To Utrecht from Oud-Loosdrecht

From Oud-Loosdrecht with its historic farms you drive to the heart of Utrecht. What a varied day! First you cycle past the Loosdrechtse Plassen, a series of lakes that were created by peat extraction. Here you can enjoy the views over the rippling water. Then you cycle a long way along the meandering Vecht. You pass old farms, villas and country estates. Sometimes it almost feels like you're driving through an open-air museum. You can drive straight into Utrecht via the picturesque Oud-Zuilen with the castle of the same name. On the way back you will discover Fort Blauwkapel, one of the largest forts in the New Dutch Waterline. It was built around the village of Blauwkapel, now a protected villagescape with a fifteenth-century church.