If you’ve done Paris a million times, here are 5 romantic things you could do in Holland for a change of scene.
- Hire a gondola and cruise down Amsterdam’s canals by candlelight for a Valentine’s Day you won’t forget. Bridge lights glow as you pass the cobbled streets and champagne and subtle music can be provided. All you need is a blanket so you can snuggle up and enjoy the view.
Hire a gondola in Amsterdam
- Date in the dark at restaurant Ctaste, Amsterdam. You pick your food and are guided to a completely dark dining room, opening your senses for a unique taste experience.
Reserve a table at Ctaste
- Sip wine in the rose garden at Chateau St Gerlach, not far from Maastricht. This historic country hotel has a first-rate spa for pampering your loved one, and is filled with chandeliers, wooden beams and baroque features for the ultimate romantic setting.
Find out more about Chateau St Gerlach
- Go for a romantic tandem cycle ride in Rotterdam and finish at the extraordinary botanical gardens of Trompenburg Aboretum in the heart of the city. Cycling is such a big part of Holland life, you’ll be able to hire a bicycle made for 2 practically everywhere you go.
- Dinner or coffee in In De Waag. Lit by 300 candles, it doesn’t get more romantic than lunch, dinner or just coffee in the restaurant-café In De Waag, in Niewmarkt, Amsterdam. Try the wild duck and grand dessert for 2.
See In De Waag menus and pictures