Texel Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Trains from Amsterdam to Den Helder (€12, one hour, twice hourly) are met by a bus that whisks you to the awaiting car ferry.

Teso (36 96 00; www.teso.nl; adult/child/car return €3/1.50/35) runs a ferry service from Den Helder to ’t Horntje. The crossing takes 20 minutes and leaves at 30 minutes past the hour from 6.30am to 9.30pm; returning boats leave on the hour between 6am to 9pm. On some summer days there’s a service every half-hour –check the timetable to be sure. If you’re driving in high season, show up at the docks 15 to 30 minutes before departure as there’ll be a queue. Fares for motorcycles and cars are 30% cheaper from Tuesday to Thursday.

Ferry De Vriendschap (31 64 51; www.waddenveer.nl; De Cocksdorp; adult/child return €20/13.50) makes the half-hour crossing from De Cocksdorp to car-free Vlieland, the nearest of the Wadden Islands, at 10.45am on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday May to September. In July and August it departs daily, and an extra ferry sails at 9.30am. It returns from Vlieland at 5.15pm, and also 4pm July to August.