5-day cycling vacation in Drenthe

Drenthe at its most beautiful

from

€ 399,-

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  • Nederland
  • 5 days
  • Individueel
  • Fietsvakantie
From

€ 399,-

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Dates and Prices
From

€ 399,-

pp
Dates and Prices
  • The Ellert and Brammert Open Air Museum.
  • the watchtower at teahouse Poolshoogte
  • Drentsche Aa National Park with the best-preserved stream-esque village landscape in Western Europe
  • Visit the Colony of Weldadigheid
  • National Park Dwingelderveld
  • Nederland
  • 5 days
  • Individueel
  • Fietsvakantie

Want to book this trip go to:

Dates and Prices
  • The Ellert and Brammert Open Air Museum.
  • the watchtower at teahouse Poolshoogte
  • Drentsche Aa National Park with the best-preserved stream-esque village landscape in Western Europe
  • Visit the Colony of Weldadigheid
  • National Park Dwingelderveld
  • Nederland
  • 5 days
  • Individueel
  • Fietsvakantie

Want to book this trip go to:

Dates and Prices
  • The Ellert and Brammert Open Air Museum.
  • the watchtower at teahouse Poolshoogte
  • Drentsche Aa National Park with the best-preserved stream-esque village landscape in Western Europe
  • Visit the Colony of Weldadigheid
  • National Park Dwingelderveld

Cycling province of the Netherlands

Drenthe is the cycling province of the Netherlands. It is therefore very easy to explore the nature and surroundings here on a bicycle.No fewer than 2,100 km of free-flowing bicycle paths connect the most beautiful places along the way with picturesque bog villages.

Heaviness of this journey:

From

€ 399,-

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If you would like to book this trip go to

Cycling province of the Netherlands

Drenthe is the cycling province of the Netherlands. It is therefore very easy to explore the nature and surroundings here on a bicycle.No fewer than 2,100 km of free-flowing bicycle paths connect the most beautiful places along the way with picturesque bog villages.

Day to day

You will arrive at Hotel Eeserhof in Ees on your own for your first overnight stay. Early birds can go ahead and explore the surroundings because you can choose from as many as 3 different cycling routes during your stay in Odoorn.

Overnight stay in Ees

This bike route goes in the direction of Valthe with beautiful Saxon farms. In Exloo there is a sheepfold and flock on the brink and a nice place for a coffee stop. Then you will bike to Borger and you can visit the hunebed center and the Oertijdpark with the largest hunebed in the Netherlands. After lunch in Borger, the route heads towards Gasselternijveen and you can get acquainted with the Drents Roomkaatje at farmer’s wife Agnes. She crafts a soft cream avocado in five different flavors. Exhibition farm Versteend Leven near Drouwen has a large assortment of minerals, jewelry and shells from around the world for you to admire.
At the tail end of this trail, it is pleasant to relax in the woods at the Poolshoogte teahouse. Here you can take a look at the area from above. What a View!

OR

The Orvelte route (51km)

This bike route is full of cultural history of Southeast Drenthe. A nice get-off point is the outdoor museum Ellert and Brammert. Through the Oranjekanaal near Wezuperbrug, the route goes to one of the most beautiful villages in the Netherlands: Orvelte is also called the “Primal Village” of Drenthe. Here you will experience history first hand! As if you were stepping right into the past. Orvelte is also a nice lunch spot. A selection of delicacies such as a Drenthe cake from our own bakery can be found at lunch café the Schenkerij & Lunch.

After Orvelte, the route continues to the Orvelte Field and Sheep Park. A visit to the Ceramic Garden gallery Harwi with its spacious sculpture garden is highly recommended. At the end of the trail, you will pass the observation tower at Poolshoogte teahouse; a wonderful place for a drink and a look at the area from above. What a view!

OR

Ellertsveld route (60 km)

On this route, you will bike directly toward Schoonoord. Along the way, you will pass the Ellert and Brammert Open Air Museum. The Ellerts Field was once the wild area where a Drenthe folktale took place. This is where the predatory giants Ellert and Brammert lived. At the Open Air Museum you will learn all about the cultural history of Southeast Drenthe, such as the plaggen huts that people lived in. Via the Sleenerzand and the Schapendijk, you cycle through the brink villages of Sleen and Erm. You continue your way through the Ermerstrand towards the center of Emmen. Enjoy Emmen’s new square on one of its many terraces, or take a rest at Rensen Park. From Emmen, you bike right into the nature of the Valtherbos. There are numerous burial mounds and three dolmens here. If you look closely, you can even find a hiding place from World War II. This is definitely worth seeing!

Overnight stay in Ees

Back in time! You will cycle today via the Oranjekanaal near Wezuperbrug to the museum village of Orvelte. Orvelte is one of the oldest villages in the Netherlands and, according to connoisseurs, one of the most beautifully preserved. The distinctive Drenthe esdorpen landscapes of high-lying villages with brinken, essen and low-lying meadows and hay fields, are still clearly visible here. The villages still have the same structure as around 1900 with many thatched farmhouses.

During the last part of this route you cycle through the National Park Drents-Friese Wold is among the most beautiful and important nature reserves of a Europe.

Overnight in Zorgvlied

Today you will cycle almost all day through the Drents-Friese Wold National Park past historic sites. In the Koloniën van Weldadigheid, created in 1818, you can enjoy a unique, but unfortunately hardly known to anyone, piece of history of the Netherlands. Poor and unemployed people were taken care of here and offered a meaningful existence. Highly recommended is a visit to the museum “the Trial Colony” Here, with appealing video presentations, everything is told about the genesis. It is as if you are not watching the movie, but are in it yourself.

OR

High moorland route (52km)

Beautiful bike paths lead you along the sand drifts of the Aekingerzand and across the heathland of the high moor Fochleloërveen, both located in the National Park Drents-Friese Wold. This raised bog is found only in this area. In the rest of Europe, it disappeared entirely due to excavation and use as fuel. What remains is a unique piece of nature and habitat for flora and fauna. Veenhuizen was also part of the Colony of Weldadigheid, but here people were imprisoned. A visit to the prison museum is well worthwhile.
Lovers of craft brewed beer can visit beer brewery Maallust near Veenhuizen. Beer brewers Carina and Gert brew flavorful and authentic beers with dedication and passion.

Overnight in Zorgvlied

Today is unfortunately the last day of this cycling vacation and you will cycle back to Odoorn where you started your cycling vacation IU will cycle across the vast heathlands of National Park Dwingelderveld. At Camp Westerbork Memorial Center, you will learn more about the dark past of this place. A visit to the Ceramic Garden gallery Harwi with its spacious sculpture garden is highly recommended. At the end of the route you will pass the observation tower at teahouse Poolshoogte; a wonderful place to end this cycling vacation

Unfortunately, in Ees your cycling vacation ends and the package ends.

Departure

Day to day

You will arrive at Hotel Eeserhof in Ees on your own for your first overnight stay. Early birds can go ahead and explore the surroundings because you can choose from as many as 3 different cycling routes during your stay in Odoorn.

Overnight stay in Ees

This bike route goes in the direction of Valthe with beautiful Saxon farms. In Exloo there is a sheepfold and flock on the brink and a nice place for a coffee stop. Then you will bike to Borger and you can visit the hunebed center and the Oertijdpark with the largest hunebed in the Netherlands. After lunch in Borger, the route heads towards Gasselternijveen and you can get acquainted with the Drents Roomkaatje at farmer’s wife Agnes. She crafts a soft cream avocado in five different flavors. Exhibition farm Versteend Leven near Drouwen has a large assortment of minerals, jewelry and shells from around the world for you to admire.
At the tail end of this trail, it is pleasant to relax in the woods at the Poolshoogte teahouse. Here you can take a look at the area from above. What a View!

OR

The Orvelte route (51km)

This bike route is full of cultural history of Southeast Drenthe. A nice get-off point is the outdoor museum Ellert and Brammert. Through the Oranjekanaal near Wezuperbrug, the route goes to one of the most beautiful villages in the Netherlands: Orvelte is also called the “Primal Village” of Drenthe. Here you will experience history first hand! As if you were stepping right into the past. Orvelte is also a nice lunch spot. A selection of delicacies such as a Drenthe cake from our own bakery can be found at lunch café the Schenkerij & Lunch.

After Orvelte, the route continues to the Orvelte Field and Sheep Park. A visit to the Ceramic Garden gallery Harwi with its spacious sculpture garden is highly recommended. At the end of the trail, you will pass the observation tower at Poolshoogte teahouse; a wonderful place for a drink and a look at the area from above. What a view!

OR

Ellertsveld route (60 km)

On this route, you will bike directly toward Schoonoord. Along the way, you will pass the Ellert and Brammert Open Air Museum. The Ellerts Field was once the wild area where a Drenthe folktale took place. This is where the predatory giants Ellert and Brammert lived. At the Open Air Museum you will learn all about the cultural history of Southeast Drenthe, such as the plaggen huts that people lived in. Via the Sleenerzand and the Schapendijk, you cycle through the brink villages of Sleen and Erm. You continue your way through the Ermerstrand towards the center of Emmen. Enjoy Emmen’s new square on one of its many terraces, or take a rest at Rensen Park. From Emmen, you bike right into the nature of the Valtherbos. There are numerous burial mounds and three dolmens here. If you look closely, you can even find a hiding place from World War II. This is definitely worth seeing!

Overnight stay in Ees

Back in time! You will cycle today via the Oranjekanaal near Wezuperbrug to the museum village of Orvelte. Orvelte is one of the oldest villages in the Netherlands and, according to connoisseurs, one of the most beautifully preserved. The distinctive Drenthe esdorpen landscapes of high-lying villages with brinken, essen and low-lying meadows and hay fields, are still clearly visible here. The villages still have the same structure as around 1900 with many thatched farmhouses.

During the last part of this route you cycle through the National Park Drents-Friese Wold is among the most beautiful and important nature reserves of a Europe.

Overnight in Zorgvlied

Today you will cycle almost all day through the Drents-Friese Wold National Park past historic sites. In the Koloniën van Weldadigheid, created in 1818, you can enjoy a unique, but unfortunately hardly known to anyone, piece of history of the Netherlands. Poor and unemployed people were taken care of here and offered a meaningful existence. Highly recommended is a visit to the museum “the Trial Colony” Here, with appealing video presentations, everything is told about the genesis. It is as if you are not watching the movie, but are in it yourself.

OR

High moorland route (52km)

Beautiful bike paths lead you along the sand drifts of the Aekingerzand and across the heathland of the high moor Fochleloërveen, both located in the National Park Drents-Friese Wold. This raised bog is found only in this area. In the rest of Europe, it disappeared entirely due to excavation and use as fuel. What remains is a unique piece of nature and habitat for flora and fauna. Veenhuizen was also part of the Colony of Weldadigheid, but here people were imprisoned. A visit to the prison museum is well worthwhile.
Lovers of craft brewed beer can visit beer brewery Maallust near Veenhuizen. Beer brewers Carina and Gert brew flavorful and authentic beers with dedication and passion.

Overnight in Zorgvlied

Today is unfortunately the last day of this cycling vacation and you will cycle back to Odoorn where you started your cycling vacation IU will cycle across the vast heathlands of National Park Dwingelderveld. At Camp Westerbork Memorial Center, you will learn more about the dark past of this place. A visit to the Ceramic Garden gallery Harwi with its spacious sculpture garden is highly recommended. At the end of the route you will pass the observation tower at teahouse Poolshoogte; a wonderful place to end this cycling vacation

Unfortunately, in Ees your cycling vacation ends and the package ends.

Departure

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Drenthe 5 days cycling vacation

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Date and prices

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Prices per person and based on a minimum number of 2 people.

3-course dinner on day of arrival
Travel period March-November € 399,-
Seasonal supplement April - October € 69,-
Luggage transport € 79,-
Half board (3*dinner) € 135,-
Single supplement € 185,-

Travel Information

  • 4 nights' accommodation with breakfast in *** hotels
  • 1 time 3-course dinner on day of arrival
  • Day maps and junction routes or GPX routes
  • Welcome coffee or tea

  • Round trip
  • Bicycle rental (optional)
  • Other meals
  • Luggage transport (1 suitcase/bag per person)
  • Hotel tourist tax
  • Single supplement (optional)
  • Seasonal supplement
  • Half board supplement (optional)
  • Travel, cancellation and bike insurance
  • Contribution Guarantee Fund VZR Garant € 7.50 per person
  • Contribution Calamity Fund € 2.50 per booking

Hybrid bicycle rental
7 gears		€ 95,-
E-bike rental€ 173,-

General information

Drenthe is the cycling province of the Netherlands. It is therefore very easy to explore the nature and surroundings here by bicycle.No less than 2,100 km of free-laying bicycle paths connect the most beautiful places along the way with picturesque brink villages.Drenthe stands for beautiful nature, ancient history, varied landscapes; in short, an ideal environment for making beautiful bicycle tours. We have put together some beautiful cycling routes for you through impressive stream valleys, forests, moors, National Parks and cozy villages where you can stroll around and drown in all the beauty Drenthe has to offer. Make a stop at Farmer Agnes for a bottle of homemade eggnog. The 5-day and 7-day cycling vacations are two completely different cycling trips. Both offer a unique introduction to Drenthe

THE COLONIES OF WELDADY The Hondsrug of Drenthe has an ancient history. The area was long ago the only area where you could live high and dry in the Netherlands. The ridges and valleys of this unique area was formed in the ice ages. The landscape is characterized by the presence of forests, moors and streams. Perched ash villages with their characteristic Saxon farmhouses exude the atmosphere of the small farming communities of the past. The National Park Drents-Friese Wold is one of the largest contiguous nature reserves in the Netherlands, is located on the border of Drenthe and Friesland and consists of forest , heath and shifting sands. The hunebed is the oldest monument in the Netherlands and the symbol of the province of Drenthe. These majestic tombs were built over 5,000 years ago, some of them impressively large. The huge boulders were set in place using logs over which they rolled the boulders. What a job! In the new exhibition of the Hunebedcentrum in Borger, experience the time of the hunebed builders. Much less known are, for example, the Colonies of Weldadigheid. 200 years ago, the colonies of Weldadigheid were established and the poor, paupers and beggars from the big cities, were given a chance for a better life. In Frederiksoord in 2019 is the "House of Weldadigheid" with a special museum "The Trial Colony; highly recommended! In short, a versatile cycling vacation through beautiful nature and plenty of historical sights to discover!

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Drenthe 5 days cycling vacation