Cycle path crossings
Cycle junction routes Holten area
From the holiday home The Woodpecker there is a beautiful environment for cycling. A good way to do this is to follow the intersection routes. The routes allow you to reach special places, including narrow paths and different landscapes. It leads through the forests of Salland, agricultural landscapes, vast heaths, along rivers and streams in beautiful green surroundings.
Map of the cottage. At each node there is a sign (see picture) with information about the area and a map showing all the connections between the nodes. On the map you will find the holiday home The Woodpecker under the black arrow and the nearest junction number 70 on the Sprokkelweg.
Number of routes
Below are several routes that can be done in the area, they are all circles, so you will always return to your starting point. You can rent bikes through Bike Totaal Holten/Rijssen (you deliver the bikes to the holiday home or bring your own bikes). Have fun cycling.
Numbering Route:
70, 69, 65, 64, 68, 67, 4, 15,
5, 6, 7, 59, 5, 56, 16, 11, 10,
6, 19, 8, 13, 12, 55, 53, 58, 62, 66, 70
Holterberg route with Palthétoren, length 63.55 km
This route is a variant over the Holterberg with a section through Nieuw Heeten and Okkenbroek on the west side. This cycle path over the Sallandse Heuvelrug also leads over many heathlands and rolling hills. In short, enjoy the view from the Holterberg and admire the Palthé Tower (see photo below) of the Sprengenberg.
It is the house on Sprengenberg Hill, built in 1898–1910 on the orders of A.A.W. van Wulfften Palthe (1851–1929). The house is not open to the public. Pathé owned the land around the hill, where he hunted regularly. In 1898 he had a tea house built where people could recover from hunting. Originally, the house was intended as a hunting and holiday home, but later Pathé himself moved.
Course Along the beautiful length of the Regge 53.41 km
A nice bike ride is a route along the river De Regge. From the holiday home it is a short bike ride to the starting point, junction number 63 in Zuna, near Rijssen. Follow the Midden-Regge river and discover the varied area of Twente with this cycling route. As you can see in the photo, the Regge is beautiful due to the combination of water and nature. The Midden-Regge is a natural river system over a distance of ten kilometres. Since the distance to the starting point is about 5 to 6 km, the total distance is well over 60 km. One way to shorten the route a little is to cross from junction 4 to junction 34.
Numbering Route:
63, 79, 54, 55,
28, 17, 14, 15,
9, 4, 85, 3, 25,
30, 34, 38, 41,
40, 46,45, 76,
80, 81, 84, 63
Route ‘Rondje Holterberg’ Length 32.41 km
One of our favourite cycling routes from holiday home De Bonte Specht is the route ‘Rondje Holterberg’. It is a matter of jumping on the bike, crossing the road to junction number 70, and you are in the forest and also at the starting point of the route. This is followed by a beautiful route over changing landscapes, forests and heathlands. In Nijverdal at the Sallandse Heuvelrug open-air centre and in the centre of Holten on the terraces, there are great moments to get off your bike and have lunch or an ice cream sundae, for example.
Numbering Route:
70, 66, 62, 58,
13, 56, 5, 61,
64, 65, 69, 70
Six Castles Route Diepenheim, Length 55.05 km
There is so much to see during the Six Castles Route Diepenheim! This beautiful route passes through the wooded area of Diepenheim and passes through the estate of the six castles and manor houses that shine in the beautiful nature.
To get from the holiday home De Bonte Specht to the castles of Diepenheim, it is quite a bike ride of about 15 to 16 km and starts at junction 7. The total cycling route of the castle is 38 km in total, another option is to cycle a section and visit points of interest between junctions 36 and 33 (see map)
Numbering Route:
7, 36, 41, 70, 38, 40, 34, 35, 32, 33, 37, 47