Cycling through the forests around Gilze

Your route starts on the edge of Tilburg. First, you cycle a bit over the Bels Lijntje: a former railway line that runs between Tilburg and Turnhout. On this cycle path, you cycle past forests and meadows to Riel, after which you turn west towards the Chaamse Bossen. Here it is wonderfully quiet cycling past beech and winter oaks, just like in the adjacent Prinsenbos. At Grand Cafe Fabels it is time for a pit stop. Enjoy a snack and drink here at your leisure, before getting back on the saddle to cycle to Molenschot. Here you will see, among other things, the Sint-Annakapel from 1842. Between Dorst and Rijen you cycle a bit through a coniferous forest, after which you cycle back to the starting point at the Oude Warande on a leafy cycle path.