Motorhome to the Netherlands
Hi All
We're planning to take our motorhome to visit friends in The Netherlands next year so I'm after any advice about taking a motorhome abroad as this will be our visit trip out of the UK.
We're travelling from Harwich to the Hook of Holland and plan to spend a couple of nights in Delft before heading over to the German border where are friends live.
I'm planning to stay on Dutch sites so any advice would be much appreciated
Mike
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Mike
We have not yet taken the motorhome to Holland but have been many times with the caravan. It's a pretty friendly place and English is widely spoken. I imagine you are staying at Camping Delftse Hout? We stayed there years ago and it is a very popular port of call for Brits especially coming off the ferry. I think they may now have special motorhome pitches. Just check the speed limits in Holland because they either have or are about to be lowered.
David
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You'll enjoy the Netherlands. Camping nuts. Get yourself the ACSI membership as most sites there utilise it. Follow the instructions carefully to Deflt. If you have bikes then take them as cycling is so well catered for.
If you need recommendations on any sites near the border then let us know where you'll be heading for. Plenty of people on this forum will be able to advise (hopefully).
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The overnight ferry is the comfortable way to go - but it arrives at Hook of Holland at 8 am. The campsite is only 45 minutes away so you must check what time they will they let you in.
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The Delft site opens at 0830hrs.
As my satnav takes me through the town and then under a narrow bridge I change the destination to Ikea. When you approach Ikea turn left at the round about and follow that road for about 0.5 miles to the camp site0 -
If you use the Camper Contact app. you will find that lots of marinas (Yacht Havens) in the Netherlands have motorhome Aires that are good value and have excellent services too. Don’t forget to take your cycles, the Netherlands is about 1000 years ahead of the UK when it comes to dedicated cycle paths.
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"The Delft site opens at 0830 hrs"..
Is that admissions at 0830 for new arrivals? That's something for East Grinstead to think about .
Happy Christmas guys.
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Not a Camper van but Car and Caravan. Not trying to hijack the thread.
Also making Netherlands via Harwich/Hook ferry and planning to stay at the Koningshof site.
Our first trip abroad with the caravan, in fact first with our own vehicle. Any advice or comments welcome.
Thanks in anticipation.
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Holland is just so geared up for campers and vans that you really cant go wrong. Roads are excellent, driving is easy, and the sites are generally excellent. The standards for the dutch sites is probably the best in Europe with the hobby in all its forms being very popular and thus many sites and generally very good quality. The only differences I can think of to UK is that some sites dont like connected hoses even on serviced pitches, possible bacteria issues in the hosepipe apparently. The other main difference is that many sites like you park side-on on the pitch.
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Good choice of site if you are going in Sping to visit Keukenhof, but it's worth taking a site guide and visiting other parts of the country too. There are over 2000 campsites to choose from - some are five star, some are farm fields. The choice is there for you if you have time to do a tour. We liked Groningen, Enkhuisen, Sluis and Middelburg.
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Holland is a lovely country with variety that surprises many due to the ‘its flat and boring’ tag it usually gets.
We have stayed on the coast and inland and as mentioned camping is popular and sites can be busy. You may find in some sites that the tow car has to be parked away from the van, once set up, to avoid traffic and children coming together too much.
As for the crossing we travelled up to Harwich in the evening, parked in the check in lanes, and got a day cabin. We did consider overnight but it was, as I recall it, quite expensive whereas the day fare was very good value.
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As a CAMC member, you can use Dutch Caravan Club sites, which are very reasonably priced, and have good facilities.
You are supposed to book ahead, but in quiet periods we have been made very welcome when we dropped in to see if they had any space as the nearby ACSI card site was stuffed.
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You will find a lot of CEE17 blue plug connectors (same as UK) in use in Europe but to me it would be complete folly not to take a continental adaptor with you, they are usually less than a tenner in caravan accessory shops. You might find this of help http://www.davidklyne.co.uk/european_electrics.html
David
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