Decent site with bar/food/internet. Popular with Germans, French and Italians. Located on a semi-island, the centre is easily reached with a few minutes walk to the trams and 7-15 minutes to the centre. The only drawback may be that the relentless ingestion of drugs leads some to play guitar badly.

www.campingzeeburg.nl

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Vierhuizen: miles of cycle paths radiating from a comfortable camp site, and six small towns in range.

See bird hides, eat seafood, view art galleries, a tea factory, ex-pirates' houses, windmills, old churches, wild flowers, calm canals and a national park island, Schiermonnikoog, where no cars are welcome and the North Sea beaches stretch for miles. The best food in Holland at campsite Herberg.

Bert Jan and Saskia Harens
Hoofdstraat 49
9975 VR Vierhuizen
De Marne, Netherlands.
Tel: 0595-401657
www.camping-lauwerszee.nl
Groningen is the nearest railhead.

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The cycle routes are so beautiful and plentiful in Holland, often set apart from other traffic, that I really recommend going on a cycling holiday. I have done it regularly since I was about 7 with my family and it is very exciting, safe and beautiful (the countryside in the east/south is magnificent).

There are also special 'trekkershutten', little wooden cabins at many campsites throughout Holland specifically for cyclists. It is cheap, basic but clean accommodation usually with 2 bunkbeds, a kitchen and a terrace. Even though I have been on holidays to far away places as a child, my best memories are still these cycling holidays!

www.trekkershutten.nl, it is in Dutch, but if you click on 'Contact' and then request information in English, you should be okay. Otherwise contact the ANWB, info was in Saturday's (16/06/2007) Travel section.

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This city lends itself to walking but beware. Cycling is one of the traditional ways of getting around Amsterdam and there are cycle lanes marked out in red. Cyclists show no mercy to errant pedestrians. They also ignore traffic lights.

And if you decide to hire a bike yourself to see around the city, take care when crossing the tramlines. Don’t cross at a shallow angle as the wheels can get stuck in the track!

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The Dutch equivalent of the AA or RAC, the ANWB has a shop behind the Rijksmuseum that is the place to come if you're considering a bike or road trip. All the maps you could ask for (in Dutch of course, but that's no big) and accessories from gel seats to emergency triangles. Members get a discount, and the ANWB is affiliated to the AA so it's worth a shot.

Museumplein 5;
tel: +31 20 6730844;
www.anwb.nl

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A gentle bike ride around Amsterdam that takes you all around the city and then down the Amstel into the countryside (where you can add a windmill and cheese farm/clog factory to your sightseeing list).

Our guide, the irrepressible and engaging Egg, was incredibly learned on the city's history and liberal sex and drugs laws. All of which he assured us he'd researched in depth purely for our benefit. An excellent introduction to the city that makes you understand what Amsterdam is all about. Oh, and there's a free beer token in it too ... what more could you possibly want?

www.mikesbiketoursamsterdam.com/

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