Trail 1: Between Zevenaar and Elten
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What:
Walking route -
Distance:
19.9 km
A distinctive feature of this route is the view from a specific vantage point of no fewer than eight church towers in the region. Other ‘highlights’ include: St Martin’s Church in Oud-Zevenaar, the Camphuysen manor house in Babberich and Halsaf Castle.
Trail 1 runs from Zevenaar to Oud-Zevenaar, then on to Babberich and halfway towards Elten, before returning via Babberich, Oud-Zevenaar, Ooij and finally Zevenaar.
The starting point is St Andrew’s Church in the centre of Zevenaar. This is also where the so-called ‘starting monument’ of the Liemers-Knooppad is located. The total distance is approximately 19 km.
A distinctive feature of this route is the view from a certain point of no fewer than eight church towers in the region. Other ‘highlights’ include: St Martin’s Church in Oud-Zevenaar; in Babberich, the Camphuysen manor house and Halsaf Castle, with a spine-chilling legend; and, back in Oud-Zevenaar, the ‘De Hoop’ corn mill, which also houses a beautiful grist mill, open on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and by appointment.
Arnhem-Nijmegen Region Walking Network
This route is part of the De Liemers Walking Network and is marked in red. You can shorten this route or combine it with other routes in the Walking Network by using the junctions.
