As in all northern provinces, in Friesland you will also find less large country houses and castles, but large farms that sometimes resemble a country house. But those are not the historic country houses and castles we are looking for, so some extra attention for the route, it is therefore a bit longer than part 1 (Groningen). We start in Marsum at a State as the Frisians call a castle or (fortified) country house.

The Poptaslot is a pearl among the Frisian States and Stinzen (stone houses). The spaces in the Poptaslot are still fully furnished and beautifully furnished in the style of the 17th and 18th centuries and can be viewed as a museum. Around the Slot is a beautiful garden with canals, canals and an overgarden with orchard. In July and August there is a guided tour every hour (appointment not necessary). During these two months, the garden can be visited freely and there is a terrace on the castle square.
The route first goes north with a large arc around Leeuwarden. When we arrive at the Princess Margriet Canal we go east again and we go around the Burgumer Mar and Drachten, again to the west, via Terherne to Joure around the Langwarder Wielen we go north again to Sneek and end in Ysbrechtum at the Espemastate Estate.

The Epemastate, founded in the fifteenth century by the family of the same name, used to be a fortified house with a gate and a tower, surrounded by a moat. In the seventeenth century it came into the hands of Duco Martena van Burmania, who had the house renovated. In the centuries that followed, the different owners often changed the appearance of the house. For example, it was provided with a neo-Renaissance facade. Today the house has an eighteenth-century shape. The white plastered house is located in a landscaped park with a pond. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the noble family Van Welderen Rengers came to live on Epemastate. Part of the estate is still in the hands of a descendant. It partly serves as a catering and wedding location, partly as an office.