Around the house

Front: duck park with pond. Panoramic view on the ‘broeken’ (marshes) of the IJzer
West side: fish and reptile pond (40 m²), herb garden, terrace with view on the deerfield and the polders, greenhouse 20 m², recreation space
East side : orchard, poultry farm, deerfield, view on the polders up to the IJzertoren
Back: terrace, BBQ, sunbathing area, fruit orchard, poultry farm and view on the deerfield (4 ha), view on the polders with the towers of Pollinkhove and Lo

 

Near 't Leeg Huys

Trip on the IJzer by (electric) boat or kayak
Visit Lo (biscuit factory Jules Destrooper)
Veurne with its Spanish past and a beautiful square (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veurne)
Diksmuide with the IJzertoren, Dodengang (trenches) World War I remembrances (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diksmuide)
Ieper with its cloth hall, the Menenpoort with the ‘Last Post’,(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ypres)
Poperinge with its delicious Hoppe beer; Abbey Sixtus West-Vleteren.
The coast (Nieuwpoort, Koksijde, De Panne) max. 25 km away
Brugge and Rijsel are accessible through the highway, ideal for a day out (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruges)
Plopsaland, an amusement park (22 km) (http://www.plopsa.be/plopsaland-de-panne/en)
2 recognised restaurants at 1 km distance (De Lisdodde and the Hooipiete)
Many great rustic 'brasserietjes' (cafe-restaurant) and nice cafés typical for the Westhoek (de Vate, de Pollepel, ’t Mozarthuysje,…)
Numerous war monuments and grave yards WW I and WWII
Fishing in the IJzer, the Lo-vaart of Beverdijk
Nord-Pas de Calais at a ten km distance
Les Moëres (15 km)

 

UNIQUE: ask the owner for a boattrip in the river Yser!