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After a comfortable overnight stay at Hotel and Restaurant Hof van Gelre, you can drive straight into the countryside. It is wonderfully peaceful here to cycle on car-free roads. You will soon pass Gelselaar, a charming village that enjoys a protected townscape. Further on, you can get off at Kasteeltuin Warmelo: a breathtaking environment where four centuries of garden architecture meet. On the outskirts of Diepenheim you can take a look at Pekkedam, a beautiful villa. Castle Nijenhuis is private property, but the estate of almost 200 hectares is open. The estate around Weldam Castle is also free to visit. Between Goor and Markelo you drive through the woods on the Herikerberg. What a silence! Finally, you drive over the estate where the Ampsen House is located.

Directions

#	Description	Distance
	Hotel en Restaurant Hof van Gelre (Nieuweweg, 7241 EW, Lochem, Gelderland, The Netherlands)	0.00 km
12	12 (7241, Lochem, Gelderland, The Netherlands)	0.75 km
11	11 (7241PB, Lochem, Gelderland, The Netherlands)	2.27 km
43	43 (7274GH, Berkelland, Gelderland, The Netherlands)	6.10 km
42	42 (Slaapdijk, 7275CH, Berkelland, Gelderland, The Netherlands)	6.91 km
45	45 (Broekhuisdijk, 7275CB, Berkelland, Gelderland, The Netherlands)	8.72 km

Pause places

Hotel en Restaurant Hof van Gelre

Nieuweweg 38
7241 EW Lochem
http://www.hofvangelre.nl

Enjoy a relaxing stay in the surroundings of the Achterhoek in the atmospheric hotel, located in the heart of Lochem and within walking distance of the beautiful hiking area\\\"De Lochemse Berg\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\". After a warm welcome you really feel at home. From the hotel you get on your bike directly and explore the wooded area that leads past estates, castles, but also picturesque villages and farms. Enjoy a day of shopping and sniff culture in the beautiful Hanseatic cities of Deventer or Zutphen. When the weather is nice, you can relax on the (covered) terraces.

Sights

Kasteeltuin Warmelo

Warmelo
7478RN Hof van Twente

On the estate of Warmelo you will find a castle from 1339, but the gardens around the castle are the real eye-catchers. You will find gardens of all kinds here.

Kasteel Huis te Diepenheim

Huize Diepenheim 1
7478 RV Hof van Twente

Kasteel Huis in Diepenheim is the oldest castle in Diepenheim. The house was built in 1648 by Berent Bentinck. Since 1925 the house has been owned by Baron de Vos van Steenwijk and his family. The estate has a total area of 180 ha and is freely accessible to hikers. The coat of arms of the Bentinck and Ittersum family with the year 1685 has been incorporated on the beautiful castle gate.

Kunstvereniging Diepenheim

7478AH Hof van Twente

Pekkedam

Peckedam
7478BL Hof van Twente

You used to find the manor Pekkedam at the beginning of the driveway to Nijenhuis castle. There is hardly anything left of that nowadays. The villa that you find here now dates from 1898.

Kasteel Nijenhuis

11
7478 PA Hof van Twente

The Nijenhuis (approximately 200 hectares) is located to the east of Diepenheim. The central part of the current house dates from 1662. In the 19th and early 20th century it was expanded with a total of four towers. The house is the core of an intact country estate. The character of the Nijenhuis estate is park-like: romantic footpaths along the Molenbeek, monumental tree groups and picturesque vistas determine the image.

Kasteel Weldam

Weldam
7475MJ Hof van Twente

Around the start of the Eighty Years' War, the rectangular rear part of the house that still exists today was built on a square moated site. Not much is known about the building that must have stood before it.

Huis Ampsen

Kasteel Ampsen
7241NG Lochem

The history of this stately castle dates back to 1105. The first castle and both houses on the estate were destroyed in 1605 by the Spaniards. The current house was rebuilt in the first half of the seventeenth century. The castle and the estate are privately owned and therefore not accessible.

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