) cannot wait to return to our friends’ house!
Rooms were as expected. Spacious, comfortable and nicely furnished. WiFi - check.
After a friendly chat and welcoming Duvel, my husband rattled on to Vincent his passion for WWII and Belgian beer...and an abnormal need for sparkling water. He IMMEDIATELY brought a case to our room. Plop. Withing seconds of his getting the words 'sparkling water' out -- Done! In the meantime, he was jovial and had us all relaxed and laughing within minutes. Vincent is terrifically funny. After a few mornings and nights of us laughing to tears, we were saying he's the Belgian Louis CK. But, also diligent and professional: Each evening he prepared a written itinerary for us based on our varied interests. Our daughter's room's LCD TV was little fuzzy -- he fixed it the next day. Elena was very sweet and our daughter's loved her manner. Every morning the beautifully prepared continental breakfasts were ready at our leisurely pace of 10-11 am. We thoroughly enjoyed our multi-lingual conversations with Elena over breakfast. And, every night the beers were cold, self-serving and the conversation profound and...endless.
If your are exploring the beautiful Ardennes or just passing though Dinant-- we unhesitatingly recommend staying here. Obviously, we enjoyed our stay and look forward to coming back some day.
This place is really more of an inn than a hotel. You feel as if you are visiting old friends in their home. This place, however, manages to maintain the perfect balance between friendly yet not overly intrusive. This balance can sometimes be a different one for very small inns to negotiate. They do it expertly here. When we arrived, not only was a crib set up in our room for our son, but they had made a little bed for him out of it with pillows and blankets. I think he liked it more than his crib at home. It is all a question of anticipating a guest's needs before the guest even has to ask for things.
Also, when one travels in Europe, sometimes the rooms and particularly the bathrooms are small. Even in the best hotels. Not here. The room and the bathroom were huge. It really felt more like a suite than anything. They were also a perfect combination of new and old. Old stone walls inside with beautiful pine floors. The bed was also incredibly comfortable.
As for the location, it is perfectly situated as a base if you plan to drive around Belgium for a vacation, which is what we did. We visited all six of the Belgian Trappist Breweries using this hotel as our base, and it worked out perfectly, since the abbeys form a kind of ring around the country, each within a short distance of one of the neighboring countries.
If you are looking for the perfect place to stay and money is no object, stay here. If saving money is of paramount importance for you, then you can still stay here because it is incredibly reasonable. I can't think of a better compliment than that.
"Best views are out to the front, where the road and river are, it's quieter (and cooler) out the back."Read full review
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