Forest Sensory Wellness Escape in the Belgian Ardennes

Le Sanglier des Ardennes is a 5-star hotel in Durbuy, in the Belgian province of Luxembourg. The Forest Sensory Retreat package is sold as a half-board stay: overnight accommodation, breakfast, and a dinner for two at Bru'sserie, the hotel's restaurant, which cooks with seasonal produce and leans on forest ingredients. The wellness centre is included in the package, so the pool, sauna and treatment areas are open to you throughout the stay.

The forest element is the point of the package. Durbuy is surrounded by woodland, and the retreat is built around walks through it — the hotel frames these as sensory walks, with the idea that you slow down and pay attention to the forest rather than treat it as a backdrop. You go at your own pace, on routes you can pick up from town or with guidance from the hotel. Nothing here is compulsory and nothing is timed.

What separates this from a standard spa weekend is the setting and the food. Durbuy's old town is genuinely pretty and small enough to cover on foot in an afternoon, and the hotel's restaurant, under chef Wout Bru, is a draw in its own right — the menu is seasonal and forest-led rather than generic hotel fare. The half-board arrangement means dinner is already sorted.

The hotel also runs other packages alongside this one, including a gourmet-ride option and shorter wellness packages (a 2h30 'Escale Love' for two at €195, a 1h40 'Escale Alpine' at €200 per person), but the Forest Sensory Retreat is the one built around the half-board stay plus wellness access. Prices start from €365 per person per night for the hotel, wellness and half-board combination, with a midweek discount of around 25% available on certain dates.

Autumn is a particularly good time to go — the hotel runs a seasonal 'Wild Experience' offer for stays between 20 September and 30 November 2026 that layers gastronomy, nature and relaxation together. If you want the forest at its most atmospheric, that's the window.

What's included

- Overnight accommodation at Le Sanglier des Ardennes - Breakfast daily - Dinner menu for two at Bru'sserie - Access to the hotel wellness centre (pool, sauna, steam room) - Forest walking routes in the Ardennes

What's not included

- Travel to Durbuy - Lunch - Additional spa treatments and wellness packages - Drinks beyond those included with dinner - Travel insurance - Personal expenses