We are getting in to Schipoll around noon,getting a rental car and heading towards the Frankfurt area.What would be a good picturesque town or place to stay within an hour or so of the airport. We will be doing Amsterdam at the end of our trip.
Posted by
Washington DC
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ViaMichelin proposes two basic routes, one with a variation. The split occurs at Utrecht. I made a day-trip to Utrecht ages ago and found it to have a very pretty historic center. It's less than 30 miles from Schiphol, I believe. However, it is not a tiny little place, so there might be some navigation required to get to your lodgings.
Posted by
the Netherlands
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's-Hertogenbosch, some 60 kilometrers after Utrecht, could be more manageable with a car. Nice historical city.
Posted by
Green Bay
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If you will be stopping in any of the green areas of this map, you need an umweltplakatte sticker on the car that certifies it as non-polluting. Look closely and you will see that the Autobahn corridors are exempt, but don't pull off the highway in the green zones. I doubt if a car rented in Holland will have them, but if you rent it in Germany, it will have one.
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/de/map/deutschlandalle_151247
Posted by
Northamptonshire, England
33817 posts
Or, if you are travelling direct to Frankfurt am Main you will find that a train from the station under the airport will get you there much quicker and with much more comfort than you can achieve in a car...
Posted by
OP
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There are four of us and we are going by car with a number of visits in Germany to different family and friends. so I was wanting to stay in a lovely little Dutch town before the Germany adventure.
Posted by
Tel Aviv
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I'd take the train from the airport to Utrecht, then rent a car the next morning.