Travelling to South Holland

Depending on where you're travelling from within Great Britain, you can usually get a really good deal on flights to Holland. Whether you're flying with easyJet from Luton, KLM from Birmingham, or another airline from one of the London Airports, you are bound to find something that suits your budget and has flights available around the date and time you wish to travel.

Once you book your holiday and arrive at Schiphol airport you can go anywhere in Holland thanks to the flexible and reliable train system that connects to all the major cities, or has links to buses to the places the trains don't go. A word to the wise though: if you are travelling to Holland and wish to get on the buses, be aware that they have no cash or ticket system, and you have to use a smart card instead. You can usually purchase these cards from a help desk in the train station, at a travel desk, and even at the local Albert Heijn.

Holland is known as a country of bikes and the smaller towns have cleaner streets and the Dutch show pride in what they do. Their road systems are an amalgamation of Dutch, British and Americanised systems, so it has a quirky look.

Never use taxis as a foreigner in Holland, especially if you don't speak any Dutch — they are usually unreliable and when they are available they will overcharge you by taking you the long way around the city. As a plus, you do get to see the sights.