This article about The Belgian Center For Comic Strip Art should tempt anyone interested in this particular artform, especially of course the Tintin fan travelling to Brussels!

Belgian Centre of Comic Strip Art
Zandstraat / Rue des Sables, 20
1000 Brussels

Cheverny was used as a model to create Moulinsart (the 'proper' name for Marlinspike Hall, Captain Haddock's family home), the stately home featured in The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's Treasure. Cheverny is in the Loire Valley, South-West of Paris and easily accessible by train from the capital. Another good excuse for a holiday...