National Landscape Zuid-Limburg
Cycling in an idyllic hilly landscape with rolling fields, babbling brooks, marl quarries, ancient castles and distinctive half-timbered farms.
The landscape
The marl town of Valkenburg is located along the fast-flowing river Geul in the heart of the National Landscape Zuid-Limburg. The gently sloping landscape is impressively decorated with centuries-old castles and fortresses, golden marl cliffs, hawthorn hedges, terraced slopes and sunken roads. Scots pine and beech forests adorn the flanks of the hills, and willow and poplar groves flourish along the banks of the many meandering streams. Nostalgic villages with half-timbered houses are enclosed between green meadows and flowering standard orchards. It is therefore not surprising that the unique landscape around Valkenburg has been rated with five stars!
Forests and Heaths
Estates and Heritage
Polders and Farmlands
Hills and Valleys
Bike with us
Route map
You will bike in the vicinity of the towns of Valkenburg, Maastricht, Geleen, Hoensbroek, and Voerendaal.
Start and finish near bike node 61 on the Sint Gerlach in Houthem. However, this bike route is a circular tour, so it offers the possibility to start from any of the following bike nodes.
61 - 102 - 64 - 104 - 9 - 105 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 37 - 36 - 87 - 83 - 84 - 72 - 85 - 25 - 93 - 55 - 54 - 57 - 58 - 59 - 39 - 60 - 40 - 61
