Escorts in Den Haag
Den Haag is the formal one. Government quarter, embassies, international courts, a conference calendar that fills the hotels for a week at a time, and then a tram ride to the North Sea at the end of it. It is a city of well cut suits and long evenings, and every companion on the board will travel to it.
Allow two hours of notice, three if you are booking into the evening rush. The fare is unchanged by the distance, with the first hour from €180 as the rates page sets out.
Nearest to Den Haag
These 6 start their journey closest to Den Haag, so they are usually the quickest to your door. Every one of the 28 on the board travels here, at the same fare from €180 per hour.
The city in plain terms
The Binnenhof and the Hofvijver sit at the centre, parliament buildings reflected in a rectangle of water, with the Mauritshuis on one corner holding a collection far better than its size suggests. The Lange Voorhout is the grand avenue beside it, and the Noordeinde runs up past the working palace towards the antique shops. Further out you have the Peace Palace and the World Forum conference district. Then Scheveningen, five kilometres north west, with a pier, a long boulevard and a genuine working beach.
Travel and the extra notice
Direct Intercity trains run from Amsterdam Centraal to Den Haag Centraal in about fifty minutes, several times an hour, with Hollands Spoor a few minutes earlier on some services. From Schiphol it is roughly half an hour. By road the A4 takes around an hour when it is behaving and rather more when it is not.
So two hours is the realistic figure from message to arrival, and three between four and seven in the evening. Scheveningen adds fifteen to twenty minutes on top of whatever the city centre would take, more on a hot summer weekend when the whole region drives to the beach at once.
Where the hotels are
Three groups. Around Den Haag Centraal and the World Forum you find the business and conference hotels, large, efficient, busy with delegations. The Voorhout and Noordeinde side has the smaller and grander addresses, old buildings on quiet streets, the sort with a doorman who has worked there for twenty years. Scheveningen has the seafront hotels, with the boulevard on one side and dunes behind.
The conference hotels are the simplest for a discreet arrival, because a building full of delegates is a building where nobody is memorable. Your companion gives your name at the desk if it is requested, and nothing further.
How an evening here tends to run
Dinner is usually the centre of it. The Denneweg and the streets around the Voorhout carry most of the good tables, and they run later than the rest of the city. If you are staying at the coast the pattern changes, an early walk on the boulevard while the light goes, dinner facing the water, and a quiet return. Den Haag closes earlier than Amsterdam, which most guests find is an improvement rather than a limitation.
Danielle is the natural choice for a city with this many paintings in it, Samanta handles a formal dinner and a formal room without effort, and Michelle is warm company for an evening that has been all business until eight o'clock.
Getting to the seat of government
From Schiphol, direct trains reach Den Haag Centraal in about half an hour and Hollands Spoor a few minutes sooner on some services. Centraal is the right station for the government quarter, the Lange Voorhout and the World Forum side, while Hollands Spoor suits the southern part of the centre. Tram 9 runs from Centraal to Scheveningen and the coast in twenty minutes or so, tram 1 takes a route through the city centre, and a taxi takes about fifteen outside the summer weekends.
Your companion comes the same way from Amsterdam, on a direct train of around fifty minutes. The desk therefore quotes two hours for the city and a little more for the seafront, and it will say which station and tram she is taking if your address is closer to one than the other.
Museums, the palace quarter and the beach
The Mauritshuis beside the Hofvijver holds Vermeer and Rembrandt in rooms small enough to see properly in an hour. Escher in Het Paleis, on the Lange Voorhout, fills a former royal winter palace with the artist's prints. The Kunstmuseum Den Haag sits further out towards the World Forum, and the Peace Palace, home of the international courts, has a visitor centre by its gates. At the coast, the Scheveningen pier and boulevard are open to walkers late into the evening.
Conference weeks change the rhythm of the city. When a large summit or congress is in town, streets near the World Forum and the government quarter can be closed or controlled, so tell the desk if you are attending one and it will plan her route around the restrictions.
Next stops on the map
Rotterdam is twenty five minutes away by train and completely different in character. Schiphol is about half an hour on a direct service, which makes a combined trip straightforward. Amsterdam Centrum is fifty minutes by rail, and Utrecht around forty, each with its own notice period.
Den Haag, questions at the gate
Which station should I use for a hotel in Den Haag?
Den Haag Centraal for the government quarter, the Voorhout and the World Forum, Hollands Spoor for the southern part of the centre. From Schiphol both are around half an hour by direct train.
How long does it take to reach Scheveningen?
Tram 9 from Den Haag Centraal reaches the coast in about twenty minutes, and a taxi takes around fifteen outside busy summer weekends. The desk adds that time to the two hour city figure.
Can she accompany me to a formal dinner in Den Haag?
Yes. Let the desk know the venue, the hour and what guests will wear, and her outfit follows suit. A business event format is available for evenings where a briefed plus one is needed.
Is there any extra charge for travelling to Den Haag?
No. The first hour is from €180, a longer evening is quoted when you ask, and the travel time is the desk's concern rather than an added line on your fare.
Next gates from Den Haag
The destinations that border this one on the map. Same fare, same desk, a different travel time.
Two briefings for a stay in Den Haag
Picked from the guides shelf for this destination: routes, timings and the practical side of the evening.
Den Haag, on schedule.
Give us the hotel and the hour. We confirm who is free and when she will be at your door.