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Depending on the exact route, duration (up to 7 hours), and pace you can travel between 3km and 10km+ (2 to 7 miles+) on a Tour of The Hague but no-one ever feels pressured as we just stroll at your own pace. On the day we can be flexible for you and try and get you to see as much as is comfortable for you to walk and of course we can stop for just about anything if you would like to as I know some or all the places along the way. We have special routes for really bad weather but don’t expect it so although proper clothing and/or an umbrella if it looks like rain goes without saying for a mainly walking Tour of course.

We walk and talk and sit and listen to the Tour The Hague stories that accompany the entire Tour. At the same time you get answers to all your questions and get you to see what you want. The Tour views major points of interest, like public architecture, discussing cultural heritage, following Dutch history, as well as scenes from public life. Including many of the main sights in The Hague like The Main Square, Mauritshuis, Court Pond, The Parliament (a.k.a. Binnenhof) and Knights Hall, King Willem-Alexanders´ Working Palace (Palace Noordeinde), Lange Voorhout, the covered shopping mall De Passage, the City Prison Gate (Gevangenpoort), old and new City Halls, etc. You get a locals´ viewpoint of living in The Hague too.

Close to the Peace Palace (which most feel is a must see when visiting The Hague) is a great cafe that can provide takeaways or we can eat in if you prefer however you may want to save time by eating on the Tram we would take from the Peace Palace all the way to Delft if you so wished (which follows really interesting canals through countryside with stories all the way) or if you fancy yo go to Scheveingen if its a nice day and back then we can be flexible on the day.

Just before the Peace Palace however is a fantastic little attraction that is recommend that we try and include on our Tour together but only if you’re interested and we can within the time etc. It is called the Panorama Mesdag and costs you only an extra Euro 8.50 p.p. (as you a 15% discount from your official guide) to get in. Get all the story behind this unbelievable and impossible to describe 3D Virtual Reality from 1880!!! It takes us about 15-20mins to have the unique experience that everyone that is taken there really loves after being persuaded to go. Please see http://www.panorama-mesdag.nl/english/ for more information.

The Hague on the beautiful coast of South Holland has a different name in practically every tongue, but its official name is actually’s Gravenhage which the Dutch prefer to abbreviate as Den Haag. The city is first mentioned in a document dated 1242 as “Die Haghe”, or the hunting reserve of the Counts, as the counts of Holland originally had a hunting lodge in the woods which once covered the present site of the city. This early construction was thereafter transformed into a castle by William II of Holland who, once he was crowned Emperor of the Roman-Germanic Empire in 1247, was anxious to possess a residence worthy of his new title.

The castle was enlarged under his son, Count Floris V and, along with the royal residence, the settlement which had meanwhile sprung up around it, started to expand. This development continued right into the 14th century when Albert of Baveria, regent of Holland, set up his court there and the castle became the official residence of the Stathouder while the new city became the seat of the central government. In 1586 the meeting of the General States of the Netherlanrts, then in revolt against the Spanish dominion, was held here, but oddly enough, despite these illustrious precedents, it was not until Louis Bonaparte was made king of Holland by his brother Napoleon I, that The Hague was fully acknowledged as a major city (though the king had originally taken up residence in Utrecht and later moved to Amsterdam).

When the house of Orange rose to the throne The Hague resumed its diplomatic importance and became a kind of headquarters for international conferences: in 1899, 1907, 1929, and 1930 important ones were held here. Still the seat of numerous international organizations, the territory of The Hague, now joined up with the suburbs of Scheveningen, reaches the coast. This is another factor which adds to the quaint charm of this city, modern in some ways, antique and aristocratic in others ; it is also a garden city thanks to the number and size of the public and private parks which dot its territory.

Sightseeing in The Hague is a truly unforgettable experience. The city is crammed with historical monuments, picturesque streets and corners to discover unexpectedly, as well as striking oddities. The great architectural complex of the old residence of the Stathouder is today a series of buildings and squares which serve to aesthetically enliven the city centre. The Binnenhof (literally, inner court) is wholly dominated by the facade of the Ridderzaal, or Knights’ Hall, one of the loveliest works of Gothic civic architecture in the city. The building, erected by Floris V in 1280, presents a majestic triangular-shaped facade flanked by cylindrical towers.

The inside consists of a single hall covered by a wooden beam ceiling. Here every year on the third Tuesday of September, called Prinsesdag, the King solemnly opens the new session of Parliament by reading the Crown’s statement to the nation. He arrives at the Ridderzaal in a gilded coach drawn by 8 horses with an escort made up of members of the various branches of the armed forces and soldiers clad in the livery of the House of Orange. The ceremony itself is quite solemn and dignified, but, at the same time, simple and understated. The Dutch appreciate the simplicity of their sovereign, which is one of the reasons for their longstanding affection for the members of the House of Orange.

While Binnenhof means inner court, Buitenhof means outer court. This huge bustling square, now the much trafficked center of the downtown area, was originally the outer courtyard belonging to the Binnenhof. Today it provides everything that the sightseer could ever desire: department stores, banks, and famous typically Dutch eating spots. Nearby is the Gevangepoort, an old city gate to the Binnenhof. Originally built out of wood in the 13th century and later rebuilt as a prison, the building now houses a small museum of torture instruments with several exhibits of the devices used for that purpose in bygone days.