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Included
Hire of 24 speed hybrid cycles and equipment Accommodation
in two berth cabins with shower/wc
Packed lunches and tea/coffee on board
7 evening dinners
Tour information
Cycling tour guide
Ferry fares on the route
Emergency support
Excluded
Cycle Helmets
Drinks on board ship
Entrance
fees to museums
Extras
Cycle insurance
Single cabin
Access (advice only not include)
By air to Amsterdam Airport: by ferry to Rotterdam/Hook of Holland:
by car, parking available in city centre
Duration
7 Nights/8 Days
Start Saturdays only
24th April; 1st, 8th & 15th May; 19th & 26th June; 21st Aug 2010
Ship Category: Standard plus on all departures.
Level
1
Tour
Code BAB
Price/Category:
£750 Standard Plus
per person in a 2 berth cabin
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The Zuiderzee is irrevocably linked to the period in Dutch history called the Golden Age: the period in the 17th century when Holland was a powerful seafaring and trading nation. The Golden Circle will lead you along the shores of the Zuiderzee, through Holland’s rich history, and its beautiful countryside.
Dotted around the Zuiderzee are towns whose names were household words in both hemispheres: Monnickendam, Hoorn, Enkhuizen, Vollenhove, Harderwijk and of course Amsterdam at the center of the web, all bearing witness to their rich pasts.
The Zuiderzee museum in Enkhuizen, which you can visit on Monday, will revive that past. Crafts typical of the time are practised in this open-air museum, and houses, boats and costumes can be admired.
In the space of a week you will also pass through four different landscapes: the archetypical Dutch polder with its windmills and drainage ditches, the marshy region in the province of Overijssel with the beautiful lakes of National Park ‘De Weerribben’, the heathed and wooded area of the Veluwe, and the unique lake and peat bog region around the rivers Vecht and Amstel.
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Itinerary |
| Saturday |
Amsterdam,
embarkation 4pm near central station, short round trip 20km |
| Sunday |
Amsterdam
- Hoorn 31ml(50km) or go ashore in Volendam 17ml(27km) |
| Monday |
Hoorn
- Enkhuizen 17ml(27km) visit to the Zuiderzee museum. sail to Vollenhove |
| Tuesday |
Vollenhove
- round trip Giethoorn and the Weerriben 28/38ml(45/61km) |
| Wednesday |
Vollenhove
- sail to Roggebotsluis - Harderwijk 28ml(45km) |
| Thursday |
Harderwijk
- Spakenburg 17/29/37ml(27/46/59km) |
| Friday |
Spakenburg
- Amsterdam 29/37ml(47/60km) |
| Saturday |
Disembark
Amsterdam near central station, before 1000hrs |
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