Boerderijcamping De Mulderije

Start stays with a handy explore of Oudewater, five minutes’ drive or a 10-minute bike from base. The pretty little town is chock-full of traditional Dutch buildings, there are canal trips aboard De Geelbuik, and foodies will gravitate towards the culinary walk – plus those feeling brave can volunteer to step on the scales in the witches’ weigh house to seal their fate… The site’s within easy reach of the town of Gouda too (20 minutes’ drive, or a half-hour’s cycle), a town known for its cheese. Visit the famed cheese market on Thursday mornings and drop into the cheese museum for the full story, or head to Woerden instead (20 minutes’ drive, 40 minutes’ bike) for the factory's 'cheese experience'. Boerderijcamping De Mulderije is in the Randstad, putting Rotterdam, Utrecht, the Hague and Amsterdam all within an hour’s drive for big city days. Turn the car towards Utrecht for tuneful afternoons at the museum of self-playing musical instruments, head to the Hague for palaces and politics, visit Rotterdam for UNESCO-approved windmills, and set hours aside for a jaunt to Amsterdam and its canals, Rijksmuseum, floating flower market and lots more. A little closer at hand, get a taste of the area’s history with a stop at the open-air Archeon Museumpark (20 minutes’ drive) to catch up on prehistory, Roman occupation and the middle ages.