Walking around a medieval castle!

in Wednesday Walklast year (edited)

On my way to the city of Ghent in Belgium I came accros this 13th century castle!
It's in the town of Laarne, and it's one of the most beautiful and best preserved water surrounded castles in Belgium!

I arived very early and because of that, the castle was still closed, they open on 13:00 hour!
That was a to long of a wait for me, so i just walked around a bit!

The entrance is already very beautiful, and because of that the castle still was closed, I could park wright in front of it!

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There was another beauty parked at the neighbors!

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And a half of a sculpture playing hopscotch, that's what google told me is the translation of the Dutch word "hinkelen"

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This awesome long lane starts out in the village and you walk straight up to the castle!

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Along the way these beautiful flowers!

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The first building on the right are the old stables! the transformed them to an beautiful restaurant! To bad it's also closed!

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And from the terrace, you have a beautiful view of the castle!
This is so cool if you could drink a beer here with this view!

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Walking around the stables to the front of the castle give you a pretty good idea how beautiful it must be inside! It was almost if I was back in the middle-ages!

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And there was a wedding shoot! How cool is that! Wedding pictures at a castle from the year 1295!

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The view from the bridge!

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What a magnificent castle! It must've made for unforgettable wedding photos. But.... Imagine living there. I loved wandering the castles and their gardens when I lived in the UK. Now I'm disappointed that I never explored any castles in Belgium!

But Belgium also has got many castle

And now I regret not exploring them

I am sorry🙈

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Such a beautiful area that hopscotch statue is different which for ma make sit so cool, and WOW that castle is awesome

Thanks for joining the Wednesday walk :)

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