RCN Vakantiepark De Potten

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Aerial view (added by manager 17 Mar 2023)
Camping pitch
Lakeside location
Camping pitch

  • Peaceful family-friendly site on the banks of the Sneekermeer
  • 15 minutes' drive from Sneek and the National Model Railway Museum
  • Sailing school, harbour and watersports rentals on site
Sailing sorts and budding boaties alike, cruise along to RCN Vakantiepark De Potten for days spent pottering around on and by the waters of the Sneekermeer, one of the Friesian lakes. Life at the park, 15 minutes’ drive from the city of Sneek, pretty much revolves around the water. Boat owners can moor their vessels in the harbour by the site, while newbies learn the basics or up their skills with lessons from the on-hand experts. Rowing and sailing boats, pedalos and canoes can be hired, and there are lots of little clearings for anglers too. There are plenty of other things to get up to, such as wandering over to the beach, where there’s a safe swimming area and plenty of sand and grass to sprawl out on for post-swim sunbathing. All sorts of dry-side activities exist here too: a multisports field and a beach volleyball court for team games, along with a tennis court, table tennis, table football and giant chess. Kids can aim for a hole in one at the miniature golf course, climb and slide at the playground or jump around on the trampolines. And that’s before they’ve even started perusing the extensive menu of activities in high season – face painting, crafts, circus skills and all sorts await. The restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with snacks and drinks available all day. There's also a site shop for barbecue bits, and a croissanterie with fresh supplies to tear into every day.

Campground type

Tent sites 150
Camper sites 150
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 120
RV sites 150
Open now
Opens March 22

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • The campground/park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Breed-specific legislation (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro) and/or any of the following: Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Rottweiler, any Mastiff or Tosa.
  • No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • The restaurant is open between 07/01 and 10/25.
  • The grocery shop is open between 07/01 and 10/25.
  • Twin axle vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • No cars/motorcycles at the site. All cars must be parked in the designated area.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
  • The bar is open between 07/01 and 10/25.

Languages spoken

Dutch

English

German

Open from Fri, Mar 22 to

Reviews

79%

would recommend this campground to a friend

86%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Toller Platz mit sauberen Anlagen, freundliches Personal. Top.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 8
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Tamara S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Ist eine sehr grosse Anlage, man merkt es aber gar nicht, weil es viele Abzweigungen gibt. Die Sanitär Einrichtungen sind top. Jeder hat einen separaten Stromzugang. Frische Brötchen kann man jeden Morgen holen. Essen könnte man auch dort. Mit dem Velo ist es ein Traum. Schnell ist man in der Stadt Sneek oder man kann die Gegend geniessen. Würden sofort wieder kommen

Disliked: Mückenspray nicht vergessen

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Wir haben uns toll erholt!

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 10
Harry L. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Tolle Lage, nette Rezeption, schöne Plätze, prima (Essens-)Angebote und vor allem wirklich freundliche Mit-Gäste! Wir haben uns toll erholt!

Disliked: Leider zu kurz!!! Den Wegen im Gelände und dem Waschhaus darf ein wenig mehr Aufmerksamkeit gewidmet werden.

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Wir fanden es so schön, dass wir unseren Aufenthalt verlängert haben. Wir…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 8
Susann U. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Wir fanden es so schön, dass wir unseren Aufenthalt verlängert haben. Wir waren direkt am Wasser und konnten sämtliche Aktivitäten wie schwimmen, angeln, Boot fahren direkt vor Ort machen. Es ist auf dem Platz ruhig und die Stellplätze sind großzügig gestaltet.

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Great for water sports amazing cycle routes and easy to walk to Sneek

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 6
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Keith M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Impeccable sanitary facilities so clean you felt the need to wipe your feet before you went in!

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If you have a caravan don’t go unless you’re happy with no view

Overall 6/10
Location 6
Value for money 6
Accommodation 4
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 6
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 6
Lesley T. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: The bakery wonderful service with fresh rolls and fries and hot snacks take away service, warm clean showers. Cycling to Sneek

Disliked: When I chose and booked this campsite it was because of all the lovely photographs of waterside pitches. False advertising. Be warned if you have a touring caravan you will be allocated a pitch on grass no hard standing even though it states that on the pitch up booking confirmation, in a field surrounded by hedges with no views at all. Then you will be told you will have to leave you car outside in the car park despite the fact there is more than enough room for your car. Despite the fact that the chalets are allowed to park their cars next to the chalet. I tried very hard to get a waterside pitch with two members of staff to no avail. I would estimate 95% of this site with waterside pitches are ‘permanents’ and there is a distinct feeling of segregation between caravans and the rest where they stick caravans in a boring no view field. Check in time on Pitch Up is wrong it should be 1300hrs NOT 12 noon. After 4 days we had a tent camp next to us with a family of very noisy kids which was awful I found this campsite quite sad and depressing to wander around seeing nothing but empty closed up caravans with awnings added onto awnings facing the water with no one in them. It was the biggest mistake of my 3 month stay in The Netherlands having booked 7 nights here. I will avoid large commercial campsites from now on. The best bit was driving away.

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Mooie plek, schoon sanitair…

Overall 10/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 8
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Mooie plek, schoon sanitair

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Een prima camping , een aanrader meer dan waard.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 8
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Wij hadden een heel mooie plek om te staan met zicht op de haven. Het was er heel rustig om te verblijven , een heel mooie en verzorgde camping , alsook het sanitair. Wij komen beslist terug.

Disliked: Één min puntje was dat er geen afvalcontainers stonden in de buurt.

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Sehr gut…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Sehr gut

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Sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit! Die Anlage war sauber.…

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit! Die Anlage war sauber.

Disliked: Die Wege und Plätze teils schlammig und mit Tiefen Schlaglöchern!

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Clean, friendly, helpful…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Chelsea A. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Clean, friendly, helpful

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Features

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Playground Recreation room/arcade TV room Takeout Tennis Watersports

Amenities on park

Bath available Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue grills allowed Barbecue provided Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Lake and/or mountain Spectacular scenery

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Very large (over 200 sites)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Restaurant nearby

Location

RCN Vakantiepark De Potten

De Potten 2-38

Offingawier

Friesland

The Netherlands

8626 GG

Directions

Timezone

Europe/Amsterdam +0200 (GMT+02:00)

GPS

53.03101°N
5.72586°W

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

This part of Friesland is mighty green and pleasant, and crossed with a network of canals, rivers and lakes that make for excellent exploring by boat, by bike or on foot. However you roam, there are lots of little villages and towns around the area too for wanderings and consuming coffee and pancakes in cosy cafés. For a change of scenery, take a half-hour drive to the Gaasterland forests around Oudemirdum, where you can walk and cycle on paths that run down to the coast of the IJsselmeer. If the weather’s not conducive to outdoorsy pursuits, take the kids to the Ballorig indoor play centre in Heerenveen, half an hour away, or clamber up the walls of De Stolp climbing centre, 15 minutes away. Another kid-friendly day out is Aqua Zoo, 40 minutes away in the car. All manner of aquatic mammals call this home, including penguins, seals and flamingoes, along with others such as wallabies and gibbons.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Harlingerstrand, Harlingen 16.2 mi Sea N/A Good Good Good
Badstrand Hollum, Ameland 29.3 mi Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Badstrand Nes, Ameland 29.8 mi Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Nearest campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

Frequently asked questions

  • Does RCN Vakantiepark De Potten have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is RCN Vakantiepark De Potten dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near RCN Vakantiepark De Potten? This part of Friesland is mighty green and pleasant, and crossed with a network of canals, rivers and lakes that make for excellent exploring by boat, by bike or on foot. However … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of RCN Vakantiepark De Potten?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  noon –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  11:30 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at RCN Vakantiepark De Potten? From $20.02 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.