The journey to Royal Golf Club du Château Royal d'Ardenne begins at Brussels Airport (BRU), roughly ninety minutes north by road, though Charleroi Brussels South offers a closer alternative for certain European connections. The drive south traces the Meuse Valley through the forested heart of the Ardennes, where the landscape gradually shifts from Walloon farmland to the deep, rolling woodlands that define this corner of Belgium. As you approach Houyet, narrow roads wind through ancient beech and oak, the terrain growing more dramatic until the château's towers emerge above the canopy - a medieval silhouette that signals arrival at one of Europe's most romantically sited royal clubs, where golf unfolds in the shadow of centuries-old stone.