Zandvoort Dunes

A lovely little all-round area with street parking directly next to the start of the dunes, a range of mini hills to climb, sand pits to fall into, mice to chase and a grassy, forest area at one end. If you feel so inclined you could even walk to the beach from here.

Park in one of the paid-parking bays on the Frans Zwaanstraat or the Cort van der Lindenstraat, or even in the De Zuid car park which is closer to the beach.

This is a fairly busy spot and also used by dog walkers with packs. Be prepared to meet at least 5 dogs close up and about twice that amount from a distance, if your dog is not social or is in a bad mood (it happens to the best of us…), then this is not the place to be. Having said that, there are so many pathways that you can easily change course and avoid oncoming traffic if your pup is in a huff.

I like the diversity of this place and my pup seems to really enjoy the things to sniff and the space to run, he really seems to skip around this park. There is a lovely little lake fairly close to the road which gets frequented by kids and bathers in summer but left for dogs and ducks once the weather cools down.

This is not a closed area, one complete side of this park is open to a road so if your pup tends to run far ahead, then don’t let him off until you are far back from the road. It’s basically a long, thin stretch of dunes you can walk easily half an hour in one direction and if you zig-zag across the area you could stretch the duration of your walk as long as you like.