Re: Holland: By car or by train?

"MTBike1970" <noemail@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> Hello all:
>
> I'm spending a week or so in Holland next spring and was wondering if
> I really needed a car rental or if I can get by with the train system.
> I'm planning to stay in Amsterdam and take day trips to Gouda, Delft
> and Leiden, which I know can be accessed easily by train. But would
> it be easy to get to Keukenhof, the bulb fields and the windmills at
> Kinderdijt by train or bus? I realize that I can't see much of
> Holland in one week, but would I be missing much if I didn't have a
> car? Also, would staying in Amsterdam be most efficient use of my
> time, or would it be more pleasant to stay a few days in Delft and /or
> Gouda? The Amsterdam nightlife is not of much interest to me, this
> will primarily be a photography trip, with some time spent in museums.
> Many thanks...
> MTB
>
>

Given what you want to see, i would recommend trying it by public
transportation (Keukenhof is amazing, there was an orchid exhibit there
while we were visiting which was almost mosre amazing than the bulb show
in the main gardens)

You might want to rent a car for one day if there is somewhere that you
really need to see that is otherwise difficult (shooting photos in the
countryside fir instance) but I would play it by ear.

--
Joseph Coulter
Cruises and Vacations
http://www.josephcoulter.com/

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