Walking through Ankeveen and three estates

This walking route takes you through the polders and through three estates in 's-Graveland. First you walk a bit through Ankeveen. You can see the iconic Yellow Bridge here. This drawbridge was demolished by the Germans during World War II, but will be replaced in 2022. On the Verlengde Bergse Pad you walk through the Stichts Ankeveense Polder, a landscape that was created by peat extraction. You see grassland, swamp forest and peat holes here. From junction 83 you walk through three connected country estates: Boekesteyn, Bantam and Schaep & Burgh. All three estates were built by Amsterdam merchants in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It is a beautiful walk through the park forests. You walk back to Ankeveen over the Stichtse Kade. At Restaurant 1244 you can enjoy a delicious meal.