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Highlights of Holland, Comfort (HOP)
Bike / Barge Tour from Amsterdam (8 days)
Route: Amsterdam > Uithoorn (Oude Wetering) > Leiden > Haarlem > Alkmaar > Alkmaar > Schermerhorn > Amsterdam
Price Comfort Barge: $1350.00 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: No single supplements for comfort barges. Singles will share with someone of the same gender.
Dates Comfort Barge: June 26, July 3, 10, 31, 2010
This tour offers an attractive combination of towns and countryside in Holland. It starts with a sailing trip right across the centre of Amsterdam.
Soon after having left the city behind, it appears that amidst the larger Dutch towns lies a splendid rural area: the Green Heart. One moment you'll be cycling in the middle of quiet lakes, the next you'll experience the old Dutch atmosphere in the historical centre of towns like Haarlem and Leiden.
Furthermore this tour will show you the North Sea beach, dune areas and old port towns like Hoorn which breathe the Dutch Golden Age.
Highlights:
- Flower Park Keukenhof (only departure May 10)
- Amsterdam: visit Museum The Rembrandt House
- Zaanse Schans: open air museum including several windmills
- Hoorn: port town dating from the 17th century
- Schermerhorn: visit museum windmill
- Landscapes of Rembrandt (cycle tour along the river Amstel)
Day by Day Itinerary
Saturday
Cycle trip ± 20 km. After your embarkment in Amsterdam, you'll be sailing right through the centre of Amsterdam. Theres a short cycle trip following the banks of the river Amstel ending in Uithoorn / Kudelstaart.
Sunday:
Cycle trip ± 55 km. Today you'll cross the real Green Heart of Holland: on cycle paths through the lake areas of Langeraarse Plassen and Braassemer Meer. Your trip ends in university town Leiden. A city walk in the historical centre of this birth place of Rembrandt with its numerous courtyards is certainly recommendable.
Monday
Cycle trip ± 50 km. Today's itinerary leads to the seaside resort Katwijk and then through the dune area to Zandvoort. If weather permits, you may spend some time on the beach. Cycling on the path that was used by the fishermen's wifes to go to the market, you'll end up in Haarlem. The small and surveyable centre invites one to do some shopping in this "best shopping town of the Netherlands". Don't forget to sit down and have a drink on one of the terrasses at the big market place.
Tuesday
Cycle trip ± 50 km. The first village you arrive in is Spaarndam (the village of Hans Brinker). After the crossing of the North Sea canal by ferry, you continue cycling through rural villages like Nauerna. You visit open air museum the Zaanse Schans and continue following the river Zaan and the Knollendammer canal to cheese town Alkmaar.
Wednesday
Cycle trip ± 55 km. Today the boatel stays in Alkmaar. There's a cycle trip to the unique wood and dune area near the villages Bergen and Schoorl and to the Hondsbossche Zeewering, a sea wall. You'll have plenty of time to have a drink at an outdoor café or to walk on the beach. If you feel like it, you are of course, free to spend a day on your own sightseeing in Alkmaar or relaxing at the seaside.
Thursday
Cycle trip ± 45 km. After passing Oterleek and Avenhorn, you arrive in Hoorn. After you have got acquainted with this historical port town, you take the road along the coast from where you have a splendid view over the IJssel Lake. Thereafter you take a ride following the canal "Beemsterringvaart" to Purmerend. On the way we visit the museum windmill in Schermerhorn.
Friday
Cycle trip ± 50 km. First you cycle to and look round the picturesque village of Edam. Then you visit the fishing village of Volendam. Take your time for a break and enjoy the atmosphere and the people in traditional costume. The cycle trip continues along the coastline of the IJssel Lake through Uitdam and Durgerdam. Via the ferry crossing the IJ, you arrive at the start of your tour in the centre of Amsterdam. You visit the Rembrandt House, where the painter lived for years with his wife Saskia.
In the evening you may wish to join the guide for a walk though the centre or you may go for a round trip of the Amsterdam canals.
Saturday
After breakfast your guide and the crew will say good-bye and your stay aboard has come to an end.
(subject to changes)
Included in tour:
- Stay on board comfort barge 8 days/7 nights in double cabin with lower beds and private facilities
- All meals (breakfast, lunch/packed lunch, 3 courses diner)
- Cycle guide
- Bicycle with gears and pannier
- Bike compensation
- Several city walks
- Information booklet + map
- Entrance fee museum The Rembrandt House
- Entrance fee Museum mill Schermerhorn
Not included in tour:
- Airfare
- Transfers between airport and barge
- Drinks aboard
- Excursions out of program
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