Arcen Travel Guide

Kasteeltuinen Arcen

The largest and, according to many visitors, most enchanting flower gardens in the Benelux: Kasteeltuinen Arcen (Arcen Castle Gardens). On this centuries-old, 32-hectare country estate whose beating heart is its castle, treat yourself to a dazzling, constantly changing interplay of colour and scent.
Kasteeltuinen Arcen: nature shows the latest fashions!

Opening hours

Daily from april to October
10.00 - 18.00 hrs.
March and November closing 1 hour earlier.
December, January and February only in the weekends 10.00- 17.00 hrs.

Entrance fees high season
Adults € 10,50
Children (4 to 14 yrs) € 5,25
Seniors and handicapt € 9,50
Low season half price.

Favorite Dish: Lovely cheese board to go with the beer. Brie, raclette cheese (Swiss) and blue cheese with rye bread.
Cost € 7,25

Hertog Jan Brewery

Address
Kruisweg 43, 5944 EM Arcen

Opening hours
Tuesday to Saturday from 11.00 to 18.00 hrs.

Entrance fees
€ 4,00

Take a guided tour through the old Beer Brewery and taste the beer afterwards in 'De Proeverij'. You can also buy the beer for drinking it at home.

Please make a reservation first at their website!

Please promis me one thing: TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORT AFTER TRYING THE BEERS.

Unfortunately I could not make pictures inside the place but I enjoyed myself immensely. The pools all have special features for massage or just floating around. It was fun to be in the outside pool while it rained heavily.

We had reserved a programme and were welcomed with coffee and cake while everything was explained. Then we spent 4 hours in the pools, steambaths, sauna's and bubble baths and were offered lunch. After that we lay on some vulcanic mud and then had our backs massaged.

Equipment: The mineral water may irritate your skin a little so take a good cream and use it afterwards.
I also took a scrub glove because all that water and steam makes your skin soft enough for a good scrub.

I felt wonderful after this "beauty day".

Favorite thing: The thermal baths (www.thermaalbad.nl)
The brewery (www.hertogjanproeverij.nl)
The watermill and distillery (www.ijsvogel.com)
The castle gardens (www.kasteeltuinen.nl)

Fondest memory: There wasn't much room to park the car at the watermill distillery IJsvogel so I parked it right in front on the road.