Borken: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

In Borken, a guided tour with the castellan leads around Gemen Water Castle, through the Upper and Lower Freedom areas, and to the burial chapel of the Count of Landsberg. This specific tour is suitable for an itinerary in which local history plays a role.

You can rent a holiday apartment in Borken.

Surroundings

In the wider area around Borken, Kasteel Bredevoort, approximately 19.7 km to the northwest, Schloss Varlar, approximately 26.7 km to the northeast, and Marhulsen, approximately 26.7 km to the northwest, are recorded as named mapped points. The nearby hill Lünsberg is a named mapped feature approximately 4.0 km northeast of Borken. The point designated as “Former Site of the Marl Power Plant” is also recorded in the wider area, approximately 24.3 km southeast of Borken. In the surrounding area, ’t Rot, approximately 12.8 km to the northwest, and Steengroeven, approximately 13.9 km to the north, are recorded as named mapped points; Bekendelle is a named mapped feature approximately 15.3 km northwest of Borken.

The Aa Cycle Route follows the River Aa from Velen through Borken to Isselburg and forms a documented cycling route through the local area.

The Borken subregion is described as part of the western Münsterland and as rather flat and rural. It is located in the northwest of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Münster region, and near Dutch provinces including Gelderland and Overijssel.

The town of Borken has a historic centre with five medieval town towers as well as the churches of St. Remigius and St. Johannes. The old town hall on the market square houses a town museum.

For further location options, you can also compare the location pages Ahaus, Bocholt, Borken, Gescher, Gronau, Heek, Heiden, Isselburg, Legden, Raesfeld, Reken, Rhede, Schöppingen, Stadtlohn, Südlohn, Velen and Vreden.

To the higher-level travel overview: North Rhine Westphalia.