Cycling along Limburg castles

Around Valkenburg you drive through the picturesque Heuvelland. An ideal trip for a varied day out in one of the most beautiful regions of the Netherlands.

Gulpen In this region you can fully enjoy the characteristic atmosphere that gives you the feeling of being on holiday abroad for a day. You see monumental half-timbered houses, idyllic stream valleys and hillside forests. In Gulpen you will pass the Sint-Petruskerk. Originally this was a little further along your route. Of this centuries-old predecessor, only the striking church tower remains, which is also used as a defensive structure.

Oud-Valkenburg is a picturesque hamlet on the Geul. Here you can see, among other things, the eleventh-century Johannes de Doperkerk, one of the oldest churches in this region. At Voerendaal you pass Kasteel Puth, which is located behind an impressive castle farm.