Amsterdam – Dordrecht – Amsterdam
Summary
This tour offers plenty of variety. It takes you through the true Holland provinces and its old towns and cities, together the so called “Randstad” or in english “Circular City”. And in between we will discover fine natural landscapes and beautiful beaches lining the coastline on the West.
Our Holland West – Coast & City – tour is endorsed by Holland.com, the official tourist guide to the Netherlands, as one of the best cycling holiday tours in the country! [Holland.com: The 10 best cycling holidays]
Details
| Price | € 1950,- per week + € 200,- single supplement |
| Included | Seven nights, excellent and local character hotels Full board (breakfast / take away lunch / diner) Recreational bike, 7 speed All other transports All entrance fees (museum / mill / movie) and lectured tours Full time tour guide Support van and driver (luggage transport) |
| Start and finish | Amsterdam |
| Meeting point | Amsterdam Central station |
| Difficulty level | Easy |
| Biking per day | 50-70 km |
| Freetime | Two half days |
Maps and route
Day to day program
We meet on Saturday at 10am at Amsterdam Central Station. First we cross the river IJ to take you to a surprise kickstart.
The train will take us to Haarlem where we collect our bikes and have a trial tour around town. Dutch diner and charm hotel downtown to follow.
After an 8am breakfast we take the bikes out and peddle south, leaving Haarlem along the Spaarne river and heading for the Keukenhof bulb fields .
Via the Noordwijk & Katwijk coastal path we land in university town Leiden.
Having had a good night sleep in the quiet castle hotel we spend the day in Leiden and surrounding area. Walking in Rembrandt’s first footsteps some 400 years ago, taking a canal-boat tour and bike around the beautiful Kaag lakes nearby.
From Leiden we cycle to Scheveningen (exercise to prounouce!) beach and from there to adjacent government & royals capital The Hague city.
After a tour in the Maurits museum to check out the Vermeer collection we head for Old town Delft to compare the real thing.
In the morning we do a town tour and pay our respect to our founding father William of Orange. In the afternoon we set you free so you may either visit the Delft blue collection, the old town hall or just go shopping and take a pint on market square. Diner at 18.30!
A big day to bike so we start early. We head out of town in the direction of the Rhine/Maas river and on to Europe’s no 1 port of Rotterdam.
Biking through downtown you can take in the size and architecture of this metropole. From the embankment we take the waterbus to Unesco protected Kinderdijk and on to Dordrecht town!
In the morning we take you on a guided walk through downtown Amsterdam and show and tell about the city’s beauties , history and weirdness.
The afternoon is yours of course because there is some much to discover and tastes differ. Diner at …. and a dip into nightlife to say farewell.
Coming up in 2022
Tour 2
Holland North East
IJssel lake and river
Tour 3
Holland Mid East
Rhine and Maas rivers
Tour 4
Holland South West
Delta Coast