Holiday homes on the Utrechtse Heuvelrug
If you’re an outdoor person, we can’t recommend the Utrechtse Heuvelrug (the Utrecht Ridge) highly enough. Whether you’re into
walking,
cycling or
horse riding, from your holiday home on the Utrechtse Heuvelrug, you can do all sorts of activities.
The “Nationaal Park Utrechtse Heuvelrug” is a national park in the
Dutch province of
Utrecht. The Utrechtse Heuvelrug is made up of a diverse range of landscapes, from woodland to heather, from grassland to wind dunes. The total land area is around 23.000 hectares, which makes this hilly ridge the largest forested area in the Netherlands after
the Veluwe.
Discover the Utrechtse Heuvelrug from your holiday home
There’s a wide choice of walking and cycling routes and bridle paths. These trails are primarily located on the southern edge of the Heuvelrug. This is also where you find the majority of the villages, such as
Doorn and Amerongen. And for those who want to spend a day shopping or visiting museums, the cities of Utrecht and Amersfoort are close by.
Would you like to spend your holiday in the forest? Browse our range of holiday homes in the Utrechtse Heuvelrug now.
Fun facts if you choose a holiday home in the Utrechtse Heuvelrug:
- The Utrechtse Heuvelrug is an example of a moraine, a landmass created by the movement of the glaciers during the last-but-one ice age: the Saalien.
- National Park De Utrechtse Heuvelrug is a breeding place for over one hundred species of birds.
- The park is visited by more than one million people every year.
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