Page 397 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - The Netherlands

WHERE T O ST A Y  395

experiences; you will often be
able to help the farmers feed
the animals, milk the cows or
harvest the crops.
Another excellent way of
experiencing the countryside
is by using hikers’ cabins,
trekkershutten, designed for
use by walkers on multiple-
day hiking-trips. They offer
basic accommodation for up
to four people and are often
situated at campsites whose
facilities are available to the
hikers. Bring your own kitchen
utensils and bedding.
Large Family Campsites Hanging the laundry to dry among the fragrant blossoming trees
Large family campsites or The largest campsites recreation facilities such as
gezinscampings are popular have extensive sanitary tennis courts, mini-golf and
among Dutch holidaymakers facilities and hot water. They so on.
taking a break in their own also provide electrical hook- The Dutch Automobile Club,
country. Social life is an ups for caravans, as well as ANWB, has awarded the best
important aspect of these running water and sewage campsites in Europe with their
campsites, with plenty of connections. Campsite shops quality label “Best Camping”.
opportunities to meet your mean that you can do most These offer an exceptionally
fellow campers through an of your shopping on-site, and great terrain with large pitches,
abundance of activities, such if you don’t feel like cooking extensive facilities and terrific
as barbecues, karaoke, games, your own food, there is often service. Over thirty such
competitions and sports a restaurant or snack bar. campsites are located in the
events. Children also get to Launderettes and dry-cleaning Netherlands, and are listed in
meet others of their age and services are also often their camping guides and online,
there is plenty of room for available. Many have a albeit in Dutch only: www.
running around and playing. swimming pool and other anwb.nl/vakantie/camping.
DIRECTORY
Nature Camping SVR (Stichting Vrije Guides ∑ alanrogers.com
Recreatie) ∑ europe-camping-
Vereniging Gastvrije ANWB online
∑ svr.nl guide.com/en/list/
Landgoederen booking netherlands
Trekkershutten ∑ anwbcamping.nl/
Tel 0318-578555. ∑ eurocampings.eu/
∑ gastvrije Tel 030-6033701. nederland.html en/europe/netherlands
∑ trekkershutten.nl (Dutch only)
landgoederen.nl
VeKaBo (Vereniging ANWB Voordeel
Karaktervolle Groene Campinggids 1 & 2
van Kampeerboeren)
Campings Both list hundreds
Tel 0900-3336668.
∑ kgc.nl of campsites in the
∑ vekabo.nl
Nivon Netherlands, and
Natuurvrienden Family Campsites thousands in the rest
of Europe (Dutch only).
∑ nivon.nl Roompot Parken
Online camping
Stichting Natuur­ Tel 0113-374297. guides
kampeerterreinen ∑ roompot.nl Lists over 750 campsites
Tel 030-6033701. Vacansoleil inspected by the ANWB.
∑ natuur Tel 0900-9899. ∑ en.camping.info/
kampeerterreinen.nl ∑ vacansoleil.nl netherlands

394-395_EW_Netherlands.indd 395 16/01/17 12:08 pm