Escort Den Haag, the diplomatic city

From Amsterdam, a direct train to Den Haag Centraal takes about fifty minutes, and the drive along the A4 around an hour, sometimes more at rush hour. Please allow around two hours between your first message and the arrival you have in mind, and a little longer for Scheveningen, which adds a short final stretch. The coordinator will confirm a firm time, and discretion is especially valued in a city where many guests are recognised by sight.

Evenings in Den Haag are often divided between formality and ease. Dinner near the Denneweg, with its antique shops and small restaurants, a nightcap at the hotel, or in summer a late walk along the Scheveningen boulevard as the light fades over the North Sea. Winter evenings favour the historic centre, where the Hofvijver reflects the lights of the old government buildings. Danielle, sophisticated and calm, suits a formal dinner in diplomatic company. Violetta, elegant and a little mysterious, is well matched to a quiet historic hotel. Roxi, playful and full of energy, with a passion for surfing, is the natural choice for the seaside.

Longer evenings and dinner dates are popular here, since the journey invites a more generous booking. Both are confirmed on request.

Hotels in Den Haag often host official visitors, and many guests prefer an especially low profile. Tell us whether your companion should meet you in the lobby or come directly to the room, and whether a doorman announces guests. For Scheveningen, give the hotel name and say whether it faces the boulevard or sits behind it. If a reception or dinner runs late, write before she sets off, and the hour moves where her schedule allows.

Den Haag keeps its treasures close together. The Mauritshuis, a seventeenth century palace on the Hofvijver, holds Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring and the View of Delft in rooms small enough to feel private. On the Lange Voorhout, a former winter palace of the royal family now houses Escher in Het Paleis. Further out, the Kunstmuseum has the world's largest Mondriaan collection in an Art Deco building, and Panorama Mesdag wraps a painted Scheveningen of the 1880s around the visitor in a single circular room.

The coast is never far. Scheveningen's pier and boulevard are lively in summer and quietly atmospheric out of season, when the beach pavilions close and the North Sea takes over the view.

Den Haag has two main stations. Den Haag Centraal serves the government quarter and the business district, while Hollands Spoor lies to the south, closer to the older residential streets. Direct trains from Amsterdam and from Schiphol reach both, the ride from the airport lasting about thirty minutes. From Centraal, trams run to Scheveningen in about twenty minutes, passing the Peace Palace on the way.

Your companion chooses the route by the hour: train in the evening peak, car later at night when the A4 is clear. Tell the house which station or district you are nearest to, and she plans the final stretch before she sets off rather than on arrival.

Den Haag lies close to Rotterdam, and a companion can meet you there too, provided the move is agreed before she travels. For a stay in the capital, Oud-Zuid offers a similarly composed atmosphere. The full structure is set out on the rates page.