Discover Manage: Trails, Parks and Cultural History

Manage combines active days outdoors with special insights into landscapes, nature and cultural history. Anyone looking for a holiday apartment or holiday home for a varied stay will find several ways here to shape their trip according to their own interests: marked trails, long-distance hiking trails, parks, RAVeL routes and cultural sites are available as different elements of the experience.

Hiking and cycling in different forms

Five marked trails with a total length of around twenty kilometres are signposted in Manage. This information will help you plan your day if you would like to make a hike the focus of your outing. Hikers can also reach the GR 12 from Manage. The long-distance trail between Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris crosses the entire area of Manage, offering another perspective on hiking in the surrounding area.

Another way to explore the area is provided by the RAVeL routes on lines 113 and 265 between Manage and Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont. This section is in operation for more than 6.5 kilometres. In addition, Manage has a fitness trail for physical exercises and outdoor activities. This allows you to choose between a longer route, a section of the long-distance trail and a sport-oriented activity, without limiting your stay to just one type of experience.

Parks and nature experiences

The Parc de Mariemont makes an impressive contribution to the landscape. A double avenue of beech trees, almost one kilometre long, leads to its main entrance. Various birds find a habitat in the ponds of the Parc de Mariemont. Those travelling to Manage who want to include not only covering ground but also peaceful nature observation in their plans can make this park a focus of their visit.

The Parc communal offers footpaths for walking and strolling, as well as opportunities for playing and relaxing. It can be reached via two entrances on Rue de Bascoup and at Cité de la Corderie, and has parking spaces for visitors. This makes it easy to incorporate a visit to the park into a stay combining exercise, a break in green surroundings and time spent together.

Mariemont, La Hestre and living culture

The Royal Museum of Mariemont is located in the heart of the Parc de Mariemont. The combination of museum and park makes the site particularly interesting for travellers who want to combine cultural discoveries with time spent in green surroundings. In La Hestre, the present-day Valère-Motte Hall tells part of the area’s local educational history: from 1884, it housed the primary classes of La Hestre’s municipal boys’ school. The classes remained there until the opening of the new school complex in 1983.

Traditions are also part of the area’s cultural profile. The Chaudeau, also known as Caudia, of Bois-d'Haine is regarded as an emblematic element of the intangible cultural heritage of the French Community. The Centre Régional d’Initiation à l’Environnement de Mariemont at Rue du Parc 29, 7170 Manage, also develops activities for discovering nature and the environment.

Which accommodation suits your stay?

When choosing a holiday apartment in Manage, you should first decide what pace you prefer during your holiday. If you want to combine several interests, plan individual days with a clear focus and leave room for quieter periods. This allows the accommodation to serve as a base for a varied stay without requiring you to commit to a single holiday theme.

Discover more places

If you would like to compare other destinations alongside Manage, you can also look at Enghien, Froidchapelle, Erquelinnes, Le Roeulx, Estaimpuis, Braine-Le-Comte, Jurbise and Leernes.

To the higher-level travel overview: Hainaut.