Tour of country estates along the Vecht and Plassen

  • The Netherlands
  • Utrecht
  • Stichtse Vecht
  • 41.06 km (Approximately 02:24 u)
  • Cycling route 759974
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Tour of country estates along the Vecht and Plassen

  • The Netherlands
  • Utrecht
  • Stichtse Vecht
  • 41.06 km (Approximately 02:24 u)
  • Cycling route 759974
This route takes you through the Noorderpark, the area between Utrecht and the Loosdrechtse Plassen. This area is bordered on both sides by the Vecht and the Utrechtse Heuvelrug. The starting point of your tour is on the banks of the Vecht, at Slot Zuylen. This is one of the oldest castles on the Vecht with a long history. After a cup of coffee at Carlton President Hotel, you cycle past numerous country houses along the Vecht, such as Buitenplaats Doornburgh and Landgoed Gansenhof. In the province of Utrecht there are no fewer than 285 country estates of all shapes and sizes. You will also pass Fort Tienhoven. This fort was built around 1850. Nowadays the fort is no longer used and nature has been given free rein.

Directions

# Description Distance
Slot Zuylen (Tournooiveld, 3611AE, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
45
45 (3611AW, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 0.87 km
Buitenplaats Vechtestein (3602 AC, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 3.13 km
46
46 (Breedstraat, 3603BA, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 3.91 km
18
18 (Safariweg, 3605VL, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 5.65 km
Carlton President Hotel (Floraweg, 3542 DX, Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 8.16 km

Pause places

Carlton President Hotel

Floraweg 25
3542 DX Utrecht
https://www.carlton.nl/president

Do you want to enjoy culinary delights in our One24 restaurant, where you will be spoiled with delicious dishes and the most special cocktails? Do you want to recharge your battery by relaxing in our wellness? Do you also want to roll into bed in a renovated, luxurious hotel room afterwards? Do you allow yourself a complete and carefree stay, where you can relax completely? Let yourself be pampered and come eat, relax and sleep at Carlton President. From here you can cycle or walk to Utrecht center, or the beautiful Kasteel de Haar!

Sights

Slot Zuylen

Tournooiveld
3611AE Stichtse Vecht
http://www.slotzuylen.nl

Zuylen Castle is one of the oldest castles on the Vecht, just outside the city of Utrecht. Het Slot has a rich family history with (internationally) influential residents, in which strong women play a prominent role. Writer Belle van Zuylen is one of the most famous residents in the history of Slot Zuylen. The castle shows the residential culture of the Utrecht nobility from the 13th century, with art treasures such as paintings by Gerard van Honthorst, a room-filling gobelin, rare glassware and Chinese porcelain crockery. Het Slot is surrounded by beautiful gardens and situated in a beautiful landscape. There is an orchard, a rose garden, a picking garden, a special snake wall, a landscape park and a vegetable garden. The Coach House, with museum caf? and information center make Slot Zuylen an ideal starting point for a walking or cycling tour in the beautiful Vecht region, which is so rich in cultural history. Zuylen Castle brings the past to life with guided tours, concerts and events.

Buitenplaats Vechtestein

1
3602 AC Stichtse Vecht

Huis Vechtestein is a country estate located near the river Vecht. The manor was demolished in the 19th century, but the 18th century garden house of this manor can still be found here.

Buitenplaats Doornburgh

15
3601 GH Stichtse Vecht

Doornburgh is a 17th century country estate on the river Vecht. The country house is surrounded by a beautiful park, a carpenter's house, a coach house and an ice house.

Buitenplaats Goudestein

Endelhovenlaan
3601HA Stichtse Vecht

Goudestein is one of the first country estates to be built along the Vecht. In 1754 the construction of this country house was started. In 1955 the house was thoroughly renovated.

Buitenplaats Vechtoever

58
3601 GM Stichtse Vecht

Huis Vechtoever is a country estate on the river Vecht in Maarssen. The current main building was built in the 18th century. In the 19th century, this building was further expanded into the current house.

Buitenplaats Otterspoor

7
3601 AR Stichtse Vecht

Otterspoor was once a country estate on the eastern bank of the Vecht near Maarssen. The former country house was built around the year 1643 and demolished around 1870. Then a simple new country house was built on this site.

Landgoed Gansenhoef

Gansenhoef 29
3601 NA Stichtse Vecht

Gansenhoef is a monumental country estate on the Utrechtse Vecht. This country house was built around 1655 and over the centuries the country house has been further renovated and expanded.

Buitenplaats Cromwijck

44
3601 NA Stichtse Vecht

Cromwijck is a country estate that was built in 1637 on the river Vecht. The country house is named on a bend in the Vecht near this place.

Buitenplaats Slangevegt

Zandpad
3621 BN Stichtse Vecht

This country estate was built at the beginning of the 18th century and it is named after the river Vecht that meanders through the landscape like a snake.

Fort Tienhoven

Nieuweweg
3612 NB Stichtse Vecht

Fort Tienhoven was built in 1848-1850 and consisted of a defensible guardhouse measuring 15 by 15 meters. It served to close off the Tienhovense Vaart and to guard the adjacent inundation quay, a dam lock and the Kraaiennestersluis.

Trouwe Waghter

12
3612 AP Stichtse Vecht
http://www.allemolens.nl

This mill is a hollow post mill east of the village of Tienhoven in the Dutch province of Utrecht. The mill was built in 1832 to replace two older mills that drain the water board elsewhere.

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