Paleis Het Loo

Beautifully renovated Royal Palace in prime condition with amazing gardens in a huge park. Built by/for William III of William and Mary fame (the guy who conquered England in 1666).
The outside is Dutch Renaissance with French formal gardens and a more English park.
The inside is a wonderful collection of rooms in the Renaissance, Baroque, Empire and 1930s styles. Plus the lush new entrance in a very marbly 2020s style.
Catering is so-so. The 2 restaurants could not sell us a bottle of water for my thirsty kids. There is no vending machine, strangely.
Parking is easy and plentiful, but not cheap at 8 euros. Public transportation access is good from the Apeldoorn station.
Ventilation is disappointing. I measured up to 1,050 ppm on a reasonably busy day. Not good enough. It smells stuffy too, which cannot be good for the palace and its contents.
There are two good merchandise shops but nothing I could use in a modern styled home, apart from the obligatory fridge magnet. I think foreign visitors might love the shopping.
The broader Veluwe area is lovely and has amusement parks, forests, a hunting lodge, a Van Gogh museum and a monkey zoo.

Former Palace of the Royal family of the Netherlands, now a museum. Has been renovated recently. It does showcase the palace in different "states"- you can see rooms as they were in the beginning of the monarchy but also some how they looked like just 70 years ago.
Tip: download the app beforehand and bring a headset
Also plan enough time for the garden (if the weather permits it).

Palais Het Loo is really beautiful. You can spend the whole day visiting it, with your friends and family members. You can start with the indoor part of the castle and then see the beautiful gardens. You can click beautiful photos and videos to keep them as memories or share them with your dear ones. You can have a drink or lunch in the restaurant of the castle. Can't wait to visit it again!

Amazing palace. Recommend it. We went with our daughter and the place has activities for all ages.

Fabulous combination between new and old architecture! watching the play of light with the water of the fountain from below is fascinating. the finest materials in the new building but by no means ostentatious. magnificent view from the roof of the palace. wonderful gardens. in the rearmost part of the site you can relax wonderfully by the lake.

Really nice place! Lots to see! We went there just a bit before closing and ended up getting to the gardens right before they started to kick people out. If you end up with the same problem - go to the very end of the gardens first and then walk back - because they start moving people out in that direction.
Layout of the Palace was a little confusing we ended up missing one side of it but we also knew we needed to go to the gardens before they close.
Make sure you go to the rooftop! The views of the garden are maybe even better than what you would see down there.

a non-pretentious baroque castle, only the dutch could accomplish that. inside still pretty fancy rooms of course. also the baroque lower and upper garden. at the end there also is an entrance/ exit to the castle forest, closes at 16.30! It is in general a pity, that the castle already closed at 17.00, since a lot of nice hours could be spend in the garden in summer evenings

Very well maintained, informative. Beautiful locations in the surroundings. Good outing for half a day. Also there is a Junior castle, basically a fun zone for kids (ensure to book the slot prior ).
Best part is that the whole castle is accessible by wheel chairs and strollers on all the floors and terrace. I had a big double stroller, even that was accessible easily.
Jackets and backpacks are not allowed. Blankets and Umbrellas are provided on the terrace, so you can go out on top anytime or weather.

Great historical palace with beautiful garden and exciting galleries. With museum card entrance is free. Parking fee is 8 euro no matter how long ur visit takes time.

Beautiful location! I went about 2 years ago, but you could only visit the gardens, but now you can also see the interior.

Having visited many outstanding palaces and gardens in the UK & Europe this is certainly in our top 5, the gardens are impressive and impeccably maintained.
The entrance to the palace via the underground atrium is spectacular, although the palace is sparsely furnished it doesn’t detract form it’s grandeur.

Palace Het Loo opens from 10:00 to 17:00. It was resident of the royal family but made a museum in 1984. The palace has been renovated and reopend. The Palace is very beautiful; it has a museum, two gardens including a stable and two restaurants. 3 to 4 hours is enough to visit all the places inside the campus. It is free with museum kart.

Download the app and audio tour before you go. Tour is great - informative while being entertaining and never boring. Really high quality.
Palace is great, with very helpful friendly and informative staff spread around and happy to answer questions.
Suggest allowing c1.5 hours for the Palace if doing the two sections of the audio tour, and a further 30 mins minimum for the gardens, or 1.5 hours if you intend to do the formal gardens and the orange route around the boating lake (all of which are well worth doing).
The new gallery space below the courtyard is amazing, with an interesting g exhibition about the project.

Very beautiful place. Brand new museum! 2 bar cafes restaurants with amazing lunch as well. A lot of facilities to visit and a great story to read. You need at least 3 hours to discover all the palace rooms and then at least 1 hour to walk through the gardens. There is a hike root as well so be prepared with hat, water and good shoes!

Beautiful gardens and well maintained palace with interesting audio tours. Yes the work is still ongoing to finish the front of the palace but still worth a visit. Don’t miss out on visiting the roof, especially on a beautiful day - the entrance is a bit hidden so I missed it the first time, had to ask for directions to find it.

I really enjoyed visiting this Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn. With the museumkaart is free, though the parking is paid.

The palace is really big though visits are only allowed in part of it. The palace is really well conserved and preserved.

It has a huge garden super beautiful that you can see from the rooftop. You can also walk there and even go to the forest that is part of the visit. This forest is really worth the try so take your boots/sneakers. It has a huge and beautiful lake, statues and things like that.

You can spend an entire day over there, if you want. There is a cafe where you can buy some food / drinks.

For me, the best was the library. For those who like books, is difficult not to like it.

Incredible palace, with a magnificent gardens. The whole complex is very well maintained and it seems it had a renovation recently.

We bought the tickets at the place, only because we wanted to buy the museum card, but online is also possible. The price for adults starts at almost 20 euros, so the museum card was perfect, and you already cover 1/3 of the price of it.

The whole complex can be divided into, the gardens, the palace, the palace rooftop, the stables, the garage and the woods that are behind the garden which take you to other things like “Het Oude Loo”, but that was not included in the price.

It is important to keep in mind that we you buy your ticket, you get a visit slot, and you have to be there at that time. You start with the east or west wing of the palace, and then the rooftop, all three tours take you back to the main staircase taking you back to the lobby where the audio guides are for a price of 2-3 euros. If you don’t want to pay the audio guide, there’s an app that you can download for free, if you have no data plan, the palace has free WiFi so you can rely on that. There are some signs with the password.

You can see everything in 1-2hs depending on how interested you are in the audios. On average each audio last 2-4 minutes and there are about 10-15 stops per palace wing.

The complex has a small cafe at the end of the gardens, and a restaurant at the entrance where the ticket office is located. Prices are alright.

The palace has lockers and toilet, the ask you to leave your backpack there.

I really enjoyed visiting this place, it remind me a bit to the Palace of Versailles. If in doubt, I couldn’t recommend it more.

I was there on a Sunday, not too crowded. Enough to enjoy and be able to take photos.

Extremely kind personel. Polite and helpful. We were there almost end of the day and all stuff were still pro-active. Good job there!

Absolutely loved it great visit so much information on the lives of the people that lived there

Every thing was nice during our visit to both the palace and the garden. There's enough parking spots but few options for cafes and restaurants. For the visit to the palace you can download the guide app and borrow headsets to hear the explanations which are made in a nice creative way I'd say! or you can pay ( I guess 2.5 euros) and borrow the guide device. the staff at the entrance were patient, friendly and willing to help and guided us to get the app ready. The stairs to the roof are a bit narrow but it worth it to go to the roof and see the gardens in front of the palace from the top. The garden and the lake are good for a walk and enjoying the nature.