Vilt
Vilt is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg, within the municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul.
Vilt is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg, within the municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul. It is located on the top of the Cauberg.
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Worth seeing in and around Vilt
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Cauberg
The Cauberg is a hill in Valkenburg aan de Geul, a town in the South Limburg region of the Netherlands. The hill played an important role in the early development of tourism in Valkenburg.
1 km · hill in Valkenburg aan de Geul, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Valkenburg Castle
Valkenburg Castle is a ruined castle in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands. It is unique in the Netherlands in that it is the only castle in the Netherlands built on a hill.
1.5 km · castle in Valkenburg, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 03Schaloen Castle
Schaloen Castle is a castle in Oud-Valkenburg in the South Limburg municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul in The Netherlands. The castle is a national monument.
2.8 km · main castle building in Oud-Valkenburg, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 04De Valkenier
De Valkenier was an amusement park in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands. The attractions focused mostly on families with children below the age of twelve.
1.5 km · amusement park in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 05Heunsberg
The Heunsberg is a 145 meter high hill in the South Limburg area of the Netherlands, part of the municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul. The hill is located directly south of the center of Valkenburg and the hamlet of Neerhem.
1.4 km · hill near Valkenburg, Limburg, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 06Hermitage at Schaelsberg
The hermitage at Schaelsberg is a monumental hermitage in Schin op Geul, in the municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands. Built in 1688 for the lords of nearby Schaloen Castle, the chapel and attached living space, housed a succession of 16 hermits from its foundation until 1930.
3.2 km · building in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 07Château St. Gerlach
Château St. Gerlach, formerly St.
1.6 km · castle in Houthem, Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Vilt
- Airports
- Maastricht Aachen (MST), 7 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 73 km · Düsseldorf (DUS), 82 km
- Stations
- Valkenburg railway station, 2 km · Houthem-Sint Gerlach railway station, 2.1 km
- Eindhoven → Vilt69 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · €9–13
- Rotterdam → Vilt150 km · quickest by road, 3h 18m · €22–31
- Amsterdam → Vilt180 km · quickest by road, 3h 41m · €21–30
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Vilt
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Vilt. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundWhile that is more expensive for single journeys, it's a good option for day trips.
- Get aroundSome of the smaller hamlets are served by minibuses, but they leave from the regular platforms at e.g.
- Go nextThe German city of Aachen is just at the other side of the border and makes a great day trip.
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Next door to Vilt
- Valkenburg aan de Geulmunicipality in Limburg, the Netherlands1.6 km
- Bemelenvillage in Eijsden-Margraten, Netherlands3.5 km
- Houthemvillage in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands2.1 km
- Bergvillage in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands2 km
- Geulhemhamlet in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands2.3 km
- Sibbevillage in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands1.9 km