Walking the protected village core costs nothing and works at any hour, which is the whole crowd strategy in one listing.
The protected core is the strip of thatched cottages, private jetties and small arched bridges that every photograph of this place comes from. There is no gate and no ticket, so the timing is entirely yours: at eight in the morning it is close to empty, at midday in August the footpath is shoulder to shoulder and the canal beside it is nose to tail with rental boats. People live in these cottages. The front gardens and the jetties are their property, however inviting they look from the path.
Highlights
- No ticket, no gate
- Arched footbridges
- Best before 09:00
Insider tips
- →Come before 09:00 or after 17:00; day-trippers arrive around 11:00 and leave around 17:00.
- →Stay on the public path — the gardens and jetties either side are people's homes.
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Giethoorn, Netherlands
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