Holland in october

we're going to Holland the last week in october, we're planning on visiting Arnhem,but has anyone got any ideas for other camp sites/areas of Holland. we like markets,cycling, walking.we need to be back in Amsterdam for the sat night to catch the ferry back home.  i have heard on M/H FUN that holland is dire. i'm sure it's not.

Hi louis,
Not that knowlegable with Holland, but we are staying on a free stopover at "Sas Van Gent" no facilities at all but a really lovely place good cycling,great walking along the river town only 200 metres with 2 supermarkets & lots of bars etc..
Link  http://www.campercontact.com/campersite/detail/id/6607/photoupload/false
Moving on tomorrow will keep you posted on our finds.
Hope this helps. Mark.

Hi,thanks for that.
yes, please keep us informed of any intresting places you see,that would be great, Thanks Mark

have a look at this Lou
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i will be getting ferry end oct not sure where i am going but amsterdam is an option as i did not see as much as i wantedd last time .

rebbyvid wrote:

have a look at this Lou
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i will be getting ferry end oct not sure where i am going but amsterdam is an option as i did not see as much as i wantedd last time .

Hi, 
the above link just goes to a google blogger page?, had a look on your web pages though,,interesting,
thanks.

try this one 

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Cheers rob,

We have stopped about 50 miles from sas van gent to another lovely spot in Tholen but again facilities here fresh water,toilet dump,& h/up on the waterfront €10 pn.

Link http://www.campercontact.com/campersite/detail/id/9604
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Moved on to Grobbendonk back in Belgium a bit more inland, free motorhome aire with elsan & grey water, h/up but at cost. There is a  ww1 military precession going on over the road the Belgian schoct men playing the bagpipes. [img][You must be registered and logged in to see this image.][/img]

Thank you, keep em coming.

Link for Grobbendonk.. http://www.campercontact.com/campersite/detail/id/6623

I've used an aire at Hansweert a few times,room for five mh's not a lot there but it's a nice stop over for a rest,but would not recommend it for anyone over 8m a bit tight if others are already parked !!!

Thanks for all the info, we're having a rethink about holland, we may just go into France & end up in Amsterdam for the last 2 nights... There doesn't seem to be hardly any sites open. And other forum people have reported holland is dire and m/home unfriendly in the closed season. We can't seem to find any towns etc worth a look.

The only problem we've had that we got broke into in Amsterdam parked out side a cafe on the main road into Amsterdam that was about 3 years ago but other than that never had any problem where we have parked, in August we park in a shopping centre car park on the outskirts of Haarlem had no problem from anybody.

In Amsterdam we will be stopping on the camp site, we don't mind aires but don't want to spend a full week in them,  but the majority of sites close down in september.
 we we're really looking forward to holland, but needed sites close to villages towns etc,not in the middle of nowhere,which is all that appears to be open.
We may poodle into Germany, and then back to amsterdam,
OR just go down to the Alsace in France.

lou020 wrote:

  i have heard on M/H FUN that holland is dire. i'm sure it's not.

Rubbish. Lovely people and a pretty much dead flat piece of Europe. Except for Valkenberg. This has a hill  with a campsite sat on it. In the summer it's great to sit in the tourist trap seats eating and drinking in the sunshine.

You need to see the E22 Afsluikdjyk to see how inventive the Dutch are in keeping the sea at bay.

Amsterdam is a great city to explore.

But October, can't you wait ?

we fancied a look around Holland and booked the amsterdam to newcastle ferry (as it was a decent price) whilst still on holiday this summer. we never thought most of holland's campsites would close in september.
Luckily we booked dover- calais to go outward,,,, so down to the Alsace it is,,probably and then back to amsterdam for the last 2 nights.

Not as good I think at keeping the sea at bay as these roads and bridges, I spent years travelling around this area and the engineering on the road system is simply great.

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