Paleis Het Loo is a 17th-century palace of the House of Orange, now a museum where you can see how its former residents lived and worked. It features exhibitions about the House of Orange, the origins of the Netherlands, and contemporary topics. At the stables square, you can find a collection of cars and carriages. You can also explore the stunning palace gardens, and there's a special Junior Palace for children.
A must-visit palace in the Netherlands 🇳🇱👑✨ See the national Christmas tree, explore Dress Codes—from royal fashion to red-carpet icons (on view until March 8, 2026), discover the story of The House of Orange, enjoy breathtaking rooftop views of the royal gardens, and step inside how kings and queens truly lived through history.
Could have spent hours there exploring the grounds having something to drink and eat. Beautiful beyond and verrry tranquil. We toured inside the palace as well, which was very interesting. Highly recommend getting outside of amterdam and so much gh more to see in the countryside.
Whilst the house is impressive it is the gardens which are stunning and make the visit worthwhile. The walk around the lake which could easily be missed is definitely worth it. Loses a star as charge €8 for car park on top of €21 entry which seems excessive, cafe nice but food choice a bit limited and pointless rules have been introduced to the house- sweaters must be worn, not carried???
The palace is beautiful and both the building and the grounds are extensive, one can easily spend the whole day there. It gives a good look into the history of the Netherlands and the House of Orange. The audio tours are helpful. The gardens and stables are also worth a stroll, the latter housing the carriages and cars of the royal family. Restaurant was good too and a nice location to sit and enjoy the good weather. All in all, recommend a visit if you are not short on time.
We did visit the castel yesterday. I did expect some more garden to stroll around, more flowers etc. The gardens look really nice from the roof perspective, however from the ground thwy are simpy - OK. Ticket costs 19,50€- you can't visit anything there without the tickets. Restaurant had prices like in Amsterdam.
Beautiful gardens. The woman at the checkout in the shop by the entrance was not very friendly. Also, the parking attendant at the gate of the exit could utter the only command "code," while I still had my friend lottery wristband on and showed it to him. Here are a few more words: code or pay otherwise.
Extremely nice to go. Beautiful tours that lead through the palace with a beautiful sequence that take you through time. Learned an awful lot this day. Also a nice palace garden where there is plenty to see.
We visited Het Loo Palace with a family with 2 children on a sunny summer day. We all found it a very nice and interesting experience. We took our time for it and were still on the road for about 5 hours. The palace routes are very clearly marked and provided with the necessary explanations (in brochure form or with audioguide for an additional fee). An elevator takes you to the roof, with a fantastic view over the beautiful symmetrical garden. In the summer there was also a junior palace set up, where the kids could use a kind of smartphone to perform some very nice assignments to organize a royal party. The garden is fantastically decorated with a lot of beautiful statues and is well maintained. The orange walk behind the garden is also very rewarding. Small minus (rather a detail): the turnstile to get out of the garden (to the walk) and back again did not work as it should. I do want to give big kudos to the staff, because whoever spoke to you, everyone was very friendly and helpful.
The gardens are easily seen from the roof. Planting absolutely not beautiful or appropriate to the garden. Can't find mosaic wall. Logistics is already rattling it. You can't roam free: you have to follow the arrows. Had a nice lunch though. To walk the Oranjepad you need a QR code. We didn't have one because we have a museum annual pass. Almost impossible to go out through the exit if people want to go in; there is only 1 door.
Very nicely renovated and maintained. Very informative.
Wow what a beautiful palace, walked around for 4 hours and love to come back
Super nice Palace. Nice to see something of past of our Kingdom. The visit to all rooms we found beautiful and impressive. The gardens are beautiful!!
Wonderful exhibition and very friendly stewards. And special employee at the box office helped me in a great way with downloading tickets.Even for another outing Super friendly and all the time for me. Where do you find that? Again thks.
A nice experience, Inside the castle, royalty history of the Netherlands. And a bit of Belgium in the past. Outside, gigantic gardens, hiked into the woods, down to the ponds. We were certainly 4 hours sweet with this trip. Finally, a coffee with orange pastry, tasty, and not too expensive. Admission fee is definitely okay. Only for the parking,8 euros, which is a gold mine, with so many visitors daily. .
Parking spaces for disabled guests are available and not so far from the castle. One can enter with the wheelchair without other aids. Wheelchairs in the castle are available free of charge. The castle also has sufficient lifts. Here you can stay for a day if you want to see everything in detail because there are also the beautifully sculpted gardens, which if you want to see the shapes on top of the roof can admire. Here you can see the history and the beautiful interior of the Dutch royal family. The entrance price is quite high, but worth more than its money. You do need to purchase a parking ticket to park your car at the castle. Tickets can also be ordered online, which means that you can walk directly past the ticket offices to the entrance. Very worth a visit. Also take the time to enter the stables where you can admire the beautiful carriages and wagons of Queen Wilhelmina and presumably Queen Beatrix.
Very nice building with a beautiful garden and beautiful period rooms! The walking routes are very clearly marked, so you don't miss anything in the palace. There is a nice exhibition about the oranges in the basement of the building. The garden is especially in spring and summer very beautiful and colorful with beautiful views and shapes! The palace rooms are tastefully decorated in a classical style and decorated with many paintings. Car and/or horse enthusiasts will also be well served. In the coach house you can see a fine collection of vintage cars, carriages and live horses. For children, the lawn outside the palace offers fun activities such as archery. There are also a number of fun treasure hunts and a fun app especially for the young visitors. At the catering outlets they sell tasty meals and drinks, which are only a bit on the expensive side! In the souvenir shops you can buy fun items in various styles for young and old! I recommend every lover of history and/or classic interiors to make a day for this!
Very interesting place. The palace and the wonderful park are charming, the trail in the forest around the streams and lakes harbours many surprises. The park has fruit trees, flowers, exotic plants, unique landscape design, and beautiful statues. At the entrance to the palace there is an exhibition of carriages and crews, even horses in stables and a peacock walks). There's a lot of fun in the park for kids of all ages, we loved archery. There's an observation deck on the roof of the palace. You can go to the children's palace for a fee, but it's not very clear what to do and the staff couldn't help in English.
We took the audio tour and we found it very bad. Apparently made for children or persons with little knowledge of history. What was striking is that there are many interesting things NOT told about the persons who have lived there.
Very nice location with beautiful gardens. Everything is very well kept and you get a very good picture of what happened. You can easily spend a whole day there and you can also have a delicious lunch.
But once again a critical review: the palace is actually already owned by all Dutch people. Then why is there an entrance fee to be paid for something that already belongs to all of us? And also: why does the Friends Lottery have to give money to that and do they recruit new lottery customers on the premises? Maintaining the palace is okay. That the garden had to be rebuilt by the boxwood moth: okay. But why did such a megalomaniacal construction project have to be realized underground with halls? Did the Orange family need a beautiful party palace to eat and drink after the hunt? The palace itself shows enough that many objects have come into the family that really can no longer: stuffed crocodile, an elephant trunk lamp, the skin and head of polar bear and jaguar, carvings from the colonies and so on. In short: it illustrates a certain amount of misconduct (which they thought was quite common at the time) and is not much different today with the current royal family: caterpillars never enough!
Parking is very expensive ( 8 Euro ). Entrance is also very expensive (19.50 Euro), while the gardens and stables are free. So you actually pay to see the inside. And that inside was: wardrobe and long hallway, one floor with rooms and paintings, and view from the roof. There were even 2 floors inaccessible to the public! You have to pay for everything: For the tram if you want transport, for a paper info sheet. If you add it all up, it becomes an expensive joke. There was a building in the scaffolding, and in the courtyard was a large white tent. Understandable that maintenance is occasionally necessary, but then give a discount on the entrance fee. Jackets and backpacks were not allowed (?) The route to follow was chaos, first it was marked with numbers, then with an east / west indication, and then with white arrows on the floor. Wees consequent. Staff couldn't answer questions. For us: Never again!
Great location, beautiful gardens, highly recommended. Good food service. Nice exhibition! For the children fun do things, such as archery.
The Palace exudes grandeur and opulence. The rooms in the Palace are nicely decorated. The gardens are fantastically landscaped and maintained. You can rest and have a drink or eat in various places, even on a large lawn. The staff at the Palace are friendly and helpful. Really worth a visit.
Het Loo is worth a first visit, especially in dry weather when the gardens can also be visited. The new underground lobby is impressive and worth a visit in itself. Since the renovation, accessibility for wheelchair users and strollers has also been greatly improved. The Palace Roof can now also be visited, with a nice overview over the gardens. The stables with the carriages and carriages can also be visited in advance. The time to book is only for the Palace and the gardens themselves. (The gardens can be reached directly from the basement of the Palace, but this is poorly indicated.) There is an “entrance building”, but it is not necessary to go there for those who want to visit the Palace directly and hold a ticket. There are sufficient (large) lockers available on presentation of the QR code on the tickets. A minus is that the two routes through the Palace (East and West) require you to go up and down the stairs twice, instead of walking upstairs from one side to the other.
Impressive building and exhibition, Low point, however, was the audio tour: The podcast-like narration takes you completely out of the experience. The speakers are teaching to each other, and moralizing on their own. Really inappropriate!
Visited to see the new cellar of approximately 180 million. Exceptionally beautifully realized (a surreal experience, as if you were in the film 'Matrix'. In addition, Andy Warhol's painting of Queen Beatrix was extremely beautiful. The palace itself did not fit my taste palette. But the walk through the garden, afterwards was beautiful (the orange path at the end of the garden is recommended). Special to experience the origins of our royal family (I learned what influence Napoleon had on our history).
Very nice and beautiful palace to visit! We found the way in which the history of the Royal House and some of its members was told very fascinating.
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