Dreaming of your own estate

  • The Netherlands
  • Utrecht
  • De Bilt
  • 17.02 km (Approximately 04:15 u)
  • Hiking route 318697
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Dreaming of your own estate

  • The Netherlands
  • Utrecht
  • De Bilt
  • 17.02 km (Approximately 04:15 u)
  • Hiking route 318697

Walking on the Utrechtse Heuvelrug is more than enjoying the silence, rolling paths and varied forests. You can also marvel at the many stately country estates that were built here by the Dutch empire at the end of the eighteenth century.

Lustwarande for the walker
On the Beerschoten estate you walk through an English landscape park with a flowing stream, meadows and old avenues. If you don't see anyone for a while, you can secretly daydream about taking a stroll around your own estate. After a while you enter the adjacent Panbos, a young forest of mainly Scots pine. While you walk along the Soestdijkseweg Zuid, you will see the many thick oaks and beech trees on the Houdringe Estate. They are almost 250 years old.

The Hooge Kampse Plas
How different is your view just outside De Bilt. You walk along elongated grass plots that are veined with ditches. At the Hooge Kampse Plas you can see how the new nature at this former sand extraction pit is developing. At the end of your walk, settle down in Van der Valk Hotel De Bilt - Utrecht. After a drink and a snack, you can continue dreaming about your own estate in your comfortable bed.

Utrecht Defense Line
Just below the Hooge Kampse Plas nature reserve you will see Fort Voordorp in the polder, one of the sixteen forts of the Defense Line of Utrecht, which in turn is part of the New Dutch Waterline. The fort was completed in 1870 and had to defend the nearby flood locks, but also the Utrecht-Amersfoort railway line. The whole consists of an irregular quadrangle containing a bomb-proof barracks and shelters. Nowadays the fort, a national monument, is used for events. Would you like to discover more of the nature and culture in the De Bilt area? Then get on your bike to ride routes 115155, 115158, 115802 and 318696.

Directions

# Description Distance
Van der Valk Hotel De Bilt - Utrecht (De Holle Bilt, 3732 HM, De Bilt, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
15
15 (3737AL, De Bilt, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 12.64 km
12
12 (3737BK, De Bilt, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 14.07 km
Fort Voordorp (Fort Voordorp, 3737BK, De Bilt, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 14.09 km
13
13 (3737BK, De Bilt, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 14.26 km
14
14 (3731BB, De Bilt, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 15.14 km

Pause places

Van der Valk Hotel De Bilt - Utrecht

De Holle Bilt 1
3732 HM De Bilt
http://www.biltschehoek.com

At Van der Valk Hotel De Bilt - Utrecht you have come to the right place if you are looking for an attractive place to stay. Go for a walk or cycle in the nearby De Utrechtse Heuvelrug National Park or spend a day in the pleasant center of Utrecht. You can enjoy a delicious dinner in the restaurant. Or have a cup of coffee in the conservatory or on the terrace! Your day gets off to a good start with the generous breakfast buffet.

Sights

Fort Voordorp

Fort Voordorp
3737BK De Bilt
http://www.fortvoordorp.nl/

The fort was built in 1869-1870 and was surrounded by inundations. The fort defended the nearby flooding locks and culverts and was able to put out flanking fire on the Utrecht-Amersfoort railway line.

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