Tour Echtenerzand, Echten and Reestdal

Your route starts at Landgoed Welgelegen. You drive to Echtenerzand on rural roads. In this quiet nature reserve it is wonderful to cycle past fragrant pines and heathlands. It is not called the Echtens Paradise for nothing: you will find beautiful drifting sand with juniper bushes, a real picture! You cycle close to the Gijsselterkoelen or Gijsselterplassen, beautiful fens in the heathland. In the picturesque village of Echten you can go back in time with the centuries-old Saxon farms. It is dominated by the beautiful manor of Echten from the fifteenth century. Then you will discover another beautiful area: the Reestdal, an idyllic stream valley. The Reest is a peat stream that forms part of the border between Overijssel and Drenthe, in many places the water meanders just like in the past.