Holiday apartment in Kortenhoef between lakes and the Waterlinies

A holiday apartment in Kortenhoef offers a travel setting where waterscapes, cultural history and paths through nature come together. The Kortenhoefse Plassen lakes were created through peat extraction. Their origins give the landscape a concrete historical background and make it an important topic for anyone consciously planning their stay around both experiencing the landscape and learning about regional history.

Waterscapes and routes around Kortenhoef

The surroundings can be experienced particularly vividly on the Oppad - Kromme Rade walking route. The route is around 11 km long and leads through the low-moor areas of the Vechtplassen region around Kortenhoef. Along the way, it follows grass paths beside the Kortenhoefse Plassen and Loosdrechtse Plassen lakes. Known as the “Kortenhoefroute”, it is marked with green arrows from the Wandelnetwerk Gooi & Vecht network. The different landscape sections help you determine the desired focus when choosing a holiday apartment, whether that is a view of the water as the theme of the trip, quiet paths or cultural discoveries.

The Doortraproute Kortenhoef is also clearly located: it starts in the village of Kortenhoef. This means that various forms of exploration can take centre stage in your planning, without having to limit your stay to just one attraction.

Fort Kijkuit and regional history

Fort Kijkuit is a defensive work built in the 19th century as part of the Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie. At the same time, Fort Kijkuit is part of the UNESCO World Heritage site Hollandse Waterlinies. An information point is located in the former powder magazine. For travellers interested in culture, this combination of architectural history, World Heritage and regional context is a distinctive part of Kortenhoef’s themes.

Molen Gabriël is also part of the village’s history. It is the only surviving mill in Kortenhoef. It was once part of an ensemble of three mills – Voorste, Middelste and Achterste Molen – which were jointly responsible for draining Kortenhoef. Another historic building is the Dutch Reformed Church at Kortenhoefsedijk 168. It has a single-nave body and a narrower choir without buttresses, which probably dates from the same period as the tower; the church is dated to the late 15th century.

Destinations in the surrounding area and farther afield

Kijkuit, a fort, is located close to Kortenhoef. The surroundings of Kortenhoef also include De Hoge Vuursche, Nijenrode and Ridderhofstad Oudaan; all three are castles. Almeerderstrand, a beach, is also located nearby. These different types of places and structures give you several cultural and landscape perspectives to consider when planning a holiday apartment.

Further afield in the region around Kortenhoef are Voordaan and Vliegenbos, both parks, as well as Marken, an island. When choosing accommodation for your stay, you can therefore assign different importance to landscapes, routes and history and base your travel planning on the discoveries you prefer.

Discover more places

For further orientation in the region, you can find the direct neighbouring destinations here: Nederhorst Den Berg, Oud-Loosdrecht, Ankeveen, Loosdrecht, Breukeleveen, ’S-Graveland and Nieuw-Loosdrecht.

For the broader travel overview: Wijdemeren.