Pelgrimspad
Description
- Name Pelgrimspad (LAW7)
- Length of trail 466 km, 290 miles
- Length in days 23 days
- Start of trail Amsterdam
- End of trail Visé (B)
- Traildino grading LW, Light walk, countryside walk


LAW7, Pelgrimspad: Amsterdam - 's Hertogenbosch - Maastricht - Vise (Belgium), 466 km, 20 days
This trail is named after the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. It starts in the capital of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, and runs southeast, traverses a wide diversity of landscapes, visits important papal seats like 's Hertogenbosch and Maastricht, and ends in the Belgian border town of Visé.
The Pelgrimspad is definitely worth the walk. It is more catered towards walkers than to the pure pilgrim. That’s because it does not call upon that many religious buildings connected to Saint James. Instead, it meanders a lot so that you will enjoy the best landscapes on this country’s diagonal line.
You will cross the River Maas that once formed the border between the Protestant north and Catholic south of Holland. The northern part is dominated by wide views over succulent ever green pastures, rivers and the odd windmill. The southern part traverses the poor inland of Brabant but ends in the joyful hills of Zuid-Limburg.
The trail is maintained by Wandelnet and is marked white-red.
If you’d rather visit places and churches connected to the adoration of Saint James, take the Jacobsweg Amstelredam to Roermond and continue on the Jacobspad Limburg. This route is shorter too.
From Maastricht / Visé, pilgrims can continue their pilgrimage to Vézelay and Santiago de Compostela on the Via Mosana.
Visit Traildino's overview page for the Way of Saint James / Camino de Santiago.
Opinions

- ZoradeRuig September 2017
- Rate 8
- Positive The nature
- Negative Nothing
Map
Links
Facts
- Pelgrimspad part 1 | Wandelplatform-LAW (Dutch)
Home page of this trail, with Google Map and latest updates.
- Pelgrimspad part 2 | Wandelplatform-LAW (Dutch)
Home page of this trail, with Google Map and latest updates.
- Pelgrimspad - Wikipedia (Dutch)
- Pelgrimspad 1; Walking Trails of the World; English Guide
- Pelgrimspad 2; Walking Trails of the World; English Guide
- The Walking Pilgrim - Pelgrimspad
The ultimate pilgrimage reference site by Peter Robins.
Reports
- De Wandel Website van Fred Triep- Het Pelgrimspad (Dutch)
Fred Triep's report and pictures, 2001 - 2003
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Netherlands
- Nederland - Zuid-Limburg
- De onafscheidelijke riviertjes Geul en Gulp slingeren tussen glooiende heuvels. Het Zuid-Limburgse landschap is ons ‘buitenlands’ wandelparadijs. In bossen ontspringen bronnetjes. Bijzondere flora en fauna in kalkgraslanden en hellingbossen. Ga mee en wandel stukjes van het Krijtlandpad, Pelgrimspad en Pieterpad; beklim de Bemelerberg en St.... Read more
- Also available from:
- Snp Wandelreizen, Netherlands
Netherlands
- Nederland - Zuid-Limburg
- Wandelen door het glooiende mergelland van Zuid-Limburg en de Belgische Voerstreek. Je begint deze wandelvakantie op het plateau van Margraten, loopt hier langs akkers met een weids uitzicht, daalt af via holle wegen en wandelt door prachtige hellingbossen naar Slenaken en het Belgische Teuven. Hier verken je de verrassende Vlaams Voerstreek en... Read more