TOP OF AMSTERDAM

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, 22nd 29th May; 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th June; 3rd, 31st July; 28th Aug; 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th Sept. 2010

Ship Category: Standard plus on all departures apart from 24th April or 15th May which are comfort..

 

Level  1


Tour Code BAB

 

Price/Category:

£750 Standard Plus £780 Comfort

per person in a 2 berth cabin see Tariff for full details

Cyclist in HollandNot until the 17th Century large parts of the area north of Amsterdam were recovered from the sea and reclaimed through the use of hundreds of windmills. It’s here that you will find the typical Dutch landscape of polders, mills, harbours, and tulips.
The route brings you over small dykes and country roads. Many of the windmills are still in working order. You can get a feel for the old Dutch atmosphere in Enkhuizen, Hoorn, Edam and Volendam: traditional costumes, sailing ships and long johns on the clotheslines. On day 4 you’ll sail to Texel, an island with thousands of sheep and a magnificent nature reserve. Back on the mainland the route brings you to Holland’s most beautiful dune area. These are also the only kilometers you will be cycling above sea level! Alkmaar will also provide a good picture of ancient times. It is the capital of Dutch cheese with its own cheese market and weighhouse for cheese. In Zaanse Schans, a lovely little hamlet on the banks of the river Zaan,  the mills, houses, shops and traditional Dutch crafts bring the past to life.

Time for tulips April and May are the spring flower and tulip months. You will cycle amid countless hectares of spring flowers and tulips.



Itinerary
Saturday   Amsterdam, embark 4pm near central station, round trip 12ml(20km)
Sunday   Amsterdam - Voldendam 26ml(42km)
Monday   Voldendam - Enkhuizen 36ml(58km) or go ashore in Hoorn 17ml(27km)
Tuesday Visit the Zuiderzeemuseum, biking from Enkhuizen to Oude Zeug 27ml(43km), sailing to Texel.
Wednesday Explore Texel 25/31/41ml(40/50/66km)
Thursday Texel- sailing to Den Helder - Alkmaar 36ml(58km) or go ashore in Schagerbrug or St Maartensvlotbrug 19/25ml(30/40km) Tulip tour 67km(in April and May)  
Friday  Alkmaar - Zaanse Schans - Amsterdam 28ml(45km) or go ashore in Zaandam 12ml(20km)
Saturday

Disembark Amsterdam near central station before 1000hrs

 

 

 

 

 

 

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