Bergen holiday bungalow: Bergen

Noord-Holland is certainly off the beaten track as far as British holidaymakers are concered, and boy, are they missing out.

Everything about our stay was perfect, from the bike-friendly roads to the comprehensively kitted-out accommodation. Our four-year-old loved it too, the on-site wildfowl in particular.

We'll certainly be back.

The house is a perfect base for a family holiday. There are so many different things to do very close by, including 2 lovely towns, great beaches and dunes to go running and cycling in. There is everything that you need in the house and the owners have provided loads of information about local activities as well as practical details like opening times of shops and which restaurants are child friendly etc. There were 4 of us, but it would sleep 6 and because the few rooms that it has are large, it felt spacious. It is a very well and tastefully designed house. The furniture and interior decor is well maintained, simple and contemporary.
The garden has a large lawn with lovely wooden furniture; we ate all our meals outside, had great afternoons playing games on the lawn and even better evenings sitting out with a nice glass of wine!
The location of the house on the development means that there were hardly any passing cars so it was safe for the children to play out. Our children played with some of the children from the other houses.
We will definitely go back again!

We have 2 children aged 7 and 9 and we took our own car with us.

The owner and his family were absolutely charming and very helpful when welcoming us on arrival. This new holiday home was very clean, warm, well-equipped and tastefully furnished; the owners had put much thought into providing plenty of useful information.

There are beautiful paths in the extensive dune and forest area behind the climbing dune in Schoorl, with coloured poles to show you the way. You can choose between long and short walks/runs, a walk to the sea and even to the centre of Bergen. The 6 km bicycle ride to the beach is also very beautiful. Just a few minutes walking from the holiday home there is a horse riding school and during our stay the Dutch Championship Carrousel horse riding took place, which was nice to watch.

With beaches, forests, dunes, villages, swimming pool, horse riding school and much more, all within 10 km from the holiday home, it is a perfect location in North Holland.

For a family with 2 young children (8 and 11) this was the ideal holiday home with plenty of space indoors and out. Even with 6 guests it would have been spacious enough. We'd certainly recommend this holiday home for people seeking privacy, peace and quiet on site and a variety of activities in the surrounding area.