Advantages: Well laid-out holiday resort, great beach, close to Amsterdam Disadvantages: Freezing in January!
...Glad you asked. Zandvoort is a beach resort on the North Sea coast in the province of Noord-Holland. It's about 20km north of Amsterdam and about 5km east of Haarlem. It's not a huge place, in fact the original settlement is not much more than a village. However, over the years it has spread out a little with the arrival of large hotels, holiday apartment blocks and camp-sites so that these days, it's quite a sprawl. Obviously, the main attraction ... ...Culture? Well, there's the Zandvoort Museum which concerns itself with the local history. There's also the cutely-named Mu-ZEE-UM, which has displays detailing all the flotsam and jetsam that gets washed ashore. I liked the sound of that one, but my philistine of a son wasn't interested, and as mrs P wasn't there to tell me what to do, he unselfishly took over the mantle. Add to these a multitude of sports facilities, including golf course, cycle ...
proxam 13.04.2005
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