A cycling tour with grandeur through the Gooi and Vecht region

Do you like water and a bit of chic? Then you will fully enjoy this cycling route through the Gooi and Vecht region. This area is very popular with water sports enthusiasts and it can be busy on a nice day, but there is always room for your bicycle.

Media city
Hilversum is synonymous with radio and television and that is why it is so nice that your boarding point is next to the Media Park. Eetcafé't Pandje met de thatched roof is your starting point. A pleasant beacon in the hectic media world, it seems. You should therefore not be surprised when an acquaintance from radio or TV sits down next to you. You cycle past the Media Park where you can certainly distinguish the well-known studios and broadcasting buildings from a distance. Hilversum is also Dudokstad. The architect Willem Dudok designed numerous houses and buildings in Hilversum. His most famous work is undoubtedly the town hall, which you also cycle past.

Loosdrecht lakes
The Loosdrecht lakes were created by peat extraction. The typical strips of land that cut straight through the water are remnants from this time. These are so-called 'legakkers' where the dredged peat was left to dry to make peat. The cozy ribbon village of Oud-Loosdrecht is located in the middle of the water and consists of five streets and three dikes. From Loenen aan de Vecht you cycle a few kilometers up De Vecht. The region around this river, the Vechtstreek, has a grandeur that is due to the prosperity in the Golden Age. You will still find many remains from this time: estates, castles, country houses, gardens and tea domes.

Chic country estates
On the way back from Kortenhoef-\\\'s-Gravenland to Hilversum you cycle past beautiful country estates. Rich Amsterdammers built stately country houses here at the beginning of the seventeenth century. The gardens were expanded into parks with long avenues and water features. Since the 1930s, Natuurmonumenten has gradually acquired ten country estates around's-Graveland. The capital houses have largely retained their grandeur and the history of their construction can still be read in the gardens. You can explore even more of the Gooi and the lakes with cycle route 181304.