The Netherlands - Rotterdam & South Holland (PDF Chapter)
This is the Rotterdam & South Holland chapter from Lonely Planet’s The Nether-lands guidebook.
It’s the contrasts that make South Holland and Zeeland so compelling: from Rotterdam’s ev-er-growing portfolio of cutting-edge buildings, to Delft’s historic town centre, so well-preserved that you’ll feel as if you’ve been transported back to Holland’s 17th-century Golden Age.
- explore cutting-edge architecture, art and the vibrant cafe culture on offer in Rotterdam, ‘the city that’s never finished’
- maps
- tiptoe through flowering tulips at the sensational Keukenhof Gardens
- transport
- be bewitched by Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring at Mauritshuis in Den Haag
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: South Holland, Rotterdam, Delfshaven & Schiedam, Dordrecht, Gouda, Den Haag (The Hague), Delft, Leiden, Lisse, Zeeland, Middelburg, Veere, Domburg, Waterland Neeltje Jans, Schouwen-Duiveland.
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