Gids van Sara

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Utrecht has an attractive old center and is very close to Tienhoven. You can even go by bike although it takes at least half an hour. At least as old as Amsterdam but smaller. You can do everything by foot. • Again, lots of canals • Dom church and tower http://www.domtoren.nl/de • DOMunder. Tour under the DOM tower with lots of info about the history of Utrecht http://www.domunder.com/en • Shopping can be best done in Hoog Catherijne (indoor shopping mall in and around central station) or the little boutiques around the canals • On Saturday there’s a nice flower market at St. Janskerkhof. Utrecht has nice museums as well: • Centraal Musem, variety of art, design, fashion etc. from different ages. • Catherijne Convent: religious art (paintings and pieces). If you go by train you can park the car at Utrecht Overvecht station https://goo.gl/maps/pqNmnQoARvyXP8559. Trains to Utrecht Centraal will take you there in less than 5 minutes.
243 locals recommend
Utrecht
243 locals recommend
Utrecht has an attractive old center and is very close to Tienhoven. You can even go by bike although it takes at least half an hour. At least as old as Amsterdam but smaller. You can do everything by foot. • Again, lots of canals • Dom church and tower http://www.domtoren.nl/de • DOMunder. Tour under the DOM tower with lots of info about the history of Utrecht http://www.domunder.com/en • Shopping can be best done in Hoog Catherijne (indoor shopping mall in and around central station) or the little boutiques around the canals • On Saturday there’s a nice flower market at St. Janskerkhof. Utrecht has nice museums as well: • Centraal Musem, variety of art, design, fashion etc. from different ages. • Catherijne Convent: religious art (paintings and pieces). If you go by train you can park the car at Utrecht Overvecht station https://goo.gl/maps/pqNmnQoARvyXP8559. Trains to Utrecht Centraal will take you there in less than 5 minutes.
Beautiful castle and gardens at 15 minutes from Tienhoven.
105 locals recommend
Castle De Haar
1 Kasteellaan
105 locals recommend
Beautiful castle and gardens at 15 minutes from Tienhoven.
Amsterdam is always busy however you can avoid crowds by doing the right activities (on the right times). Friday till Monday are busiest. By Tuesday all weekend guests are gone. Go by foot if you only visit the center (good shoes) or buy a day pass Public Transport http://en.gvb.nl/ontdek-amsterdam/gvb-dag-meerdagenkaart If you are able to stay only one day I recommend the following: • Take a canal boat tour. You gets lots of information and are able to see a big part of the city (they are everywhere) • DAM square: see the royal palace. If you’re there you can easily visit the Jordaan (nice neighborhood between canals westside) and the Begijnhof http://www.begijnhofamsterdam.nl/ • Eat something typically Dutch like pancakes or something Dutch Asian like Indonesian food. • Visit a Museum (and buy tickets in advance): Rijksmuseum is our favorite. • Anne Frank house (que takes ages, so you need to buy tickets in advance online!). Go on a weekday. It’s small inside so not for claustrophobic people. http://www.annefrank.org/#_=_ • Vondelpark (near Leidse square). Amsterdam’s largest park. http://www.hetvondelpark.net/ Amsterdam museum: Advice: buy e-tickets in advance to avoid long lines. You don’t need to print tickets in the Netherlands, scan your phone will do. • Rijksmuseum is the prettiest but also most busy. Come very early or late in the afternoon https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/ • Van Gogh Museum: largest collection of van Gogh. If you want to see van Van more Gogh I recommend the Kroller-Muller Museum at the Veluwe with the second largest collection of Van Gogh’s in the world. It’s in a National park where you can also borrow white bikes to take a tour through the National Park (deer’s and boars). It’s a 50 min ride. See https://www.hogeveluwe.nl/en/discover-the-park • Stedelijk Museum (next to Van Gogh and rijksmuseum) is the Modern Art museum of Amsterdam https://www.stedelijk.nl • Anne Frank house (que takes ages, so you need to buy tickets in advance online!). Go on a weekday. It’s small inside so not for claustrophobic people. http://www.annefrank.org/#_=_ You can park the car (free) in Breukelen station https://goo.gl/maps/x9RJ92DrASPG8kp6A and take the train there. See time table https://www.ns.nl/static/rio/vertrekstaten/bnk0.pdf
720 locals recommend
Amsterdam
720 locals recommend
Amsterdam is always busy however you can avoid crowds by doing the right activities (on the right times). Friday till Monday are busiest. By Tuesday all weekend guests are gone. Go by foot if you only visit the center (good shoes) or buy a day pass Public Transport http://en.gvb.nl/ontdek-amsterdam/gvb-dag-meerdagenkaart If you are able to stay only one day I recommend the following: • Take a canal boat tour. You gets lots of information and are able to see a big part of the city (they are everywhere) • DAM square: see the royal palace. If you’re there you can easily visit the Jordaan (nice neighborhood between canals westside) and the Begijnhof http://www.begijnhofamsterdam.nl/ • Eat something typically Dutch like pancakes or something Dutch Asian like Indonesian food. • Visit a Museum (and buy tickets in advance): Rijksmuseum is our favorite. • Anne Frank house (que takes ages, so you need to buy tickets in advance online!). Go on a weekday. It’s small inside so not for claustrophobic people. http://www.annefrank.org/#_=_ • Vondelpark (near Leidse square). Amsterdam’s largest park. http://www.hetvondelpark.net/ Amsterdam museum: Advice: buy e-tickets in advance to avoid long lines. You don’t need to print tickets in the Netherlands, scan your phone will do. • Rijksmuseum is the prettiest but also most busy. Come very early or late in the afternoon https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/ • Van Gogh Museum: largest collection of van Gogh. If you want to see van Van more Gogh I recommend the Kroller-Muller Museum at the Veluwe with the second largest collection of Van Gogh’s in the world. It’s in a National park where you can also borrow white bikes to take a tour through the National Park (deer’s and boars). It’s a 50 min ride. See https://www.hogeveluwe.nl/en/discover-the-park • Stedelijk Museum (next to Van Gogh and rijksmuseum) is the Modern Art museum of Amsterdam https://www.stedelijk.nl • Anne Frank house (que takes ages, so you need to buy tickets in advance online!). Go on a weekday. It’s small inside so not for claustrophobic people. http://www.annefrank.org/#_=_ You can park the car (free) in Breukelen station https://goo.gl/maps/x9RJ92DrASPG8kp6A and take the train there. See time table https://www.ns.nl/static/rio/vertrekstaten/bnk0.pdf
Kinderdijk has nineteen original windmills that the Water Boards use to drain the polder. Overwaard's wooden mills and Nederwaard's brick mills use wind power to move water from the polders to the basins. Spanning up to thirty metres, these groundsailers barely miss the ground as their sails turn.
195 locals recommend
Kinderdijk
195 locals recommend
Kinderdijk has nineteen original windmills that the Water Boards use to drain the polder. Overwaard's wooden mills and Nederwaard's brick mills use wind power to move water from the polders to the basins. Spanning up to thirty metres, these groundsailers barely miss the ground as their sails turn.
Marken and Volendam are both historical fishermen towns close to Amsterdam. Volendam is most famous but also busy, packed with tourists. We like Marken more. You can visit both because of the boat connection they share.
158 locals recommend
Marken
158 locals recommend
Marken and Volendam are both historical fishermen towns close to Amsterdam. Volendam is most famous but also busy, packed with tourists. We like Marken more. You can visit both because of the boat connection they share.
Till half past may the flowers are still blooming. You can visit the Keukenhof or make a free car tour and take the flower bomb route.
465 locals recommend
Keukenhof
166A Stationsweg
465 locals recommend
Till half past may the flowers are still blooming. You can visit the Keukenhof or make a free car tour and take the flower bomb route.
The city of Dutch painter Vermeer. We like Delft a lot. It’s old and has a good vibe, with nice streets, shops, bars etc. Close to Den Haag and Rotterdam. You can visit museums, the old church, the flea market on Saturday or go to Royal Delft where they make the famous Dutch porcelain.
165 locals recommend
Delft
165 locals recommend
The city of Dutch painter Vermeer. We like Delft a lot. It’s old and has a good vibe, with nice streets, shops, bars etc. Close to Den Haag and Rotterdam. You can visit museums, the old church, the flea market on Saturday or go to Royal Delft where they make the famous Dutch porcelain.
If you want to visit van Gogh paintings and want to see Netherlands largest national park: go to National park the Veluwe. The nature is one of the best of the Netherlands and the Kroller Moller museum has a large collection of van Gogh paintings.
300 locals recommend
Hoge Veluwe National Park
300 locals recommend
If you want to visit van Gogh paintings and want to see Netherlands largest national park: go to National park the Veluwe. The nature is one of the best of the Netherlands and the Kroller Moller museum has a large collection of van Gogh paintings.
Don't forget Tienhoven 😀 Our village is famous by hikers because of the laag Veen which attract special flora and fauna https://peatcultures.wordpress.com/2018/07/19/dutch-peat-cultures/ We also have a mill: the Trouwe Wachter https://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=846 and a museum https://vredegoed.nl where you get to know everything about local folklore.
Streekmuseum VredeGoed
7 Heuvellaan
Don't forget Tienhoven 😀 Our village is famous by hikers because of the laag Veen which attract special flora and fauna https://peatcultures.wordpress.com/2018/07/19/dutch-peat-cultures/ We also have a mill: the Trouwe Wachter https://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=846 and a museum https://vredegoed.nl where you get to know everything about local folklore.
Short walk 1 - 4km: https://goo.gl/maps/zSV9WS8ar5kQHsUH6 Short walk 2 - 4km: https://goo.gl/maps/WGdZL9t56P1JV9BR6 Medium "Vredevoetpad" 7,5km: https://www.natuurmonumenten.nl/natuurgebieden/tienhovense-plassen/route/vredevoetpad Bycicle route in open fields and woods 25 km: https://goo.gl/maps/nQpBvedhqnUHU8hx8 (same route back or via Maartensdijk-Westbroek) Bycicle around the lakes and Vecht 33km: https://goo.gl/maps/F5ds41kR6m2DSK2N6 (Restaurant "De Eend" is a very nice place to stop and the towns along the river Vecht are nice and have plenty of places to stop for lunch. Especially Loenen is very pretty.)
Tienhovensch Kanaal
Short walk 1 - 4km: https://goo.gl/maps/zSV9WS8ar5kQHsUH6 Short walk 2 - 4km: https://goo.gl/maps/WGdZL9t56P1JV9BR6 Medium "Vredevoetpad" 7,5km: https://www.natuurmonumenten.nl/natuurgebieden/tienhovense-plassen/route/vredevoetpad Bycicle route in open fields and woods 25 km: https://goo.gl/maps/nQpBvedhqnUHU8hx8 (same route back or via Maartensdijk-Westbroek) Bycicle around the lakes and Vecht 33km: https://goo.gl/maps/F5ds41kR6m2DSK2N6 (Restaurant "De Eend" is a very nice place to stop and the towns along the river Vecht are nice and have plenty of places to stop for lunch. Especially Loenen is very pretty.)
If we go to the beach we usually go to Zandvoort, Katwijk aan zee or Noordwijk. Both 1 hour drive. Be aware of traffic on hot summer days!
56 locals recommend
Zandvoort Beach
13 Boulevard de Favauge
56 locals recommend
If we go to the beach we usually go to Zandvoort, Katwijk aan zee or Noordwijk. Both 1 hour drive. Be aware of traffic on hot summer days!

Zwemmen

This is a nice area for swimming: in this area there are a lot of places to go in the water. https://goo.gl/maps/CctUwJwntzAFD9WK9 It's very clean and its usually not very crowded. You also have the Maarsseveense plassen recreation area (see photo above, this is paid and quite busy).
46 locals recommend
Maarsseveense plassen
53 Herenweg
46 locals recommend
This is a nice area for swimming: in this area there are a lot of places to go in the water. https://goo.gl/maps/CctUwJwntzAFD9WK9 It's very clean and its usually not very crowded. You also have the Maarsseveense plassen recreation area (see photo above, this is paid and quite busy).
Area for swimming. Also suitable for smaller children because of the beach with shallow water.
Zwemstrand De Strook
Area for swimming. Also suitable for smaller children because of the beach with shallow water.

Hiking & biking in Tienhoven

Short walk 1 - 4km: https://goo.gl/maps/zSV9WS8ar5kQHsUH6 Short walk 2 - 4km: https://goo.gl/maps/WGdZL9t56P1JV9BR6 Medium "Vredevoetpad" 7,5km: https://www.natuurmonumenten.nl/natuurgebieden/tienhovense-plassen/route/vredevoetpad Bycicle route in open fields and woods 25 km: https://goo.gl/maps/nQpBvedhqnUHU8hx8 (same route back or via Maartensdijk-Westbroek) Bycicle around the lakes and Vecht 33km: https://goo.gl/maps/F5ds41kR6m2DSK2N6 (Restaurant "De Eend" is a very nice place to stop and the towns along the river Vecht are nice and have plenty of places to stop for lunch. Especially Loenen is very pretty.)
Tienhovensch Kanaal
Short walk 1 - 4km: https://goo.gl/maps/zSV9WS8ar5kQHsUH6 Short walk 2 - 4km: https://goo.gl/maps/WGdZL9t56P1JV9BR6 Medium "Vredevoetpad" 7,5km: https://www.natuurmonumenten.nl/natuurgebieden/tienhovense-plassen/route/vredevoetpad Bycicle route in open fields and woods 25 km: https://goo.gl/maps/nQpBvedhqnUHU8hx8 (same route back or via Maartensdijk-Westbroek) Bycicle around the lakes and Vecht 33km: https://goo.gl/maps/F5ds41kR6m2DSK2N6 (Restaurant "De Eend" is a very nice place to stop and the towns along the river Vecht are nice and have plenty of places to stop for lunch. Especially Loenen is very pretty.)
Our local mill is only a mile away. Its a nice walk. See Short walk 2 - 4km: https://goo.gl/maps/WGdZL9t56P1JV9BR6
Molen "De Trouwe Waghter"
12 Dwarsdijk
Our local mill is only a mile away. Its a nice walk. See Short walk 2 - 4km: https://goo.gl/maps/WGdZL9t56P1JV9BR6

Sailing / boat rental

Rent a boat and make a tour over our local river Vecht and the lakes near our house. The Vecht https://www.visitgooivecht.nl/en/locations/3603923202/river-vecht The banks of the river Vecht are famous for its historical estates. You can also book a tour at one of the Rederijen (boat operators): https://www.vecht-river-tours.com Nearest boat rental: https://www.bootverhuur-loosdrecht.nl
10 locals recommend
Bootverhuur Manten
204 Oud-Loosdrechtsedijk
10 locals recommend
Rent a boat and make a tour over our local river Vecht and the lakes near our house. The Vecht https://www.visitgooivecht.nl/en/locations/3603923202/river-vecht The banks of the river Vecht are famous for its historical estates. You can also book a tour at one of the Rederijen (boat operators): https://www.vecht-river-tours.com Nearest boat rental: https://www.bootverhuur-loosdrecht.nl
Kayak route to Loosdrechtse plassen: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hdrz__0I09agGhqVavc9Y24W7uAzt8wq
88 locals recommend
Loosdrechtse Plassen
88 locals recommend
Kayak route to Loosdrechtse plassen: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hdrz__0I09agGhqVavc9Y24W7uAzt8wq

Uit eten

Local pub 1: If you head to the left (with your back to our house-towards Breukelen) you will find our local pub Olde Regthuys (for drinks and basic dinner).
Het Olde Regthuys
101 Laan van Niftarlake
Local pub 1: If you head to the left (with your back to our house-towards Breukelen) you will find our local pub Olde Regthuys (for drinks and basic dinner).
Local pub 2: If you head to the right (with your back to our house-towards Maarssen) you will find our local pub 't Kikkertje (for drinks and very basic dinner).
Café 't Kikkertje
15 Looydijk
Local pub 2: If you head to the right (with your back to our house-towards Maarssen) you will find our local pub 't Kikkertje (for drinks and very basic dinner).
Restaurant on the way to Maarssen.
10 locals recommend
De Heeren van Maarssen
7A Maarsseveensevaart
10 locals recommend
Restaurant on the way to Maarssen.
Restaurant on the way to Breukelen
8 locals recommend
Paviljoen De Strook
28 Nieuweweg
8 locals recommend
Restaurant on the way to Breukelen
Restaurant in Maarssen
Cafe Restaurant de Eendracht Maarssen
51 Langegracht
Restaurant in Maarssen
One of our favorites to go for a simple meal on a nice terrace. Nearby!
Geesberge Restaurant Bed and Breakfast
23 Zandpad
One of our favorites to go for a simple meal on a nice terrace. Nearby!
A bit further away but its a nice restaurant in the woods (scenic route)
8 locals recommend
Mauritshoeve B.V.
9 Maartensdijkseweg
8 locals recommend
A bit further away but its a nice restaurant in the woods (scenic route)
Small town famous for its nature with plenty of restaurants. About 20 mins drive (scenic route)
58 locals recommend
Lage Vuursche
Hoge Vuurseweg
58 locals recommend
Small town famous for its nature with plenty of restaurants. About 20 mins drive (scenic route)
One of our favorites. Nice terrace and relaxed vibes. About 20 mins drive (scenic route)
15 locals recommend
Buiten in de Kuil
9 Zevenlindenweg
15 locals recommend
One of our favorites. Nice terrace and relaxed vibes. About 20 mins drive (scenic route)
Snackbar for basic food (fries, hamburgers etc). Especially okay for take away.
Cafetaria Coen
3 Kerkdijk
Snackbar for basic food (fries, hamburgers etc). Especially okay for take away.

Traveler advice

Getting around

Speed controls

Around Tienhoven on the highways (A2 Amsterdam) and Zuilense ring (Utrecht) there are Traject controles. They monitor your speed along the road. On the way to Loosdrecht and Hilversum speed camera's are hidden in the bushes. Also in our village they are quite often measure your speed (max 30 km/hour) . Fines are very high compare to other countries so please mind your speed.