Tour of Mechelen, Voerendaal and Valkenburg

Your route starts at Taverne't Koetshoes near Valkenburg. A bit of a foreign country in the Netherlands: that's what the South Limburg hills feel like. You can enjoy beautiful panoramas of wooded slopes and lovely stream valleys. You will also find a rich cultural history in this region. In picturesque Mechelen you see characteristic half-timbered houses, the church stands on a church hill. In the border village of Oud-Lemiers you should stop for the beautiful twelfth-century St. Catherine's Chapel. On the outskirts of Voerendaal you will pass the estate of Cortenbach Castle and in charming Gulpen you will spot the thirteenth-century church tower, to which the St. Peter's Church was once attached. In Oud-Valkenburg you will pass the eleventh-century John the Baptist Church, one of the oldest churches in this region. The Schaloen and Genhoes castles are located on the Geul.