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Travel ideas and the length of your stay …
We suggest you base your travel route and accommodation choice on whether you want to spend any time in the countryside around Maastricht: - Germany, Belgium and France are very easily accessible. If visits outside Maastricht are planned, it is easier to bring / hire a car. There are good public transport connections to all areas if you have the time – however the Sunday services are a little less frequent.
If you are arriving before Saturday 22/8, a visit to the surrounding area might be fun (it is just on the edge of the Ardennes). A car is probably the easiest way of making the most of longer visit. Bruges in Belgium, or a visit to a local vineyard make a good day trip for adults. Valkenburg, and Heerlen, both about 20 km away, have attraction theme parks for children. A steam train runs through the (er?) “hill” country or Heuveland. See the tourist board’s website for Maastricht for more ideas on things to do (click on the GROUPS tab for a full list of activities). If you don’t have internet access, please email Karen before 31/3 and we’ll arrange with the tourist board to send you a little brochure of the area.
Once in Maastricht, the physical tourist board office is located just across the St Servaas Bridge as you come into town (turn right at the Bijenkorf Department store and it is further down the street on your right hand side.)
*Activities planning note: Shops are always closed in Maastricht on Monday mornings, and many independent restaurants in Maastricht are closed on a Monday evening. Cologne and Dusseldorf are open as normal.
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