Maarsseveense Lakes - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

Slot Zuylen is a castle in the village of Oud-Zuilen near the city of Utrecht. Seen from Utrecht, it is located at the beginning of the Vecht region. The history of the castle begins in the 13th century.The castle is located in a 1.5 hectare park with a 120 meter long snake wall. The castle also has canals with the following separate national monuments: quay walls, a culvert, bridge, gatehouse, corner tower, coach house, gardener's house, castle farm and so more.

Vredegoed is a monumental farm in the Dutch village of Tienhoven , municipality of Stichtse Vecht .The longhouse farm with front house was built in 1906 to a design by W. van Vreeswijk to house a dairy farm and cheese factory. There is also a wagon shed and iron entrance gate from that time in the yard. Art Nouveau elements have been used throughout the design . All these parts are valued as national monuments .The Vredegoed Regional Museum is also located here.

The Tienhovense Plassen is a wetland nature and recreation area in the Dutch municipality of Stichtse Vecht. Including the Eastern Binnenpolder of Tienhoven, the area covers more than 200 hectares. The area is located east of the ribbon village of Tienhoven with the Loosdrechtse Plassen on the north side. The area is part of the Natura 2000 area Oostelijke Vechtplassen and is managed by the Vereniging Natuurmonumenten.

This is a regional museum in the Dutch village of Maarssen in the province of Utrecht about the history of the Vechtstreek . The museum is located in the park of Goudestein , the old town hall of Maarssen. It has a lot of collection form the history and also there are so many things to see and study.

The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal is a canal in the Netherlands that was built to connect the port and capital city of Amsterdam to the main shipping artery of the Rhine. Its course follows a generally southeasterly direction as it goes through the city of Utrecht towards Wijk bij Duurstede where it intersects the Lek branch of the Rhine and then continues on to the river Waal near Tiel, with a branch, the Lek Canal, to the Lek near Nieuwegein.

The Museum van Zuilen is a museum in the Dutch city of Utrecht . The collection consists of objects and documents related to the former municipality of Zuilen . Until 1954, Zuilen was an independent municipality northwest of the city of Utrecht.Many of the objects in the museum come from the past of these now closed businesses. Photos, but also papers and exam papers from the training of these factories.