The Gothic galleries
Worked stone tracery and carvings of Saint Martin's story.
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The Pandhof is the Gothic cloister garden adjoining the Dom church — the loveliest quiet corner in bustling central Utrecht: arched stone galleries surrounding a medicinal herb garden replanted in the medieval manner, with a fountain at the centre and total calm metres from the crowded Domplein. The galleries themselves are a Gothic gem, with worked stone tracery and carvings that tell the story of Saint Martin, Utrecht's patron. The garden was the monks' pharmacy — medicinal and kitchen herbs arranged as they were, a living picture of monastic life. Entry is free, and it is the ideal break between the tower climb and the church visit — a hidden green oasis few hurried visitors know.
Worked stone tracery and carvings of Saint Martin's story.
The monks' medieval pharmacy alive today.
Achter de Dom, 3512 Utrecht
Dom TowerThe Dom Tower is the tallest church tower in the Netherlands (112 metres) and Ut1 minute walk4.4
Resistance MonumentA monument to the resistance against Nazi occupation in Utrecht, standing near t1 minute walk4.6
Castellum TraiectumMarkers set into the paving of Utrecht's Domplein tracing the outline of the Rom1 minute walk4.1
DOMunderDOMunder is an archaeological experience beneath Domplein itself: you descend un1 minute walk4.2
The Pope's HouseThe Paushuize, the Pope's House, is a town palace of 1517 in central Utrecht, bu1 minute walk4.3Yes as a free few-minute break: after the tiring tower climb, the Pandhof is an oasis of silence and green that restores you before continuing. Small but among Utrecht's loveliest hidden corners — do not cross Domplein without stepping in.