Tour of North and South Laren along the Zuidlaardermeer

Your route starts at Camping De Vledders. Heathlands, sand drifts, alder banks, esdorps complete with village greens and meadows that are full of yellow buttercups and red sorrel in the spring: how beautiful the Drentsche Aa National Landscape is. Because the Drentsche Aa is partly fed by seepage water, there are as many as 800 different plant species. You will also discover the Zuidlaardermeer, the view over the water immediately creates a completely different atmosphere. In Noordlaren in Groningen you will see some characteristic old farms and buildings. The Bartholomew's Church originally dates from the thirteenth century. Further on you pass through the protected villagescape of Zuidlaren. Here you see Huis Laarwoud, the current manor dating from the seventeenth century. The church is located on the Brink, the nave of which dates from the Middle Ages.