Juniper Distillery

This 1h30mn long guided tour will help you discover one of the last juniper distillery of the country. Active for 200 years now, the Claeyssens distillery is a great legacy of our industrial and local heritage. Discover its manifacturing secrets step by step : grinding, cooking, yeasting, fermentation, distillation and aging. At the end of your tour, you’ll try a variety of products : Juniper, Whisky, Gin, Vodka…

Practical information :

• Access : Place de la distillerie, Wambrechies
• Booking : 03 20 67 89 44 // tourisme@wambrechies.com // www.distilleriedewambrechies.com
• Website : www.distilleriedewambrechies.com
• Guided tour : Because there is ongoing work in the distillery, the tour, for now, takes place outside the factory, around its walls and in the city center. It focuses on the city’s industrial heritage.
• Shop opening hours : From Tuesday to Friday, 10am-12:30pm & 2pm-6pm. Saturday, from 9:30am to 12:30pm, and 2m to 6pm. 

Discovering Wambrechies’ city-center.

The « Juniper city » is only 7km north from Lille, and is located on the Deûle riverbank. Although the first texts mentioning Wambrechies are from the 12th century, the civil parish is way older than that. Thanks to Jeanne de Constantinople and the channeling of the Basse Deûle from Lille to Deûlémont, thanks to the textile industry, the agriculture and Wambrechies’ seigneury, the city will grow.

Practical information:

• Prices: €5 adult / €2 child (5 to 15 years old)
• Meeting point: in front of the Saint-Vaast church
• Reservation required: online only (tickets to come)
• Next dates: Saturdays October 19, November 30, February 8, March 8 and April 12 at 10:30 a.m

Payment on site not accepted

Saint-Chrysole Church in Comines

Located on the Grand-Place in Comines, near the banks of the Lys, the Church of St Chrysologus can be seen from all around and will enchant visitors as much by its forms as its colours. Listed as an Historic Monument in 2002, the church is a fine example of architecture featuring reinforced concrete walls and the first building in France designed by architect Dom Paul Bellot.

Practical information:

• Prices: €5 adult / €2 child (5 to 15 years old)
• Meeting point: in front of the Saint-Chrysole church
• Reservation required: online only (tickets to come)
• Next dates: Saturdays December 4 and February 19 at 2:30 p.m.

Payment on site not accepted

Doll and Ancient Toys museum.

Come and discover an amazing  collection of toys from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century. The museum is inside the Robersart castle. Ancient flemish games are also available for you to try them in the museum. 

Practical information :

• Access : Robersart castle, Wambrechies
• 4€/adult, 2€/kids and attendants. Group : guided tour can be requested, 20€, 30p. max, 1h30 long for adults and 1h long for children. 
• Booking : 03 20 39 69 28 - contact@musee-du-jouet-ancien.com
• Website : www.musee-du-jouet-ancien.com

Deule and Lys Valley touristic tramway.

Onboard of an authentic early 20th century tramway, enjoy a nice stroll along the riverbanks. Back then, those vehicles were a part of everyday-life. Boarding : Vent de Bise street (Wambrechies) or Deûle street (Marquette-lez-Lille) from April to September.

Practical information :

• Every sunday from April to September, from 3pm to 6pm. Every wednesday of July and August, from 3pm to 5:30. Stroll lasts about 40mn.
• 6.50€/adult and 2.50€/children (with an attendant) from 4 to 12 yo. One-way ticket : 4€/adult and 1€/children. 
• Contact : 03 59 50 74 49 - valdedeule-lys.tourisme@lillemetropole.fr
• Website : www.amitram.fr

Mohair Farm.

Small familial farm in the city-center of Quesnoy-sur-Deûle. Angora goats and mohair wool took over chickens and cows. During this guided tour, you will learn everthing about wool-making.

Practical information :

• Access : 21 Rue de Comines, Quesnoy-sur-Deûle
• Every Thursday at 2pm during school breaks. You can also book your own visit.
• Price : 5€/adult (15p min.) / 3,50€ for children (3-12 y.o) / 140€ for a school group (half a day)
• Booking : 03 20 39 88 32 - christine.delecluse@orange.fr
• Website : www.mohair-du-val-de-deule.fr

Lesaffre snail production farm.

This surprising farm is specialised in snail farming, since 1995. Discover everything about snails !

Practical information :

• Access : 1147 chemin de l'Apothicaire, Comines
• Guided tour every saturday from 2pm to 4pm, from April to October. 
• Price : 2€/adult
• Group visit with the possibility to taste the products : 5€/person

Resistance in Nord-pas-de-Calais

At the Resistance museum of Bondues, a guided tour allow you to follow the route of northern resistance, discover the treasures of creativity shown by the war prisoners in order to keep on resisting and stroll in the ruins of an ancien fort…

Practical information :

• 6€/person. Free from <12y.o
• Meeting point : 2 Chemin Saint-Georges, Bondues
• Next dates : September 3rd and October 15th, 3:30pm.
• Booking : 03 20 28 88 32 or ccretel@mairie-bondues.fr
• Website : www.ville-bondues.fr