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reat panac
h
e, t
h
es
e
p
laces mix anti
q
ue
s
wit
h
contemporary ur
b
a
n
Away from the big cities, you’ll
find smart rusticit
y
: old box beds, or
fl
agge
d

fl
oors an

d
can
dl
e
l
ig
h
t, an
d
T
HE
N
E
THERLA
N
D
S
,
R
EGIO
N
B
Y
R
E
GIO
N
T
HE
N

ETHERLANDS
i
s
n
ot

a
b
ig country,
b
ut it
d
ivi
d
es
c
onvenient
ly
into west, nort
h
,
e
ast an
d
so
u
t
h
.
T

he
W
est
This re
g
ion includes the cities
o
f Amsterdam, The Hague,
Ut
r
ec
h
t

a
n
d
R
otte
r
da
m –
k
n
ow
n
as

De
R

andstad
or
‘rim
tow
n
s
’
.
E
ac
h
o
ff
e
r
s
d
istinctive town
h
ouse
h
ote
l
s.
Am
ste
r
da
m’
s

att
r
act
i
o
n
s
i
nc
lud
e its cana
l
s an
d
t
h
ree
b
i
g
museums
(
name
ly
t
h
e
R
ij

k
smuseum, t
h
e Van Gog
h
a
n
d
t
h
e Ste
d
e
l
ij
k)
. T
h
e pa
l
ace
c
it
y
of The Ha
g
ue is the sea
t
o
f

g
overnment.
Smaller cities with e
q
ually
a
ttractive
p
laces to sta
y
i
nclude Maastricht
,
home to
a
flamboyant carnival in
F
e
b
ruary an
d
a gourmet
f
oo
d
f
estiva
l
in August; an
d

De
lf
t,
k
nown as t
h
e Prinsensta
d
(
city o
f
princes
)
. T
h
ree ot
h
e
r
great cooking. The level of
h
ospita
l
ity is
h
ig
h
, wit
h
some

h
otels
p
re
p
ared to set u
p
th
e
J
acuzzi or light a log fire fo
r
y
our arriva
l
. I
f
your taste is
f
or
r
itt
y
realism, head instead fo
r
e

b
ust
l

ing port o
f
Rotter
d
am
,
e
the ‘left
b
ank’ has
b
een
l
ized with bars and cafés,
presided over by the Hotel New York
(p
age 131), a stylish hotel in a
l
an
d
mar
k
port
b
ui
ld
ing.
T
HE
N

E
T
HERLAND
S
t
he
N
etherlands and one
in which you can stay, in
a ‘cottage’ hotel at Otterl
o
(p
age 129). In this area o
f
cana
l
s an
d

f
erti
l
e
f
arm
l
an
d,
th
ere are many ot

h
er re
l
ax-
in
g
countr
y

h
ote
l
s o
ff
erin
g
e
xce
ll
ent
f
oo
d
.
T
he
S
outh
T
he region encom

p
asses
Limburg, Noord-Brabant and
Z
eeland, the delta
p
rovince.
T
his is a
p
leasure-loving are
a
a
n
d

t
h
e
f
ood
h
e
r
e
i
s

sa
i

d

to
b
e t
h
e
b
est in t
h
e Net
h
er-
l
an
d
s. Lim
b
urg’s Geu
l
Va
ll
e
y
is rea
ll
y specia
l
, over
l

oo
k
e
d
by
a
b
eauti
f
u
l

h
ote
l
a
t
V
a
lk
en
b
ur
g

(
see a
b
ove
)

.
H
IG
HLI
G
HT
S
H
OT
EL
S
ILL
UST
RA
T
ED
on t
h
ese
intro
d
uctory pages are
on
ly
a
f
ew o
f
our
f

avourites.
O
thers include the Jachtslot
de Mookerheide castle hotel
in Molenhoek
,
with its Art
Nouveau interior (
p
age 129);
T
T
he graceful Château St Gerlach, at Valkenburg, page 13
1
att
r
act
i
ve

tow
n
s

wo
r
t
h
a

v
i
s
i
t
i
nclude Utrecht, with its
p
retty
c
anals, alleyways, and s
p
ecial-
i
st sho
p
s in the streets around
t
h
e o
ld
centre; Lei
d
en, an
h
istoric university town; an
d
G
ou
d

a,
f
amous
f
or its c
h
eese.
T
he North
F
riesland is an intri
g
uin
g

a
rea of farms
,
lakes and
b
lack-and-white cows
,
with its
o
wn language and cultural
i
dentity. There’s a grand hotel
i
n Leeuwarden
,

a town of
s
ma
ll
cana
l
s an
d
s
h
opping
s
treets. In t
h
e ot
h
erwise rura
l
province o
f
Groningen yo
u
c
an sta
y
in an o
ld

g
uar

dh
ouse
o
n t
h
e
f
ormer to
ll

b
ri
dg
e in
t
h
e university city capita
l

(
a
l
so
c
alled Gronin
g
en).
T
he East
T

he
p
rovinces of Flevoland,
G
elderland and Overi
j
ssel
we
r
e

c
r
eated

f
r
o
m r
ecla
im
ed
la
n
d.
T
h
i
s
i

s

the

s
i
te

of

the
H
o
g
e Ve
l
uwe Nationa
l
Par
k
,
t
h
e principa
l
nationa
l
par
k
o

f
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an
d
t
h
e
h
a
lf

-tim
b
ere
d
W
inselerhof, a 17th-centur
y
f
armhouse servin
g

g
ood food
at Landgraaf (
p
age 128)
.
F
OOD A
N
D
D
RINK
C
L
ASS
I
C
D
UTC

H
c
oo
k
in
g
is
g
enera
lly

b
rasserie-st
yl
e
f
oo
d
in generous portions
,
w
ith es
p
ecially good grilled
meat and fish. There are
p
lentiful fresh su
pp
lies of
mussels

(
mosselen
),
eel
(
paling
(
(
), served smoked, and
gg
h
erring
(
haring
). Traditional
g
g
stan
db
ys inc
l
u
d
e a pea soup
th
ic
k
enoug
h
to stan

d
your
spoon up in
(
erwtensoep
) and
p
p
mas
h
e
d
ve
g
eta
bl
e
d
is
h
es
(
s
t
amppo
tt
en
)
, man
y

o
f
t
h
em
incorporating
l
ar
d
.
Perha
p
s more enticing ar
e
t
he
p
ancakes, sweet mini
pancakes (
poffertjes
(
(
) and hard
s
s
w
affles (
stroopwafel
) of
l

l
t
raditional Dutch cooking.
I
nternational cuisine is the
or
d
er o
f
t
h
e
d
ay in cit
y
r
estaurants, an
d
many
h
ote
l
s
o
ff
er a Dutc
h
-Frenc
h

hyb
ri
d
.
V
e
g
etarians won’t
d
o too
b
a
dl
y, especia
ll
y i
f
t
h
ey
d
on’
t
min
d

f
is
h
. Ho

ll
an
d
’s co
l
onia
l
p
ast means there’s a wide
choice of Indonesian and
C
hinese restaurants
,
wher
e
t
h
e
rijstta
f
e
l
(
‘rice table’) is a
f
east of many dishes.
Am
ste
r
da

m i
s
h
o
m
e

to

t
h
e
atmosp
h
eric bruine kroeg
(
‘
b
rown ca
f
és’
)
, warm
b
o
l
t
-
h
o

l
es
(
name
d

d
ue to co
l
ou
r
o
f

d
ecoration
)
t
h
at are some-
t
imes
l
iterar
y
ca
f
és, an
d
sometimes simp

l
y a venue
f
or en
j
oying a cup of coffee
,
a
g
lass of wine or a beer.
T
h
e
r
e

a
r
e

a
l
so
m
ode
rni
st
w
hite cafés which tend to be
more

p
o
p
ular with a younger
crowd. You’ll also find the
occas
i
o
n
al
proeflokalen
(
tasting
h
ouse
)

b
ar w
h
ic
h
t
ra
d
itiona
lly
use
d
to serve

on
l
y spirits suc
h
as t
h
e
n
ationa
l

d
rin
k
j
eneve
r
(g
in
)
ma
d
e
f
rom juniper
b
erries.
L
unch is often
j

ust a snack
or a cold collation known as
k
o
ff
ieta
f
e
l

w
hich can be had
f
rom 11am to 2:30 or 3
p
m.
M
any restaurants do not
o
p
en for lunch, but o
p
en for
d
inner
f
rom a
b
out 5:30pm;
most s

h
ut at a
b
out 10pm in
th
e provinces, 11pm or
l
ater
in cities. T
h
e tra
d
itiona
l

d
a
y
c
ash
,
not added to the total on
the che
q
ue or card
.
Te
l
e
ph

oning Pu
bl
ic ca
ll
b
oxes ta
k
e main
l
y p
h
onecar
d
s
a
n
d
cre
d
it car
d
s, t
h
ou
gh
a
f
ew
s
ti

ll
ta
k
e coins. Post o
ff
ice
s
h
ave booths where
y
ou can
p
ay the amount due after your
c
all. Inside the country, dial
the full area code. To call th
e
N
etherlands from the UK or
U
S
,
dial 00 31
,
then th
e
n
um
b
er, omitting t

h
e initia
l
zero;
f
rom t
h
e US, 011 31.
Public holidays
1
Januar
y;
Goo
d
Fri
d
a
y
an
d
Easte
r
S
unday and Monday; 30 A
p
ril
(Queen’s Da
y
); 5 Ma
y

(Liberation Day); Ascension
D
ay; Whit Sunday (Pentecost)
a
nd Monday; 15 August; 25
a
nd 26 December.
U
S
EF
U
L
W
O
R
DS
B
rea
kf
ast
O
nt
b
i
j
t
Lu
nc
h
Lunc

h
D
inne
r
D
iner
F
r
ee
r
oo
m
?
Kamer vri
j?
H
ow much?
Wat

kost?
S
ingl
e
Een een
p
ersoons kame
r
D
ouble
E

en twee
p
ersoons
kamer
N
ET
HERLA
N
D
S
P
RIC
E
B
A
N
D
S
O
U
RPRIC
E
b
ands refer to the
p
rice of a standard room
i
n high season, and usuall
y
i

nc
l
u
d
e
b
rea
kf
ast. Most prices
q
uote
d
inc
l
u
d
e a
ll
taxes,
b
ut
y
ou ma
y
encounter
l
oca
l
taxe
s

i
n some p
l
aces.
¡
up
to 90 EUR
¡¡
90–22
5
EUR
¡¡¡
225–455 EUR
¡¡¡¡
o
ver
4
55 EUR
o
f
c
l
os
u
re
f
or resta
u
rants is
M

onda
y
, and sometimes Tues-
da
y
as well. Restaurants with
r
ooms may be shut on one or
both of these days, too.
B
ED
R
OO
M
SA
N
D
B
AT
HR
OO
M
S
R
OO
M
S
I
N
R

R
c
ana
lh
o
u
se
h
ote
l
s
are often at the to
p
o
f
n
arrow ricket
y
wooden stairs
and it’s the exce
p
tion rather
t
han the rule for these small
hote
l
s

to
h

ave
lif
ts
–
so

w
hil
e
t
here will be someone to hel
p
y
ou wit
h
your
b
ags w
h
en yo
u
arrive, t
h
ey mig
h
t not suit
th
ose w
h
o

h
ave restricte
d
mo
b
i
l
it
y
. Rooms in t
h
es
e
h
istoric
h
ote
l
s are o
f
ten sma
ll,
or narrow,
b
ut o
f
course w
h
at
t

hey lack in s
p
ace they mak
e
u
p
for in character.
O
T
HE
R
P
R
A
CT
I
C
A
L
I
N
FORMA
T
IO
N
B
R
EAKFA
ST
I

S
B
B
usuall
y
an ex-
t
ensive buffet of differen
t
k
inds of bread
,
cheese
,
cold
meats, hard-boiled eggs, yog
-
h
urt
,
muesli and stewed fruit.
L
an
g
ua
g
e
E
n
gl

is
h
is wi
d
e
ly
s
po
k
en an
d
un
d
erstoo
d
, so
t
oo is German an
d
, in som
e
pl
aces, Frenc
h.
C
urrenc
y
F
rom
1

January
2002, the Euro
p
ean
eu
r
o
(
written ‘EUR’), made up of
(
(
100
cents
.
Sh
o
p
s
G
enera
ll
y open 8:30
or 9am–5:30 or
6
pm Mon
–
S
at; man
y
c

l
ose on Mon
d
a
y
mornin
g
s, and from
4
or
5
p
m on Saturdays. Late-night
s
ho
pp
ing is on Thursday and
Friday evenings. In Amsterdam
many sho
p
s stay o
p
en
until 10
p
m. Banks are
o
p
en 9am–4 or 5
p

m
M
on–Fri; in som
e
pl
aces t
h
ey are open
unti
l
9pm on T
h
urs
d
ay
evenings an
d
open on
S
atur
d
a
y
mornin
g
s.
Tippi
ng
G
enerall

y
,
y
ou’ll find a 15
p
e
r
cent service charg
e
added to restauran
t
bills. Otherwise
,
it’s
n
orma
l
practice to
r
oun
d
up t
h
e tota
l
,
th
e tip
b
eing

l
e
f
t i
n
T
T
he Canal House, Amsterdam,
p
age 12
6
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N
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c
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p
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a
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in
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uxur
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f
a
b
rics an
d
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istinctive,
i
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N
K
onin
g
slaan 64, 1075 AG Amsterdam.
M
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p
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VCR
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N
Prinsen
g
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M
a
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(020) 427 0717.
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f
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124 C3.
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(
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(020) 555 3222.
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M
a
p
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Oud Erensteinerwe
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6, 6468 PC Kerkrade.
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(045) 535 2711. $
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39–42, 2513 AH Den Haag. Map
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(
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(070) 361 5785.
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B
EL
G
IUM
A
N
D
LUXEM
BO

UR
G
134
B
ELGIUM AND I
TS
d
imin
-
u
tive neig
hb
our
h
ave
mu
ch in common:
t
he
y
fall naturall
y
into the
s
ame section. Many o
f
t
h
eir o
ld

c
astles and
p
retty half-timbere
d
m
ansions
h
ave
b
een converte
d
into luxur
y
hotels, and ever
y
where
y
ou will find an emphasis on food.
Some
h
ote
l
s
d
o two roun
d
s o
f
breakfast (the second startin

g
at
11am
)
. Expect generous portions.
B
E
LGIUM A
ND
L
UXEMBOURG
LL
R
EGION BY
R
R
R
EGION
R
R
B
E
LGIUM DIVIDES
B
B
neatly into
n
ort
h
an

d
sout
h
, a
l
ong t
h
e
s
o-ca
ll
e
d
‘
l
anguage
d
ivi
d
e’
(
see
b
e
l
ow
)
,
f
orma

l
ise
d
c
onstitutionall
y
in 19
6
2. In the
s
out
h
eastern corner, on t
h
e
b
or
d
er wit
h
German
y
, is t
he
9
99-s
q
mile (2,600 s
q
km)

G
rand Duch
y
of Luxembour
g
.
T
he
N
ort
h
T
h
e
Fl
e
mi
s
h n
o
r
t
h
a
n
d

t
h
e

Wa
ll
oon sout
h
o
f
Be
l
gium
h
ave
d
i
ff
erent
l
anguages,
c
omm
u
nities an
d
in
d
ee
d
ad
ministrations. T
h
e capita

l,
B
russe
l
s, is on t
h
e
d
ivi
d
in
g
l
ine separating t
h
e two. In t
h
e
north are the
p
rovinces o
f
West and East Flanders
,
Antwer
p
, Limburg and the
upp
er reaches of Brabant.
T

he region is flat and very
s
imilar to Holland. Antwer
p
m
ix
es

slea
z
e

a
n
d

wealth
in
e
qua
l
measure, is Europe’s
s
econ
d

l
argest port an
d
centre

of
t
h
e wor
ld

d
iamon
d
tra
d
e.
Sim
p
le sou
p
can turn out t
o
b
e a ‘re
l
ay race’ o
f
severa
l
different flavours
;
a humble
e
spress

o
m
a
y
be elaborated
w
it
h
a si
d
e or
d
er o
f
w
hi
pp
ed cream and
pra
l
ines. I
f
t
h
e eating
g
ets too much,
y
ou could
tr

y
resting
y
our liver at a
‘t
h
erma
l
centre’, suc
h
as one o
f
t
h
os
e
f
ound in the Belgian town of S
p
a –
parent o
f
‘
h
ea
l
t
h

f

arms’ wor
ld
wi
d
e.
B
ELGIUM
A
ND
L
UXEMB
O
UR
G
S
ome wonderful
p
laces t
o
s
tay here include a town-
house hotel dating from th
e
16th century, and an Art
D
eco villa. In Flanders
,
to the
s
out

h
west, t
h
ere’s t
h
e c
h
ance
to stay in a coup
l
e o
f
quay
-
s
i
d
e
h
ote
l
s in Bru
g
es, an
d
v
isit G
h
ent, wit
h

its artistic
a
n
d
arc
h
itect
u
ra
l
treas
u
res.
T
he
S
outh
T
he Walloon south begins at
the
p
rovince of Hainaut. T
o
the east are the Ardennes
,
an
a
rea of thickly forested hills
w
h

ic
h
a
l
so spi
ll
over into
L
uxem
b
ourg an
d
nort
h
east
-
e
rn Fr
a
n
ce.

Whe
r
eas

the
F
renc
h

Ar
d
ennes are in
du
st-
ria
l
ise
d
, t
h
e Be
lg
ian Ar
d
ennes
a
re
l
arge
l
y unspoi
l
t, an
d
some
o
f the re
g
ion’s most beautifu

l
hill-to
p
castles have been
co
n
ve
r
ted
in
to
h
ote
l
s.
Th
e
A
rdennes town of S
p
a was
noted in Roman times by
P
liny the Elder as a health
resort, an
d
t
h
ere are some
i

nteresting p
l
aces to stay in
a
n
d
aro
u
n
d
t
h
e town. I
f
t
h
e
t
reatments don’t
a
pp
eal, then make
y
our way to Namur,
t
he gastronomic
ca
p
ital of Belgium.
Luxem

b
our
g
Luxem
b
our
g

h
as two
aspects: t
h
e
h
i
ll
y
A
r
d
ennes in t
h
e nort
h
and the farmland of
t
he so
u
th – called the
Bon Pays or Gutland

(
Good Land). The
Grand Duchy
(p
o
p
ulation abou
t
4
00,000) has its own
stee
l
in
d
ustry w
h
ic
h
is concentrate
d
in t
h
e
so
u
t
h
west. T
h
e rest o

f
th
e countr
y
is covere
d
in
v
ineyar
d
s, particu
l
ar
l
y t
h
e
slo
p
es on either side of th
e
Moselle river.
H
IG
HLI
G
H
TS
T
H

EPL
AC
E
S
to sta
y
i
ll
ustrate
d

on t
h
ese intro
d
uctor
y
p
ages are by no means the
onl
y
hi
g
hli
g
hts of this section.
O
ther favourites include: Le
V
al d’Amblève at Stavelot

(p
age 141), a half-timbered
house in the Liège countryside
,
com
b
ining un
d
erstate
d

b
ut
smart
d
ecoration wit
h
grea
t
f
oo
d
; an
d
De Witte Le
l
ie in
A
ntwerp
(

page 138
)
, t
h
ree
16
th-centur
y
houses knocked
t
o
g
et
h
er to ma
k
e an unusua
l
B&B hotel – grand and s
p
ac-
ious, with hi
g
h ceilin
g
s, but an
informal atmos
p
here.
F

OOD A
N
D
D
R
IN
K
B
E
L
G
I
ANS A
R
E
B
B
k
een to
p
oint
o
ut that their country con
-
ta
in
s
m
o
r

e
Mi
c
h
e
lin-
sta
rr
ed
restaurants than France. Dishes
S
hamrock, Maarkedal, page 1
4
1, great food and landscaped gardens
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