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CROSSING BORDERS: BRUSSELS - AMSTERDAM (BNF)
Bike / Barge Tour from Brussels (8 days)
Route: Brussels > Antwerpen > Tholen > Willemstad > Hertogenbosch > Vianen > Amsterdam
Price: $1,134.00 USD per person based on double occupancy.
Please note this price may fluctuate based on the current exchange rate.
Payment in full at time of booking will protect against any future currency fluctuation.
Ask Margie about discounts that may apply when payment in full is made at time of booking. Discounts may vary depending upon the tour date as well the current exchange rate.
Single Supplement: $250.00 USD (only one single per departure, rest of singles have to share)
2012 Dates on Holland Barge: June 2, July 14, 2012
2012 Dates on Tijdgeest Barge: August 11, 25, 2012
Reverse Itinerary: Amsterdam to Brussels, please see This Page
This bike & barge holiday combines the countries Belgium and the Netherlands in a very surprising and attractive way. In eight days time you will cycle from Brussels to Amsterdam.
On the arrival day your hotelship stays in Mechelen. The next day you have time to visit the beautiful Belgian capital of Brussels.The Flemish port town of Antwerp is one of the highlights of this tour. Belgium is famous for it's tasty beers.They say you don't really know Belgium without tasting some!
Crossing the Dutch border you reach the well preserved fortified town of Willemstad. In the old town of .s Hertogenbosch, the St. Jans cathedral is certainly worth a visit. Across Hollands fruit garden, the Betuwe, and along the rivers Vecht and Amstel you cycle to Amsterdam.
Standing at the Dam Square in Amsterdam the Market Square in Brussels seems miles away!
Day by Day Itinerary
Saturday
Cycling ± 10 km. Arrival in Mechelen (appr. 20 minutes by train from Brussels). Your tour leader will invite you for a small trip on your bike in and around Mechelen.
Sunday:
You get up early to go by train to Brussels and walk to the town centre with your tour leader. There's time to visit some of the highlights of the capital of Belgium. When you become hungry or thirsty, try one of the culinary specialties: mussels, chocolate, waffles or french fries. At the beginning of the afternoon you return to Antwerpen by train. In the evening you'll be tasting some special beers during a cosy beer seminary in a typical Belgian bar.
Monday
No cycling. Your tour leader will guide you to the town centre of Antwerpen. Time enough to visit the Rubens House, do some shopping or to relax at a sidewalk café. A sailing trip from Antwerp across the Dutch/Belgian border to the peninsula of Tholen in the province of Zeeland.
Tuesday
Cycling ± 45 km.
The cycling trip leads to from Tholen to the walled town of Willemstad, where you spend the night.
Wednesday
Cycling ± 45 km. You disembark in the town of Geertruidenberg for your cycling trip to the charming capital of the province of Noord-Brabant: 's Hertogenbosch.
Thursday
Cycling ± 40 km. You leave Hertogenbosch and sail to the town of Tiel, situated in the Betuwe, the 'fruit garden of Holland'. Here you start pedalling across some fine Dutch landscapes and visit the town of Wijk bij Duurstede. The trip ends in Vianen where you stay for the night.
Friday
Cycling ± 30 km. After a sailing trip the barge moors in Breukelen. From here you make the last cycling stretch: enjoy the rural sceneries of tiny villages at the banks of small and winding rivers that show the way to the Dutch capital Amsterdam. In the evening you have the possibility to make a short guided city walk and a round trip of the Amsterdam canals.
Saturday
After breakfast your guide and crew say goodbye and your bike & barge tour has ended.
Included in tour:
- Stay aboard (8 days/7 nights)
- Full board (breakfast + packed lunch + 3-courses dinner)
- Bicycle with gears and pannier
- Map
- Information package
- Tour leader
- Trainticket Mechelen - Brussels v.v.
- Beer seminary 't Waagstuk Antwerp
- Several City Walks
- Compensation Bicycle damage
Not included in tour:
- Journey to Mechelen
- Journey back from Amsterdam
- Drinks aboard
- Gratuities to crew
- Excursions out of program
- Travel Insurance
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