Public transports
Living near Rue du Désert offers a practical setting with easy access to shops, transport, and essential everyday services.
For your daily commute, you can choose from several bus lines: TEC Hainaut - 483 - Tournai - Ronse/Renaix, TEC Hainaut - 97 - Tournai - Renaix/Ronse, TEC Hainaut - 491 - Tournai - Mortagne / Péruwelz with a stand 3 minutes’ walk away.
Nearby cities
Wattrelos is right around the corner, just 19 minutes by car. Need to reach Valenciennes? It takes about 39 minutes by car. Need to reach Douai for work or leisure? It takes about 39 minutes by car.
Shopping
The area offers a solid choice of supermarkets for your daily needs: "Colruyt Tournai" (5 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Intermarché Tournai" (11 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Carrefour Express Tournai" (8 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
Transports
In fewer than 1 minute, you can find a charging station for your electric car.
The nearest train station is "Doornik / Tournai": reachable in 2 minutes by car, or 14 minutes by public transport.
Ideal for drivers: the motorways A16 / E42 (Mons - Tournai) and A8 / E429 - E42 (Halle - Tournai - (Lille, France)) are both 3 minutes away.
Thanks to the "Cambio - Tournai-Gare" station, you can rent a car when you need one, in fewer than 13 minutes walk.
Tourism
Just 3 minutes away is the "Site De La Pierre Au Ciel".
Want to visit a zoo? You will find "Folles Histoires De Tournai" at 3 minutes drive.
"Ecopark Adventures" is 4 minutes away.
It will take you approximately 2 minutes to reach the museum "Musée D'Archéologie".
Education
Within walking distance, you have access to "Ecole Fondamentale Libre - Institut Saint-André", a preschool reachable in 4 minutes.
A real plus for families: elementary school "Ecole Primaire Annexée À L'Athénée Royal Robert Campin" is close enough for children to walk there in 3 minutes.
Your children can walk to nursery "Les Chwa'Ptis", just 5 minutes away on foot.
For parents who drive their children to school, high school "Athenee Royal Robert Campin" is reachable in 1 minute by car.
All these advantages make this area a convenient and functional place to live.