Cycling in Zandvoort
Whether you’re a recreational or more sporty cyclist, there’s great cycling around Zandvoort. We have collected the best routes and best tips for you.
Whether you’re a recreational or more sporty cyclist, there’s great cycling around Zandvoort. We have collected the best routes and best tips for you.
The nature surrounding the coastal town is a perfect getaway for a bike ride in the dunes. Up hill, down hill. Rolling landscapes, breathtaking views and working on your fitness unnoticed. The most beautiful cycling trips in our otherwise flat Netherlands are on the coast. Discover the gigantic dune area and the beautiful cycle paths in and around Zandvoort.
From Zandvoort, you can easily explore the surrounding area. You have a beautiful cycle path along the Amsterdam Water Supply Dunes that leads towards Noordwijk. On the way, you pass the Noordvoort beach reserve. Here you have a beautiful viewpoint over the sea and the dunes. Definitely worth stopping for a photo!
– Marc –
Coming to Zandvoort by train or car, but don’t have your own bike with you? Then you can hire one in the village. There are several rental companies where you can go for a normal or electric bike. You can also hire a children’s bike or child seat so that the whole family can cycle together.
Apart from enjoyable recreational cycling, sporty cyclists can also indulge.
Around Circuit Zandvoort is Zandvoort’s mountain bike track. From the entrance at the old Slotemakers sliproad, you ride around 10 kilometres along the challenging course. Steep descents and climbs and the longest Laarwall in the Netherlands. Really something for advanced mountain bikers.
Of course, the wide network of paved cycle paths around Zandvoort is also ideal for cycling. For example, cycle around the Waterleidingduinen. The cycle path between Zandvoort and Noordwijk runs straight through the rolling dune landscape, after which you can cycle back through the bulb-growing region. Or challenge yourself and cycle over the Kopje van Bloemendaal: 1.5km long, 45 altimeters with wonderfully steep climbs.
Join one of the cycling events in Zandvoort. Both for sportive and recreational cyclists.
In the last weekend of March, the Omloop van Zandvoort is organised. A bike ride of 40, 80 or 120 kilometres through the Zandvoort area. And the great thing is that you start and finish at Circuit Zandvoort.
Cycle around Circuit Zandvoort for 4 or 8 hours at a time. In a team, in a duo or on your own through the world-famous corners and down the long stretch to the finish. That’s Cycling Zandvoort.
Along the coast, through the dunes, in the city, through the bulb fields: Zandvoort’s surroundings are diverse and have a lot to offer. Especially for cyclists. Just outside Zandvoort you will find the Zuid-Kennemerland National Park with kilometres of paved cycle paths. Fifteen minutes’ cycling takes you to Noordwijk and the bulb-growing region, while Haarlem is just under half an hour away. So many cycling possibilities with so many different routes. Below, we have made a selection from all our cycling routes.
Zandvoort is originally a fishing village. Where the men got the fish from the sea, the women (mostly) walked to Haarlem with a heavy basket full of fish. Here they traded them in the fish halls. With the Stinkende Emmer route you follow in the footsteps of these fishmongers.
Cycling through the dunes of National Park Zuid-Kennemerland. An undulating landscape with lakes, valleys, forest and beach and sea. You will pass the estates Koningshof and Elswout. And in between you can take a refreshing dip in 't Wed or have a drink at Duincafé De Kennemerduinen.
This route takes you along the four cores of Zandvoort; beach, circuit, nature and the village. Along the beach you drive to Bloemendaal, here you drive into the dunes towards Parnassia. Drink a nice cup of coffee here and then continue your route back to Zandvoort along the circuit.
This route offers you the peace of nature on the one hand and the coziness of the surrounding villages on the other. A good balance because you end the route with a nice piece through the dunes. Along the way you will come across enough nice places for a cup of coffee, a good lunch or a drink.
If you don’t have a bike with you, you can easily rent one from one of the rental companies.
Bicycles can be charged at De Haven van Zandvoort Bicycles with an integrated battery can be charged at the NPZK Visitor Centre and the bicycle shed on Louis Davidsstraat.