Valkenburg Heritage Walk: Sold Its Hill
120 min
1.4 km
10 stops
About this tour
Valkenburg sold its hill: castle ruin above, marl caves below, and a spa-town street between them. A self-guided centre walk with quizzes in the StepQuests app. Cave and ruin interiors are separate paid tickets.
Itinerary
10 guided stops on this route
Grendelpoort
Public passage and square. No ticket. Grendelplein 2, 6301 BS. Built about 1335 after the 1329 siege. Survived 1672. Spires replaced 2013-2015. First fatal Dut…
Grotestraat
Public street. No ticket. Grotestraat, 6301 Valkenburg. Main street between Grendelpoort and Geulpoort. Railway from 1853. Local club Het Geuldal, 1885, often…
H.H. Nicolaas en Barbarakerk
Public yard and perroen. Interior follows services. Kerkstraat 18, 6301 GZ. Named from 1228. Independent parish 1281. Tower finished 1463. Simultaneum 1633-181…
Geulpoort
Public passage and bridge. No ticket. Geulpoort at the north end of Grotestraat. Medieval gate gone after 1644. Council rebuild vote 2013. Sibbersteen rebuild…
Theodoor Dorrenplein
Public square. No ticket. Theodoor Dorrenplein, 6301 Valkenburg. Field side of Geulpoort, over the Geul. Railway 1853 opened the spa-town boom. Thermae 2000 on…
Kasteel Den Halder
Exterior and Halderpark are public. No regular interior ticket. Den Halder on the Geul, west of Geulpoort. 15th-century Haldertoren. Recut as a small castle in…
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GPS-guided walking route
Interactive quizzes at each stop
Fascinating stories and facts
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