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Venue Physical Address: Route de l'Eau Rouge 2T, B - 4970 Stavelot Belgique

How Far is? Distance from Hotels near Spa Francorchamps.

> Spa Belgium Hotels (circuit entrance is 5 miles / 8 kilometers from Spa center - )
> Belgium Hotels including: Hotels in Brussels (86 miles, 2hrs + without raceday traffic)

Got Directions? How do we get to Spa Francorchamps Circuit in Belgium

Take the A37/E43 out into the woods follow signs.
Parking: Ample (not always free) .
Trains: to Liège and then onto Spa: Telephone: +32 (0) 4229 26 10
Bus/Coach Bus to Leige, then onto Spa: Call: TEC: +32 (0) 4361 94 44
Race Tickets: see my F1 Motorsport Grand Prix tickets

What's the nearest airport to Spa Francorchamps circuit?

> (BRU) Brussels-National/Zaventem, Belgium (BRU)
approx: 110KM/70MIs from Spa Francorchamps Circuit.
> Find Hotels near BRU Brussels-National/Zaventem Airport (and other Airports in Belgium)
> BRU Airport Belgium Website

> (CGN) Koln/Cologn Airport
approx: 90KM/55 Miles from SpaFrancorchamps Circuit.
> Find Hotels near CGN cologn Bonn (Koeln/Bonn) Airport (and all major German Airports)
Note: Spa is only 16KMs/12MIs from the German border.

> (MST) Maastricht Airport Netherlands
approx: 1 hour drive from SpaFrancorchamps Circuit. (not in f1 weekend traffic!)
> Find Hotels near MST Maastricht Airport Netherlands (and all Netherlands Airports)
Note: From Maastricht airport in to Maastrich downtown is only 15 minutes, then only 40 minutes more to the track by car.

Private planes can use Spa La Souveniere airport, 5KMs/3MI from the circuit.

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Shop for the cheapest airfare to Brussels National Zaventem Airport BRU, Maastricht Airport MST, of Koln Airport CGN for your trip to Spa Francochamps Circuit with Travelocity . Hotwire. Priceline Expedia at my Online Travel Store . Compare prices from these big name package providers and save on flight, hotel, car tours. For information about getting from these airports to their respective downtown (not to the circuit) visit to and from the airport.

Hotels Accommodations nearby Spa Francorchamps Circuit?

Hotels nearby are hard to find. This place is in the woods, after all.

Find 50 + Hotels within 60KMS / 60 miles of spa francorchamps circuit

including

Radisson Sas Balmoral Hotel Hotel Address: AVENUE LEOPOLD II 40 Spa, 4900 (6 miles from Circuit Spa Francorchamps)

Best Western Hotel Restaurant l'Auberge Hotel Location: Place Du Monument 3 and 4 Spa, 4900 (6 miles from Circuit Spa Francorchamps)

Best Western Univers Hotel Hotel Location: 116 Rue Des Guillemins Liege, 4000 (22 miles from Circuit Spa Francorchamps)


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Also check for hotels (from Nearest to Furthest)
Liege Belgium Hotels (23 miles)
Aachen Germany Hotels (25 miles)

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Best Viewing for General Admission at Spa Francorchamps Circuit:

Anywhere you can find a perch. Really. Old timers know their way around and get there really early, sometimes days in advance. Best advice for the Spa F1 Race, if you don't know someone or want to spend big bucks on a good grandstand or paddock club, is watch it at home on TV. Au Rouge is magnificent, but since I'll never get to see it from the seat of a Formula 1 car, I'm satisfied with a little onboard and a belgian beer. I paid my dues with this place. I've said enough over the years about this place and it's "welcome" for international travelers. For an alternate view, read a brit fan's report, published below. Heck, send your own and I'll add it here too. The more the merrier on this perch.

Camping at Spa Francorchamps Circuit:

Ample campsites for tents and Motor Homes RVs on site. Price varies by event.

Tourism Official Websites:

Try typing "Walloon Region" into google, see what you find. ??

Other area info of interest for people going to spa francorchamps circuit:

> Map of Spa-Francorchamps Area (with hotels nearby, satellite and road map
> weather.com 10-day forecast
Time Zone: GMT+1
Liquor Laws: Legal Drinking age in Belgium is 10.
Places of Worship: ???
ATM Locator: World ATM Machine Locator from VISA
Tipping: Expected, of course, not many tourist dollars ever go through that part of the world, but not necessary.
Enjoy/Casinos? Pack of cards & a flashlight if you're camping, or you can wander into the pretty town of Spa by the circuit main gates. The town of Maastricht in Holland often coincides festivals with Major race events at the circuit. This is the place to be!
Restaurant Tip:
Bring your own or be doomed to notoriously over-priced Belgian food. It's yummy but you feel ripped off. Try Fondue, it was invented in Belgium. Lunch is the main meal & can last over an hour and consist of up to 5 courses, not including the beer. Local faves include - Anguilles au vert (Eels in herb sauce), Carbonnade flamande (Beer-stewed beef), Moules marinière (Steamed mussels), or even locally caught trout which seems to appear on every menu.
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In and near Spa, Belgium take time to see

> GP Museum in Stavelot, featuring several cars & the history of Spa circuit, which has been raced on since 1896, all in a beautiful Abbey. Address: Ancienne Abbaye. Tel: +32 (0) 80 88 08 78
> Usually in August, Brussels held their famous Autoworld Dispaly in the Main park. Call: : +32 (0) 2736 4165 for details.
> Visit Nurburg, (100KMS/60MIs) & take a ring taxi ride!

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Other times of the year in Spa?

> Theatre Festival of Spa
> Endurance Racing
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Did you know this about Belgium?

> Belgian people are nuts about food, beer, bicycle racing, and motorsport! (not always in that order, depends!) Zolder, also in Belgium, has already hosted the World Cycling Cup twice.

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SPA FRANCORCHAMPS BELGIUM F1 GRAND PRIX TRAVEL REPORTS

Venue: SPA FRANCORCHAMPS GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT BELGIUM EUROPE

Dawn & Danny O'Rourke's Review of their trip to Spa-Francorchamps, August 29, 2004

Cvetko,

Thanks for your advice regarding the GP @ Spa.

As promised here is a summary of our experiences:

We were lucky enought to get tickets for the GP. We set off from Blackburn (Lancashire ) UK and travelled by coach to Dover, On the ferry to Calais and back onto the coach through to Liege. (Sounds horrendous, it was!) We got the train to Verviers and through to Spa. There was a bus to ferry people from the train station to and from the circuit. Then a 45 minute walk to the circuit, although we could have made it faster but the stalls and bars on the way there was a great atmosphere the torrential rain did not dampen our spirits. We arrived at the muddy circuit around 11.00am and did not take long before we were knee deep in mud. The facilities were appauling for Bronze ticket holders, the portable toilets were the worst I have ever seen no wonder everywhere you looked there was somebody taking a leak on trees,in the tunnels, anywhere in fact!

The Belgians tossed their rubbish were they stood and it was not long before the whole of the circuit looked like a rubbish tip, (And stunk like one too.) This attracted the wasps in droves. The track action on Saturday was awesome and purely because we were such fans of F1 we could turn a blind eye to the lack of facilities.

We stayed in Brussels on Saturday night which meant a few hours on a train but they were very reliable. The Stop trains would wait for connecting trains if they were late and this made our journey easy and trouble free. On Sunday (Race day) we made our way back to Spa and could not believe it when it was shut - Yes Spa appeared to be ghost town, no taxi's, no buses, no shops open, no sign of life. As the circuit was about 8 KM from Spa we were concened about how to get to the circuit, we met a few people who were all in the same boat we were. They rang a couple of taxi's but these did not turn up, We ended up getting a bus because the driver assured us he could drop us near the circuit and just a 5 Minute walk away - What he actually meant was a 6 KM walk. The time was ticking away and we had already missed the start at this time, we were desperate by now and even started to hitchike, lucky for us a taxi pulled up and took us to the circuit as near as he could, we then ran the rest of the way and finally arrived at the circuit at around 3.00pm, needless to say we had missed most of the action. If anyone is planning to go the Belgian GP my advice is DONT - Unless you have Gold or at the very least Silver tickets don't bother, we were sheparded like peasants through the mud and rubbish, with thousands of people leaving the circuit at the same time through small tunnells was a frightening experience, Somebody in their wisdom had build a scaffold spectators stand on the exit of the tunnel this was an accident waiting to happen, no lighting in the tunnel, thousands of people trying to get through. There were children who were terrified as well as the adults, added to the stench of people using it as a toilet was all in all a disgusting, disorganised mess, not what I would expect when coming to a F1 circiut the pinnacle of motorsport (What a joke!) - That said, we're both still huge F1 fans and thouroughly enjoyed the atmosphere, the noise, the cars, the race and better still, the outcome!!!!

Dawn & Danny O'Rourke (UK).

Venue: SPA FRANCORCHAMPS GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT BELGIUM EUROPE

Eric Alchowiak's Review of things he learned at Spa-Francorchamps, 2007

Spa. When I bought my Spa ticket, Belgian rail had a promotion giving you a free train ticket. When my ticket package arrived, there was no train ticket, coupon, flyer, nothing. We were staying in Brussels, so I went to the train station and asked about the formula one promotion. The only thing they knew about was a $15 round trip train-bus-tram ticket to the track - I bought one. Again, while in Brussels there is no indication that there is a grand prix going on although they were having some kind of festival involving beer, wine, food, music and strange costumes that was nice.

Race day I arrived at Brussels Nord rail station at 5:30am. I couldn’t tell from the train schedule which train to take but from my research I knew I had to get to the town of Verviers (the closest big town to Spa and Francorchamps). There was a direct Brussels-Verviers train leaving at 6:03am. Eventually other F1 fans showed up and they all congregated at the 6:03 train platform. The train ride is 1.5 hours to Verviers. In Verviers, there were people guiding you to motor coaches that would take you to the track. You got on a bus based on your type of race ticket. The bus waited an hour to become 100% full before it left. The bus took the back roads to the track (about 45 minutes) and dropped me off about 200 yards from the track entrance. By now it was almost 9:30am. After that, the bus went to the bus parking lot - more about this later. Security at the track was professional. I had to show my ticket three times at various checkpoints before I even got to the actual entrance. There were no scalpers buying or selling tickets. Once at the track, I headed over to F1 village. I must say this is the best F1 village I’ve ever been to. Not that the F1 stuff being sold was any different but you could buy vast varieties of Belgian waffles, crepes, pancakes, draft or canned beer, wine, bratwurst, sandwiches, hot dogs, hamburgers, and get coffee in “brew your own cups”. Some of the food stands looked like little alpine chalets and the prices were reasonable by F1 standards. You can sit down at a nearby table and actually get an excellent view of the cars going up the hill thru Eau Rouge. My take is that you could buy a general admission ticket, go the F1 village, sit down and get a respectable view of the race from there. They had toilet facilities with attendants that cost $0.75 (but they were spotless) or you could just use a free port-a-potty. On the other hand, if you’re buying tickets, I highly recommend grandstand 8 - La Source. It’s covered to protect you from rain and sun (don’t laugh it WAS sunny when I was there). It’s got a good view of the start-finish line and the pits. You can watch the cars from the start, though La Source and all the way up through Eau Rouge. To sit on, it has got actual seats with backs. My only complaint is the height of the safety fencing. You need a seat in row 25 or higher. Otherwise, you’re looking thru chain link fence at the track (like I was).

After the race, I went back to where the bus dropped me off but I couldn’t find it. I couldn’t find it in the bus parking lot either. I ended up walking a few hundred yards into the town of Francorchamps and taking a city-type bus (that was marked) back to Verviers. The bus was packed. I talked to some Brits on the bur who told me that, on Friday and Saturday, they had to take a tram from Verviers to Spa and then a bus to Francorchamps. Apparently there were no shuttle busses from Verviers like there were on Sunday.

Hope this helps if you ever have a chance to attend.

Eric Alchowiak Springfield, Virginia
See Eric's Pics at my Spa Francorchamps F1 GP Pics Travel Info at my hotels near big ticket venues blog + Eric's report on his trip to Monza on my Monza Autodromo Milan Italy Guide Page

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