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On this 4-day bike & barge holiday you experience the highlights of the Dutch spring flowers, such as tulips, hyacinths and daffodils.
Leaving from Amsterdam you sail by barge to Spaarndam, the village of Hans Brinker. The next day you cycle to the world famous flower garden ‘Keukenhof’. |
Thousands of flowers in an enormous variety of colour, shape and scent will welcome you. Cycling through the bulb fields makes for a spectacular ride to Leiden, birthplace of the world famous painter Rembrandt. By bike you continue through the rural Green Heart of Holland. The last day you rise early and leave by bike to visit the world’s biggest flower auction in Aalsmeer. After this spectacular visit you cycle back to the barge that will take you back to the centre of Amsterdam.
Day to Day Itinerary
Day 1. cycle trip ± 10 km. After embarkation in Amsterdam, you’ll be sailing to Spaarndam, the picturesque village of Hans Brinker. From here there is a short cycling trip to Haarlem. In the evening you your tour leader takes you for a nice city walk through the old centre.
Day 2. cycle trip ± 15 km Today you sail to Lisse where you disemabark and cycle to the famous flower garden ‘Keukenhof’ for a visit. Here you see about 6 million tulips, hyacinths, daffodils and other flowers. After your visit, the cycle tour crosses the blossoming bulb fields and ends in Leiden.
| Day 3. cycle trip ± 25 km In the morning you will make a walking tour through Leiden, the birthplace of Rembrandt, and the oldest university town of the Netherlands. Later you will cycle through fine Dutch landscapes in the so-called Green Heart of Holland to Uithoorn. During this cycle trip you will visit a traditional cheese farm, and a miller, who will tell you about the history and working of his windmill. |
The MS Holland, your home for the Tulip Tour. |
Day 4. cycle trip ± 15 km You rise early, because you visit the world’s biggest flower auction in Aalsmeer. After the visit you get back on board and sail back to Amsterdam.
Airport / Transfers
Flights are in/out of Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. There are trains from the terminal into Central Station every 20 minutes, at a cost of approx. Euro 8.00. The barges are docked right beside the Central Station.
Schedule
| Dates: 2008 |
| This tour starts every Saturday and Tuesday from March 29th to May 13th. |
| Price per person, double occupancy, standard barge |
CAD |
$610 |
| Price per person, double occupancy, comfort barge |
CAD |
$700 |
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NOTE: A "Comfort" version of this tour is available on April 12, 15, 19, and May 6.
A more luxurious barge is used, with all lower beds. |
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| Children staying in same cabin as parents: |
| 0-4 years: |
4 days |
discount |
60% |
| 4-12 years: |
4 days |
discount |
33% |
| Surcharges: |
| Single supplement: |
4 days |
CAD |
$140 |
| Additional adult in 3 or 4 bed cabin: |
4 days |
CAD |
$485 |
| This tour includes: |
• accommodation in a double cabin with private facilities
• bedding and towels
• full board (breakfast, packed lunch & 3 course dinner)
• tour guide
• bicycle with handbrakes, gears, & pannier
• bike insurance
• information on cycle trips
• Visit Flowerpark Keukenhof
• Visit flower auction in Aalsmeer
• Visit Broekdijker Mill and cheesefarm
• Several citywalks
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