Across the road from the Abbaye de Villers, La Cave du Moulin gets mixed reviews for service and food but is ideal if you fancy coffee, cake or a drink in an old stone-vaulted mill house after you’ve visited the ruins.
La Cave du Moulin
Wallonia
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