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Bike/Barge Tour from Amsterdam (8 days) - self guided
Route: Amsterdam > Rotterdam > Gouda > Schoonhoven > Haarlemt > Zaandam > Amsterdam
Price: On ship Anna Maria Agnes $1310/person (double occupancy twin beds), $1255/person triple cabin, $385/single supplment, $100/upper deck supplement
This medium- sized river cruiser has 36 (mainly) twin cabins, (approx. 10 square m) (12 cabins on the top deck), window and private bathroom, all with a full air- conditioning system for 60- 75 passengers. The salon with its large windows is very spacious and offers a restaurant area and a semi- separate lounge with bar and dance- floor. The partially roofed sun deck has sitting places for all guests. Bicycles can be stored on the sun deck.
Dates: Low season: $100/person discount in low season: April 26, May 3, September 13, 2008
Dates: High season: May 10, 17, 24, 31, June 7, 14, 21, 28, July 5, 12, 19, 26, August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, September 6, 2008
Highlights of the province of “Zuid- Holland” and the “Green Heart”. self- guided, individual tour. Boat and Bike Tour through the Heart of Holland. The perfect tour to enjoy various highlights of Holland . Visit famous historical towns and cities, and enjoy many architectural and cultural highlights in the province of “Zuid- Holland”. Allthough this is the most densely populated part of the country, you will be surprised when you will visit small, picturesque towns and ride along the cycle paths through the “Green Heart” and the small “Lake District” of Holland
Day-by-Day Itinerary:
Saturday
Embarkation in Amsterdam (center). Explore downtown Amsterdam, time for shopping, time to visit a museum or to make a canal tour - a nice introduction to Amsterdam. Evening and night in Amsterdam.
Sunday:
Biking: 40 km/25 miles. During breakfast we sail from Amsterdam to Nigtevecht during breakfast. Then we bike from Nigtevecht along the scenic river Vecht. Along the way you can visit a traditional cheese farm. During the bike tour you will pass very nice cottages, mansions and small castles. Follow the river in the center of Utrecht with its Dom Tower (111 m high). In the afternoon continue by ship from Utrecht to Rotterdam
Monday
Biking: 40 km/25 miles. Rotterdam - Delft - Scheveningen - Den Haag. Return by train (Rail + bike ticket, not included) from Den Haag to Rotterdam. Or: Rotterdam - Delft - Scheveningen - Rotterdam 60 km/38 miles. In the evening by ship from Rotterdam to Gouda
Cycling tour via Delft, (you can visit the "Royal Delft" Delfware factories) and the Hague (Den Haag), residence of the Queen and Parliament to the sea resort Scheveningen. Back to The Hague and continue by train (Rail+Bike not included) or bike to Rotterdam. "Dinner Cruise" to cheese city Gouda: (arrival approx. 8 PM. Still time left for a town walk.
Tuesday
Bike tour 30 - 50 km/ 19 - 32 miles. During breakfast: Gouda to Krimpen aan de Lek by ship or optional bike already from Gouda. Visit Kinderdijk with its 19 windmills in one line. Continue biking to the Silver City Schoonhoven at the river Lek.
Wednesday
Bike tour 50 km/ 32 miles Schoonhoven - Oudewater - Utrecht and in the afternoon by ship from Utrecht to Haarlem. Cycle tour through the beautiful polder land to Oudewater (visit the Witches Weigh Station) then continue to Utrecht. In the afternoon you sail to Haarlem. After dinner you can go for a walk through the old town center of Haarlem.
Thursday
Bike tour 30 - 50 km/ 22 -32 miles. Haarlem - North Sea Coast - Haarlem. In the afternoon by ship to Zaandam. Round trip bicycle ride from Haarlem through the dunes to Zandvoort or Bloemendaal, then along the North Sea coast and through the inland (optional visit the Poldermuseum Cruquius) and back to Haarlem. During dinner you sail to Zaandam, where you have time for an evening walk.
Friday
Bike tour 30 km/ 19 miles. Zaandam - Amsterdam. Cycle from Zaandam to the open air museum "Zaanse Schans" (traditional wooden houses, windmills, cheese and wooden shoe makers) and then through the recreational area "Twiske" to Amsterdam.
Saturday
After breakfast: debarkation in Amsterdam. End of tour.
Included in tour:
• 7 nights accommodations aboard barge
• Full board (7 breakfast + 6 packed lunches + 7 x 3-courses dinner)
• Use of 7-speed bicycles with panniers
• tour manager on board gives maps & tourist information for daily bike tour
• printed instructions and detailed maps, scale 1:50.000 for daily bike tours (handed out and to be returned on board).
• Credit card fee
• Booking fee
Not included in tour:
• Airfare
• Entrance fees and excursions
• Fees for ferries
• Drinks (other than coffee & tea on board)
• Transfer between airport and barge in Amsterdam and other transfers
• gratuities at your discretion
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