Week family adventure Stavoren - Groningen
Summer sailing vacation for the whole family
Sail with the flat-bottomed ship Spes Nova from Stavoren across the Wadden Sea to Groningen.
A wonderful vacation for the children and a relaxing vacation for the adults - aboard the Spes Nova everyone will have a great time! Whether you want to go on vacation with the family with (younger) children (up to about 16 years), a parent comes with the children or grandpa and grandma go on a trip with their grandchildren - on the Spes Nova it is guaranteed that everyone will have a great vacation.
We sail from Stavoren towards the Wadden Islands and check every day which harbor is suitable for us. We experience adventures such as falling dry and searching for shells on a sandbank in the Wadden Sea, or a day on the island with cycling and swimming. During the week we sail towards Groningen. Here you will disembark on Sunday after the sailing trip. You can take the train back to Stavoren from Groningen.
The children have playmates with each other, and the parents also make it nice together with a snack and drink on deck. We make it fun for the children. So we don't sail for too long at a time, and we sail in such a way that the children can actively help with e.g. setting sails and steering.
Sailing on a big ship is a great adventure for children! As they steer the ship with the steering wheel they feel themselves growing. From the ship we see seals on the sandbanks of the Wadden Sea lying in the sun along the way.
The crew of the Spes Nova is used to young sailors, and knows exactly how to get children to help out safely, and how to make children feel like they are really doing something. For children, a sailing ship is a play paradise on the water. The Spes Nova is a child-friendly ship, with a good railing all around that is close at child height. There is plenty of play space inside and on deck. A large and cozy seating area is also located here.
Children's life jackets are on board, and while sailing, wearing them is mandatory. Of course, the experienced crew makes sure that children and parents are shown around on board, both inside and on deck. However, parents retain responsibility for the children on board.
But of course we also make it fun for the parents, with for example going on the island together and having a nice (after)dinner.
On board: Sunday, July 04, 2025, 20:00 in Stavoren.
Off board: Sunday, July 11, 2025, 15:00 in Groningen
The price includes food and drinks. It is possible to bring your own drinks. In our trips there is no cook on board, we cook together (with whoever wants to help) and by mutual agreement. It is fun to do something together, and moreover we save the cook. So you don't pay him either. If necessary, groceries will be on board when you embark, and the crew will coordinate the shopping and cooking.
Bring a sleeping bag or your own comforter. The train ticket from Groningen to Stavoren is not included in the price.
Price per person: 760.00
Price children 5 to 12 years: 570,00
Price children 0 to 4 years: 380,00
One-time fee per booking STO-Garant: 15,00
The main booker is 18 years or older. All travel destinations subject to weather and wind conditions. One month before departure you will receive the latest travel information. Sailing guarantee!