Dinant Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Wallonia, Belgium
About Dinant
The site where Dinant is now located has been inhabited since neolithic times, and its name stems from Celtic for "divine valley". It grew to become an important city in the Middle Ages, specializing in producing fine objects out of a silvery brass alloy calleddinanderieafter its origin. Later the main industries were leather tanning, manufacturing of playing cards and the famous Dinant biscuits. Through the centuries, Dinant has found itself on the borders of various warring entities, also often falling in conflict with its metropoleLiègeand neighbour Namur, and was repeatedly pillaged and burnt down. Although it looks very much like an authentic old town, it was all but razed by the invading Germans in 1914, after the Battle of Dinant which went on record as one of the more important in
Top Attractions in Dinant
Explore the best things to see and do in Dinant:
- ★Abbaye Notre-Dame de Leffe
- ★Citadel of Dinant
- ★Collégiale Notre Dame de Dinant
- ★Dinant Casino
- ★French Military Cemetery
- ★Grotte la Merveilleuse
- ★Les Bains de Dinant
- ★Le triomphe de la lumière
Where to Eat in Dinant
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Foodbox
- 🍴Hoa Sen
- 🍴La Table d'Antonio
- 🍴Sawadee Thailand
Where to Stay in Dinant
- 🏨Auberge de la Lesse
- 🏨Ibis Dinant
- 🏨L'Auberge de Bouvignes
Dinant Travel Guide Sections
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