Since they visited the town pass, specially excursions were not planned and did not buy. We studied sights and terrain on their own using guidebooks. The hotel was Wi-Fi, immediately after the settlement looked at what to see and went to conquer the city. Moved preferably on foot, at the subway ride more from curiosity, there were thoughts to take bikes, but then refused because of fatigue, they decided that a leisurely walk was easier.
There is a division of the center of Charlerua to the upper city and the lower city - right in Belgians some mania divide the city on this principle, in Brussels the same division (maybe there are historical prerequisites, who knows?). The conditional border that shares them - Alberta Square I. In the center, the main attractions of Charleroi are quite compact - the Church of St. Anthony, the Exchange Passage, Museum of Fine Arts, Railway Station, Pedestrian Street Montan, Museum of Glass and Archaeological Museum, there is another Museum of Photography, but Where exactly it was not found, simply did not have enough time. In the upper city it is worth viewing the building of the Town Hall with a 70-meter bell tower, opposite her Basilica of St. Christopher, and directly in the Town Hall, on the second floor, the Museum of Fine Arts.
Applying to local residents about how to find places you are interested in - pleased with the reaction of normal responsive and very patient people. The fact is that English with my husband and our husband are very weak, and the locals in principle say mostly speak French. So, Belgians from Charleroi patiently tried to understand what we want and also triedfully tried to explain to us what was interested in us. For what we express great appreciation. After such an attitude towards us, rumors about a high level of crime were personally seemed to be absolutely uncomplicated by the myth, in my opinion, in my opinion, patient and cute people live here.
Ibis stayed at the hotel, three stars, but cute, clean, cozy and downtown, the room for two cost 69 euros, a view from the room to the embankment. From the hotel down the street of the shepherd, you can walk to the Park Chateau Supara, ordinary, green, purely, benches (rare), sculptures (little, but there is).
You can eat in restaurants, cafe, fast food (it would be strange if the birthplace of potatoes did not notice) also takes place, not far from the hotel we found wonderful bunificate, where you cook a lot of goodies, but as you understand the croissants, this is the first thing that We decided to buy.
The average account for two people with a full lunch (soup, rabbit stewed with vegetables and dessert) in the restaurant about 30 euros, did not run on beer, just a non-alcoholic sining. Here by the way, for the first time, an apple was trying in the test, it turns out on Walloon Earth this is one of the traditional sweets as the famous Belgian waffles. To taste, it looks like the wind pies with apples, only an apple inside the whole. We did not leave the tips.
In the suburbs, a few kilometers from the city, there is a Mons-sur-Sabr Castle, for visits to tourists is closed, the time of construction is the XVIII century, did not go there due to the fact that is far away and not along the way. It is famous for the town and the fact that the native fenats known on the world of comics, the monuments are funny there, but do not read the comics and do not apply to fans of this type of art, and therefore this topic was not given due attention. I refer to them just in case, suddenly someone interests this topic.