Discover Metz, its monuments, its flora and fauna on the water, by kayak, stand-up paddle or Dragon Boat! Try your hand at rafting on our whitewater stadium in the heart of the city center! Contact us by e-mail outside opening …

Pays de Bitche has a dozen peatmires of which most are protected because of the exceptional vegetation that it shelters.  A wooden walkway with descriptive panels has been created at Hanau Lake to explain the rarity and the fragility of this natural …

Lieschbach Lake at Philippsbourg is a small peaceful peat mire and lake. On the outskirts of the villages, the 2km walk around the lake offers an exceptional panoramic of the forest and the rock outcrops. Thanks to a small wooden jetty, you can have a …

Enjoy this forest area located between 520m and 1000m high: find out more about protected bird species in the area, especially capercaillies. Unfortunately, they have not been seen very often lately and only a few remain in the …

Surrounded by the forest, a little less than a kilometre from Bitche town centre, the Hasselfurth Lake is an enjoyable place to make a halt.  It is peaceful area ideal for relaxing and recharging the batteries. It has a network of footpaths, cycle tracks …

The Grossmann is the largest biological reserve in Lorraine, created in 1984 to preserve the habitat of the capercaillie. Originally 173 hectares, it was enlarged in 1990 to 1,568 hectares, straddling the state forests of Abreschviller and …

Situated on the "Two villages on a plateau" circuit, Hunnenberg rises to an altitude of 371 meters, offering a unique panorama of the Warndt forest, the Lorraine plateau and the Moselle …

The ponds of Hoste, two mirrors of beauty and poetry in a setting of phragmites, fields and forests. The harrier comes to fish. A great crested grebe parades. Silhouettes of fish disturb the surface of the water. Time has stopped. Breathe, you are …

As if glued together, the two rocks have an original shape. …

  The Erbsenfels Rock is one of the most beautiful natural curiosities in Pays de Bitche. This magnificent red sandstone rock is also known as the Arch Rock because of its shape formed by the erosion. The rock has a gaping hole which filters the sun …