Go for lovely walks and explore the surroundings!

Edition 2025: The 7th edition of the Pink Ribbon Soester Walking Weekend will take place on Saturday, August 23, and Sunday, August 24, 2025. Registration will open in mid-January 2025.

Discover Friesland with the walking package and the walking junction map! Hotel Drachten is approximately 15 kilometers from the Alde Feanen National Park, where various hiking trails can be followed. Furthermore, there are numerous forests and heaths in the vicinity of the hotel. The Wallebos near Beetsterzwaag is also a must! View the map with several nature reserves around Drachten here. The walking routes lead you through forests, along water and through villages. Enough terraces along the way to drink a cup of coffee and relax!

De Alde Feanen National Park is one of the most important wetland bird areas in the Netherlands. There are several hiking trails along different areas, enough to fill several days. There are several bird hides in the National Park, from which you can spot different birds.

Your dog is allowed in our hotel! What's more fun than spending two nights at a hotel with your dog and making the most enjoyable trips? At some specially prepared standard rooms your dog is welcome to us. The surrounding area has many beautiful hiking areas, such as: the Chaamse forests, the Loonse en Drunense dunes, Gorp and Roovert, Mastbosch estate and many other areas where you will deliver yourself as well as your dog a few wonderful days. Adjacent to the hotel there is also a beautiful hiking trail with the lake "Klein Zwitserland" where your dog can entertain! Read the terms of this arrangement.

The Pieterpad is the most famous long-distance walking route in the Netherlands. The path takes you from Pieterburen on the North Groningen Wadden coast to Sint-Pietersberg in South Limburg, winding through a large number of different landscapes, varied nature and areas with a diverse cultural history.

Are you planning to walk the Pieterpad? Then book our Pieterpad package and come stay with us when you walk stage 1, 2 and/or 3. Stage 2 ends in (heart) Groningen and stage 3 starts in Groningen. You can park easily and free of charge with us and take the bus from P+R Hoogkerk to the central station, the starting point of stage 3.

The package consists of an overnight stay in a comfort or deluxe room and a three-course dinner in our restaurant. In the morning you can eat your fill at the Live-Cooking breakfast, and then be able to walk all day again! You will also receive a packed lunch for the road in the morning. The return bus ticket to the central station is also included in the package.

Outside nature, the Twente landscape is special in all its facets. This is a perfect reason to take an active approach. For hikers there are several beautiful routes directly from our hotel. Discover the beautiful construction and artworks, facades and many old brooks, historic canals and the beautiful marina of Almelo. From old to new and from remarkable to interesting.

The many different landscapes of Northern Limburg are unique for hikers. In a fairly small area you will get to know bork forests, Peel landscapes, stream valleys, Meuse banks and drifting dunes. You will not find a more varied area. De Maasduinen National Park is the longest river dune belt in the Netherlands, located between Arcen and Wellerlooi. You walk in a beautiful nature reserve of over 4,000 km, known for its so-called parabolic dunes and rare animals and plants.

The Zwart Water area is located south of the Maasduinen chain. The soil here consists of a number of old Maas beds. De Venkoelen is in the middle of the area in the largest water and was created by dying. Around it there is forest that has been planted from 1930. The northeast side of the forest is interspersed with small grasslands. It forms a transition to the Vreewater. The area is excellent to explore thanks to two hiking routes.