Explore The Netherlands with these top 5 travel guides.


Immerse yourself in the exquisite art of Amsterdam's galleries, cycle through fields of tulips or go cheese tasting in Gouda.

The Netherlands boasts spectacular historic cityscapes interwoven by a magnificent network of canals. Between these cosmopolitan conurbations lies a beguilingly beautiful patchwork of rugged heathland, marshy fenland and windmill-dotted fields.

Check out these top The Netherlands travel guides. Go exploring this summer!

The Rough Guide to Amsterdam

Covers: The Old Centre; The Grachtengordel; The Jordaan and western docklands; The old Jewish quarter and Plantage; The eastern docklands and Amsterdam Noord; The Museum Quarter and around; The outer districts; Day-trips

Lonely Planet The Netherlands

Covers Amsterdam, Haarlem, North Holland, Utrecht, Rotterdam, South Holland, Friesland, Central Netherlands, Maastricht and more

The Rough Guide to the Netherlands

Covers: Amsterdam; Noord-Holland; Zuid-Holland and Utrecht; The north and the Frisian Islands; The eastern Netherlands; The south and Zeeland

Insight Guides the Netherlands

Covers Amsterdam; Amsterdam Environs; The Hague and Environs; Rotterdam and Environs; Utrecht; Zeeland; Noord-Brabant; Limburg; Gelderland; Overijssel; Flevoland; the Ijsselmeer; Drenthe; Groningen; Friesland

Lonely Planet Amsterdam

Covers Medieval Centre & Red Light District, Nieuwmarkt, Plantage, Eastern Islands, Western Canal Ring, Southern Canal Ring, Jordaan & the West, Vondelpark & the South, De Pijp, Oosterpark & East of the Amstel, Amsterdam Noord, and more
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Hike, Drive, Stayin' Alive!

by The Raven Brothers

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Out of shape and unprepared, The Raven Brothers return to the road in a collection of ten quests to travel to their dream destinations against all odds! After two decades pioneering new routes across the globe, you would expect the authors of 'Driving the Trans-Siberian' to be hotshot explorers, with a sixth sense and an ability to survive in almost any situation. Think again! With virtually zero knowledge of the workings of the internal combustion engine and very limited skills of wilderness survival, Simon and Chris struggle into their hiking boots and power across three continents by river, tarmac and trail.

Venture to the top of Norway, cruise the road to Damascus, hike the Camino trail into Spain’s Wild West, row the Ganges, explore Frida Kahlo’s world in Mexico City, hangout with the dead in Sicily’s eerie catacombs, crawl deep inside Bolivia’s notorious silver mine, seek lions in Gujarat, wellness in Berlin and journey into the Naga Hills where tribal kings still rule.

Noted by Lonely Planet for their talent to portray an “accurate view of what to expect”, 'Hike, Drive, Stayin’ Alive!' signals a return to the duo writing “buttock clenching” travel comedy with the first in a series of candid stories of adventure by The Raven Brothers.