Travelling to Holland & Belgium

Whether you want to travel to Holland or Belgium by boat, train, car or plane, your journey to your final destination will always be quick and easy!

 

Fly

The Netherlands and Belgium are easy to get to from the UK. Most UK airports have direct flights to Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Rotterdam or Brussels (Eindhoven airport will be closed between 1st Feb and 19th July 2027). Flights are short- around one hour or less! You can also fly from Dublin and Cork.

Schiphol airport is a 15-minute train ride into Amsterdam city centre and both Rotterdam and Eindhoven have regular train services to the capital.

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Ferry

You could come by ferry via Harwich, Hull, Newcastle or Dover/Dunkirk.

Direct Ferries compare all the above ferry companies and also the tunnel:


P & O operate overnight crossings from Hull to Rotterdam and Dover to Calais.

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Stena Line operate overnight and day crossings from Harwich to the Hook of Holland.

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DFDS operate overnight crossings from Newcastle to Amsterdam (Ijmuiden).

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and from Dover to Calais and Dover to Dunkirk.

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Tunnel

The quickest and easiest way to cross the channel is to hop on the tunnel from Folkestone to Calais. Crossings only take 35 minutes and you can get out of your car and stretch your legs and visit the loo if you need to. The Belgian Coast is less than an hour in the car from Calais. You’re there before you know it!

Train

And what about by train? In a little under 4 hours, the Eurostar high-speed train will take you from London St. Pancras direct to Brussels, Amsterdam Central Station or in just over 3 hours you can go from London St Pancras to Rotterdam.

A train, bus or taxi can then take you to your local town. The website 9292.nl is really useful to help plan journeys by public transport across the Netherlands. The following parks are all very do-able as car-free holidays: Duinrell, Hof van Saksen, Beekse Bergen, Efteling. Please contact us for more info or advice.

 

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