Holiday apartment in Anloo: Culture, Landscape and Active Days

Anloo can be viewed from several perspectives when planning a trip: cultural history, landscape and activity are represented by specific places and routes. When choosing a holiday apartment in Anloo, you can set the focus of your stay between historical discoveries, nature and active days.

Cultural history with specific details

The Magnus Church is a Romanesque single-nave hall church made of tuff stone, dating from around 1100. It features 15th-century wall paintings. This building brings together a clearly recognisable historical architectural form, distinctive material and a medieval interior. The church therefore provides a concentrated cultural highlight for a stay in which history plays a role alongside the landscape.

Megalithic tomb and Pinetum

The D11 megalithic tomb is nine metres long and intact apart from one missing capstone. It is located on the Terborgh estate near the Pinetum. To reach the megalithic tomb, take the road between Anloo and Anderen and, shortly before the Venn Gagelveen, turn left onto a sandy path leading to a barrier; then continue walking for about ten minutes. The approximate walking time is therefore just as useful for orientation as the precise location description.

Pinetum Ter Borgh Anloo is a unique landscape arboretum featuring a collection of conifers from around the world. Stichting Pinetum Ter Borgh is responsible for preserving, maintaining and opening the landscape arboretum to the public. The international origins of the conifers provide a different accent from the historic architectural and archaeological monuments and expand the range of possible holiday themes with botanical landscape impressions.

Hiking and mountain biking

The routes also offer different ways to experience the landscape. The Anlooërdiep hiking route runs through the valley of the Anlooërdiepje stream. The Anloo-Kniphorstbosch hiking route is eleven kilometres long, follows the Drentsche Aa and the Anlooërdiep, and leads through De Strubben and the Kniphorstbosch. For longer cycling tours, the 39-kilometre Drentsche Aa mountain biking route (Anloo) is another option. The different route lengths help you objectively compare ideas for shorter hikes and more extensive active days.

Practical orientation at the Homanshof

The car park at the Homanshof in Anloo can still be used, while the information centre and the Homanshof tea house are closed. This distinction is important for planning your day: the car park and the two facilities do not currently have the same status. This allows you to include the Homanshof in your orientation without planning the closed facilities as available parts of your stay.

Choosing a holiday apartment in Anloo based on travel ideas

The choice of a holiday apartment or holiday home in Anloo can be guided by the themes that particularly interest you during your holiday. For those interested in culture, the Magnus Church and the D11 megalithic tomb are the main attractions; those planning to spend more time outdoors can focus on the Pinetum and the hiking and mountain biking routes. The documented route lengths provide a concrete basis for assessing the desired pace of your excursions in advance.

Discover more places

For further location options, you can also consider Gasselte, Nieuwediep, Gieten, Balloo, Papenvoort, Nooitgedacht, Gieterveen and Nijlande.

For the overarching travel overview: Aa En Hunze.