Castles of Amsterdam
We will drive to the historical 13th century castle Muiderslot. We will visit inside the castle, they have a very good audio tour, that will tell you about the founder Count Floris V.
After about 1½ hours we will drive to the town of Naarden, an old 17th century fortification, where we can visit the Fortress Museum (not included) and the town hall.
From Naarden we will drive to the very nice town of Weesp for lunch.
After lunch we will drive to Castle De Haar. The ruines of this castle from the 14th century were inherited by baron Van Zuylen in the late 19th century. Together with his wife Helene de Rothschild they decided to rebuilt the castle as a family home. They commissioned architect Pierre Cuypers, who also designed the Rijksmuseum and Central Station in Amsterdam.
The castle had many very modern gadgets like electricity, running hot and cold water and central heating. Even the queen didn't have those luxury things!
If your party is more than will fit in my Volvo V70, I will have to rent a passenger van. The extra costs will be 200 euros. You can pay for that on the day itself.
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