Things to see and do Mondorf-Les-Bains

Located in the Kind pavilion, in the centre of the thermal park, the Luxembourg Aeronautical Museum was inaugurated in 2012. It is housed in a two-storey glass building and pays homage to Mondorf, which in April 1910 was the scene of the first flight in Luxembourg airspace. Parachuting, hot-air balloons, gliding... This museum, dedicated to both sports and commercial aviation, immerses us in the history of aeronautics and aviation in Luxembourg.

Nestled on a hill overlooking the old town, this church is a beautiful jewel combining baroque and rococo, erected between 1761 and 1764, thanks to the will of the Benedictines of Echternach and according to the plans of Paul Mungenast. The interior is worth seeing for its remarkable Louis XV baroque furniture as well as the trompe l'oeil painting by Jean-Georges Weiser, a Bohemian native who was received bourgeois of the city of Luxembourg in 1740. Admire also the rocaille-style flesh, the organ, the carved balcony and the stained glass windows.

The Syndicat d'Initiative de Mondorf-les-Bains offers, either on its website or in its building, a lot of information about this spa town: accommodation, restaurant, attractions, opening hours, etc. It also organises guided theme tours, such as the literary guided walks, the Luxembourg Aviation Museum, the Casino 2000 or the thermal park. On its website, you will also find the agenda of the next events.

Halfway between Mondorf and Altwies, on the right bank of the Gander, stands a rocky spur, crowned with a chapel. The inhabitants refer to this rocky plateau as the sanctuary, with the name of Castel. Since the definitive establishment of the borders in 1769, the chapel chapel is in French territory.

A refuge for the Celtic populations 2,500 years ago, the rock was reinforced by a Castellum erected by the Romans towards the year 119 of our era. From the time of the Merovingians, a small convent appears to have existed in Castel. In 1237, Countess Ermesinde donated this convent and her chapel, dedicated to the Saint Savior, to the church of Sainte-Madeleine. Then, from 1571, the Castel was cited as a pilgrimage site.

On a framing of the door, the date of 1611 recalls the access of the hermitage to the chapel. A long line of ermites, the last of which died in 1826, lived in the Castel. The current chapel is only the chorus of the ancient church that was here once.