Enjoy Giethoorn .... Giethoorn is a nostalgic village in a romantic and wetland area located at the head of north west Overijssel (The Netherlands). d'Olde Smidse is the ideal starting point in your exploration of a world where the water in the past, once an important role speelde. Welkom in our B&B hotel and cafeteria! d'Olde Smidse, pampering at an affordable price ... In our hotel you can relax from a multi-day visit to the beautiful surroundings or when you're passing through. In the morning, while enjoying a fresh breakfast buffet. For a bite to eat you can visit our petit restaurant. you can choose from a variety of dishes or create a menu from the card. In the cafeteria, we take care of your bite with various snacks and freshly baked fries. Also, you can pick up meals and snacks at home or on the road. check out the snack list of possibilities. We warmly welcome you to visit our B&B Hotel and restaurant!
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HOTEL STYLE
Family
Business
Languages Spoken
English, Dutch, German
Location
Beulakerweg 157, 8355 AG Giethoorn The Netherlands
Name/address in local language
De Olde Smidse
47 reviews
Getting there
Somewhat walkable
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The rooms are comfortable and very spacious. Very good beds and we slept well every night. The breakfast buffet had plenty of delicious fresh food. The staff was especially helpful in providing information for some good walking tours. On-site parking was a plus.
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Date of stay: July 2023
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Nice people, comfortable beds. Spacious rooms, good location, good restaurant attached. Quiet place to sleep. Rooms are up one straight stair case. Free parking in back. Free Wi-Fi that worked well. Not a great view from the windows, but an easy walk to the canals.
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Date of stay: April 2022Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip:Â Free parking. Only thing to be aware of is that the rooms are up one outside fairly wide...
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The hotel is located on the roadside before the village of Giethoorn so it is easy to find the hotel. The car can be parked for free on site. The owner is very friendly and gracious so we enjoy talking to her. The room is nice, clean and has a good size. Also, wifi is free and no password is required.
With regard to the food, the dinner is so tasty and the price is worth every penny. The breakfast including the hotel fare is simple but also delicious. Overall we are really happy with this stay.
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Date of stay: August 2013
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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My wife and i stayed here for one night in mid April. We chose this place because of the free parking, free wi-fi, free breakfast, price was OK and location to walk around the canals of Giethoorn. Our room was upstairs, no lift, it was clean and spacious and the host was friendly and helpful, thankful she spoke english the best she could. Comfy bed, quiet room and hair dryer in bathroom. It is just a 5 minute walk to the start of the canals where you can hire a boat or have a meal, then allow yourself 1-2 hours to meander through the pathways and small bridges along the canals. Small supermarket is just 5 mins walk away also. Breakfast was OK and we had a good stay here overall.
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Date of stay: April 2015
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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This place was an absolute value for money venue. Spotless clean rooms, good food for breakfast and dinner and the personnel is absolutely service minded and helpful. We felt spoiled. Thank you again.
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Date of stay: November 2019Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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The hotel was located in an amazing place in front of channel, the staff were really friendly and helpful especially the the person who introduce himself "DJ" he was great and so kind, For traveller with car there was a free parking behind hotel , only the one point which was not perfect was the mattress, But all to getter were perfect and we definitely come back again.
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Date of stay: September 2017Trip type: Travelled with family
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We stayed there last month(May2015) which is a peak season in Netherland, the majority of the hotels in Giethoorn were fully booked, most of the website shows only Steenwijk and Meppel have rooms available until the last minute we seek a room in De Olde Smidse in a local website. The hotel is just right next to the bus stop, easy to access even holding lots of luggage. The main walking area, VVV and supermarket of Giethoorn takes you only 10mins to walk or 5 mins by bike which is really convenient. The room is nice and clean; My room is facing to the street and river, never to have that nice breath in the morning. Will recommend my friends to stay there while they plan to travel there. Last but not least, all the staff there are friendly and willing to help.
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Date of stay: May 2015
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip:Â Only few rooms in this hotel. May not able to stay a huge group of people.
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It is a very nice place to stay in giehtoorn. It near the bus stop and the spot view. The room are clean and the dinner is delicious. Also the owner are very nice as well. It is worth to stay here.
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Date of stay: April 2012
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Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Stayed here 1 night the end of April. It was still cool and rainy, but we didn't care. LOVED the family atmosphere and hospitality of the owner. The closer for me was the 2 fresh baked croissants he made especially for me because there had been only 1 left. Excellent breakfast, clean and comfortable rooms. Dinner was also good the night before for 2 weary travelers and 2 guests who met up with us there. Very safe. 5 minute walk to the boats. We would most definitely stay again should we visit the area again. Great value but it was the family hospitality that we loved most.
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Date of stay: April 2018
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip:Â They have a cottage!
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We called in here after visiting Geithoorn on bicycle's ,it's about 5 mins from the main tourist carpark by the Spar, the food was really good and the guy who runs it speaks excellent English the food and drink prices are a lot lower than in Geithoorn itself, and it also shuts a lot later than the restaurants in Geithoorn, they all want you out soon as the tourists have gone which is about 19.30.Spoke to people who were staying there and they were really happy with what they had got.
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Date of stay: September 2017Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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PRICE RANGE
RMÂ 556 - RMÂ 565 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
LOCATION
The NetherlandsOverijssel ProvinceGiethoorn
NUMBER OF ROOMS
10
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