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1 hour walk through Valkenburg

  • The Netherlands
  • Limburg
  • Valkenburg
  • 4.68 km (Approximately 01:10 u)
  • Hiking route 395478

1 hour walk through Valkenburg

  • The Netherlands
  • Limburg
  • Valkenburg
  • 4.68 km (Approximately 01:10 u)
  • Hiking route 395478
1 hour walk through Valkenburg. During this walking tour you will walk past two castles in Valkenburg and a castle ruin. You can also walk leisurely through the center of Valkenburg where there is plenty of opportunity to enjoy a Limburg beer on a terrace.

Directions

# Description Distance
Parkhotel Valkenburg (Neerhem, 6301 CJ, Valkenburg, Limburg, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
Kasteel Schaloen (6305AA, Schin op Geul, Limburg, The Netherlands) 1.46 km
Kasteel Oost (Oosterweg, 6301PV, Valkenburg, Limburg, The Netherlands) 2.87 km
Parkhotel Valkenburg (Neerhem, 6301 CJ, Valkenburg, Limburg, The Netherlands) 4.68 km

Pause places

Parkhotel Valkenburg

Neerhem 68
6301 CJ Valkenburg
http://www.parkhotelvalkenburg.nl

Parkhotel Valkenburg is a special hotel. The building, designed in 1890 by architect Pierre Cuypers, has a rich history, is now a national monument and the oldest hotel in use in the Netherlands. All 82 rooms and the restaurant have been recently renovated and the hotel has a special atmosphere. Due to its beautiful location in the Heuvelland and close to Maastricht, it is the ideal base for beautiful cycling trips. Back at the hotel you can relax in the extensive wellness area. The kitchen is French oriented and when the weather is nice it is wonderful to relax on the terrace from all the impressions of the beautiful surroundings.

Sights

Kasteel Schaloen

9
6305AA Schin op Geul

There was already a castle on this spot in the fourteenth century. That is not the castle that stands today, because it burned out almost completely in 1575. The old castle had a residential tower, which you could access through an extension. After the fire, the castle was repaired and further expanded. The building was then given four storeys, a saddleback roof and a vaulted cellar. The new castle was built with marl, a kind of stone that can be found in this area. You can clearly see this because the castle is so light in color. On the west side is an outer bailey, whose oval shape suggests that it was built in the Middle Ages. The wall anchors on the façade depicting the year 1701 refer to the year of a major restoration. The gatehouse, which has a hipped roof, was renovated in 1718. The tithe barn on the site, dating from 1721, is used as a hotel in 2013.

Kasteel Oost

Oosterweg
6301PV Valkenburg

Kasteel Oost is a castle-like country house just outside the town of Valkenburg. This national monument is surrounded by a beautiful landscape garden. The first mention of the castle dates back to 1340, when there was a fortified farm on the site of the castle. At the beginning of the 19th century, the castle was uninhabited for a number of years, so it fell into disrepair. The accompanying chapel was then used for the storage of goods of a church in Valkenburg. In 1830 the manor was bought and saved from destruction by a squire. Between 1839 and 1840, the country house was radically renovated in neoclassical style. Then the country house got the look it still has today. The house is built from ocher-colored marl, from the well-known caves in the area. After the Second World War, the castle was seized by the Dutch State as enemy property. Ultimately, the castle was bought in 1950 by the municipality of Valkenburg-Houthem. The International Butler Academy has been located in the castle since 2010.

Provided by:

Rowin, Limburg (NL)