Royal Golf Club du Château d'Ardenne

The Royal Golf Club of the Château Royal d'Ardenne is located on land belonging to the Royal Donation. The Léopold Tower, built in 1878, is today the golf club house and offers some of the most beautiful views of the countryside around the Lesse valley, a few kilometers from Dinant, Houyet and Ciergnon, the castle of Ciergnon, where the Royal Family come regularly to enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of southern Belgium.

The golf course, which was inaugurated in 1895 in the park of the Château d'Ardenne, built by King Leopold II between 1874 and 1891, was rehabilitated after World War II in 1950 by Baron Gaston Braun and some of his friends.
First with 9 holes, then 12 holes, and finally the current 18-hole course which was completed in 1992.

The result of this long and rich history of this prestigious park is certainly one of the most beautiful golf courses in Belgium. Century-old trees, some of them representing very rare varieties, line the fairways that run through the naturally hilly landscape which offers superb views of the surrounding countryside.

Golfers will also be able to contemplate the vestiges of the past, with of course the Léopold Tower, but also the chapel, the open-air theater built in 1889, a chandelier and a cast iron porphyry fountain.