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Bike and barge Magnifique

Bike & Barge tours, individual      8 days / 7 nights
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Highlights of Holland.

No country of Europe offers so many different combinations of travelling by boat and bicycle as the Netherlands. So the obvious choice is to take advantage of this convenient and interesting approach. You will discover the most bicycle-friendly country of Europe on various routes. You live on typical Netherlands riverboats, originally used for inland traffic and adapted for our way of travelling. Your boat accompanies the daily tour so that you even can decide to stay onboard and to enjoy a picturesque river cruise. No looking for hotels, no packing and unpacking of suitcases and during the day free cycling along without luggage.

Dates

04.09.2010-11.09.2010

Tour course

Day 1: Individual arrival and embarkation in Amsterdam
Check-in is available from 2 p.m. Take your time to see the capital of The Netherlands, do some shopping or join the Grachten tour.

Day 2: Amsterdam – Enkhuizen approx. 10 – 20 km
In the morning you go by ship over Ijsselmeer to the beautiful harbour city Enkhuizen. In the afternoon you can go on a short cycle tour around Enkhuizen or you visit the Zuiderzee museum. In the evening there is a city tour through the historic part of Enkhuizen.

Day 3: Enkhuizen – Hoorn – Voldendam approx. 25 km
You go by bike through the landscape; or you go by ship from Enkhuizen to Hoorn. In the afternoon city tour (included) through the historic parts of Hoorn. In the evening you go by ship to Volendam where you also join a short city tour (included).

Day 4: Volendam – Zaandam – open-air museum Zaanse Schans approx. 10 km
During breakfast you go by ship over Ijsselmeer and the North Sea canal to Zaandam. By bike you cycle to the open-air museum Zaanse Schans (included). In the evening you go by ship to Haarlem.

Day 5: Haarlem – Zandvoort – Haarlem – Leiden approx. 25 km
You cycle to the beach of Zandvoort. On your return journey you cycle through the dunes. Or you do sightseeing in the historic old city. In the afternoon you go by ship to Leiden. A short city tour is included (included).

Day 6: Leiden – Uithoorn – Amsterdam approx. 25 km
You cycle from Leiden to Uithoorn, which is located at the periphery of Amsterdam. In the afternoon you go by ship through Amsterdam back to the landing stage.

Day 7: Amsterdam approx. 25 km
You cycle along numerous small lakes and canals or you spend the whole day in the interesting capital city. In the evening you have the possibility to do a Grachten tour.

Day 8: After breakfast disembarkation

Route features

To travel the Netherlands by bicycle and boat maybe is the most natural way to discover this country. They are an El Dorado for cyclists. Some thousand kilometres of very well maintained bicycle paths enable interesting and relaxing tours and a personal approach of discovering the most attractive parts of the flat country. Additionally the Netherlands are a country of water: almost every significant city and many points of interest are accessible by water. Our comfortable boats chug along beautiful small canals and rivers.

Discover the region (Google Maps)

Prices

2-bed cabin Main deck 899,-
Suite 959,-
3-bed cabin 850,-
Single cabin limited available 1.099,-
Rental bicycle 7-gears inclusive
Canal cruise 9,-
All prices per person in Euro

Services

  • Overnights in the booked cabin category with shower and toilet
  • Full board (breakfast, lunch packages and three-course dinner)
  • Daily cleaning of the cabins
  • Change of towels as requested
  • Tour guide
  • Daily tour information
  • City tours as mentioned
  • Rental bike
  • Detailed travel documents
  • Welcome cocktail on the first evening
  • Daily coffee and tea in the afternoon

MS Magnifique

MS Magnifique offers space for 22 to 23 guests. 12 cabins be available: 8 two-bed-cabins (approx. 11 qm, with 2 side by side beds) and 2 single-cabins (approx. 9 qm). All cabins offer daylight over...

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Extras

Parking/arrival and departure
Amsterdam Central station: the landing stage is located in the near of the Central station.
Guarded car park in Amsterdam for about € 70, a reservation is not possible

Notes
The program and all details are subject to changes due to nautical and meteorological reasons.