Hotel-restaurant Du Bastion 's central location offers great possibilities to enjoy Delfzijl and surroundings to the fullest.

Delfzijl is part of the 180 kilometer long, international Dollard-cycle route. Hotel-restaurant Du Bastion is bordering the town's main shopping center; a five-minute walk will bring you to a small beach. About half a kilometer from which you will enter the area of Delfzijl's exciting sea port. In the summer of 2003 Delfzijl will transform into "Delfsail" for the fourth time. Lots of "tall ships" from all over the world will visit the harbour. Hundreds of thousands of visitors enjoyed previous editions of this beautiful event.

Many of the local sights are at close range. A nice example is the quaint fisherman's village of Termunterzijl. No wonder the "Belgian Agatha Christie", Georges Simenon was inspired to write his first Maigret novel here in 1929. Simenon was a guest of Du Bastion 's at the time. A statue of the French detective Maigret can be seen overlooking the town's river Damsterdiep.

Delfzijl's annual Whitsun celebration has been a much appreciated event for some 120 years now. It has international rowing and sailing races, a fair and many traditional and cultural festivities around the waterfront.

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