The Netherlands offers an amazing choice of picturesque towns and villages, interesting museums, historic monuments, attractive windmills and farms dotted among the fertile polders.

Visiting school groups have the opportunity to study man's continual battle with the sea. STS offer popular centres, in contrasting regions of the Netherlands.

The exciting city of Amsterdam built on a network of canals and Noordwijk on the Dutch Coast, which offers all the attractions and amenities of a modern seaside resort, with proximity to Amsterdam and The Hague.

Valkenburg is conveniently situated in the southern province of Limburg, close to Maastricht and at the crossroads of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. The town centre is colourful and lively, with narrow streets of enticing souvenir shops and attractive cafés and bars.

Attractions include a chairlift to the nearby Wilhelmina Tower (offering magnificent views over the Limburg hills), the castle ruins, grottos, catacombs, a replica coal mine and many leisure facilities.