Nature route Croy Castle and Helmond Castle

Your route starts at Restaurant De 3 Gebroeders. Via Landgoed Croy with the imposing castle from the fifteenth century you cycle to Stadspark De Warande, a former nature reserve. Here, the former inhabitants of Helmond Castle are buried on an island, surrounded by old beeches and an imposing weeping willow. Get off at the medieval castle, where the Municipal Museum is located. In addition to the city history, old and contemporary art are highlighted. Continue through the Bakelse Bos. Buurschap Boomen enjoys a protected village view, you will see some characteristic long-gabled farms. There is still a lime tree from 1640 at the junction of Laan ten Bomen and Boomen. Then you cycle to the Papenvoorste Heide, which is part of the Stiphoutse Bossen. Here you drive through fragrant coniferous forests.