Amerongen Attractions

An old tobacco store at J. H. v.d. Boschstraat 46 in Amerongen is now occupied by the Amerongen Historical Museum, which illustrates 300 years of tobacco growing in the southeast of Utrecht province.

To the east of Rhenen is the Grebbeberg, which was a defensive position of the Dutch army in May 1940. Those who fell in the Second World War are commemorated by a monument and a military cemetery. On the hill is a zoo, the Ouwehands Dierenpark.

From Amerongen a road runs up the Lower Rhine valley to Rhenen, a little town dominated by the Cuneratoren (1492-1531), one of the finest Late Gothic towers in the country, reminiscent of the tower of Utrecht Cathedral. Pilgrims used to come here to revere the relics of St Cunera, which are still preserved in the St Cunerakerk.

Ouwehands Dierenpark (Ouwehand's Animal Park) features a reptile house, aviary a tropical Ori house and several different aquariums.

The Andreaskerk (St Andrew's Church) dates from the second half of the 15th century; the nave was altered in 1660.