We are taking the RS Belgium Netherlands tour ending in Amsterdam Saturday April 25. Plan on taking a train to Brussels Airport Saturday and picking up a rental car to head to Bastogne to meet Reg Jans for Battle of Bulge Tour on Sunday April 26. Looking for hotel b&b suggestions in Bastogne or very nearby for two nights. Thinking of then heading to Ettlebruck as a base for two nights and looking for accommodation recommendations there as well. Quiet is first order of the day, easy parking, and charming would be nice .
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Eastern Iowa, USA
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We used Booking.com to find a place, the map lets you know where the place is, you can look at hotels, B&Bs, and apartments, as well as see if parking is included.
If no places meet your fancy, you can simply look on Google maps. there are not that many hotels in the town.
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In 2019, we stayed at the Hotel Melba in Bastogne. It is currently the #1 Bastogne hotel on TripAdvisor. It is quiet, has parking (we didn't have a car), and is very well located. It's not physically charming, but the staff were polite 6 years ago.
https://www.hotel-melba.com/en
Reg Jans is a wonderful guide - hope you enjoy your time with him.
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Alsenborn, Germany
2256 posts
Less than an hour away is the major fortress of Sedan, which has seen a lot more fighting then Bastogne ever did. This is where the French held in WWI, where Rommel was stopped in WWII, and where for over 600 years this river crossing in the Ardennes has hosted major battles. It's also a huge fort. And while I have not stayed there, they have a really nice hotel. Easy parking, good restaurant, interesting town.
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Belgium
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This (Sedan) ... where Rommel was stopped in WWII
Who told you this? Sedan was undefended and just run over. Perhaps read here for the real (very successful story) of Rommel's 7 PsDiv https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/A_bias_for_action_-_the_German_7th_Panzer_Division_in_France_%26_Russia_1940-1941_%28IA_biasforactionger00stol%29.pdf