Tournai

Worth seeing in and around Tournai

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Tournai Cathedral

   The Cathedral of Our Lady, or Tournai Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral, see of the Diocese of Tournai in Tournai, Belgium. It has been classified both as a Wallonia major heritage site since 1936 and as a World Heritage Site since 2000.

   100 m · cathedral · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai

   The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Tournai, Belgium, is an art museum. At the beginning of the 20th century, Henri Van Cutsem, a Belgian art collector, offered his collection of art to the city of Tournai in 1905.

   500 m · art museum in Tournai, Belgium · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Bridge of the Holes

   The Bridge of the Holes is a Gothic style water gate, erected in the 13th century, framed by two towers and spanning the river Scheldt in Tournai, in Belgium. The central arch was dynamited at the beginning of the World War II. During the post-war reconstruction, the two intact arches were dismantled and the entire structure was rebuilt according to new proportions – partly using materials from the historic arches – to widen the central arch, and the whole bridge was raised by 2.40 m to facilitate river navigation, while preserving what defined the structure as a medieval water gate.

   800 m · bridge in Tournai, Belgium · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Abbaye de Saint-Martin de Tournai

   The Saint-Martin Abbey in the historic center of Tournai, in the Wallonia region of Belgium is a former Benedictine abbey, dating back to the 7th century. It was re-established in the late 11th century by Odo of Tournai and it immediately became an important Benedictine settlement.

   500 m · building in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Grand-Place

   The Grand-Place is the main square and the centre of activity of Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium. The square has a triangular shape, owing it to the convergence of several ancient roads, and it covers 7,500 m2.

   200 m · square in Tournai, Belgium · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of Saint Quentin

   The Church of St. Quentin is a Roman Catholic parish church in Tournai, Belgium.

   300 m · church in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium · Wikipedia

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Getting to Tournai

Airports

Lille (LIL), 21 km · Ostend-Bruges (OST), 75 km · Brussels South Charleroi (CRL), 77 km

Stations

Tournai railway station, 800 m

• Oostende → Tournai

  76 km · quickest by road, 1h 37m · €10–13
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• Charleroi → Tournai

  78 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · €9–13
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• Zaventem → Tournai

  82 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · €11–15
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