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Southern Tour Relax

An enjoyable and relaxing cycling tour

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Tour Description
Type of tour:   Guided  
Level:   1, for everyone
Duration:   7 Nights  
Distance:   38 km/day average  
Tour price:   from € 765,-  
Start city:   Amsterdam, Holland  
Nearest airport:   Schiphol Amsterdam  
End city:   Amsterdam, Holland
Nearest airport:    Schiphol Amsterdam
Route
Destination
The Netherlands / Belgium
Germany / Austria / Hungary
Turkey
Italy
France
Croatia
Discover Holland and Europe by Bike and Barge
Planning on visiting the Netherlands? Why not the Dutch way: from the water and from the saddle of a bicycle. For more than 25 years we have combined these unique aspects of Dutch daily life offering a unique experience: the Bike & Barge Holidays.

Planning on visiting Europe? Join one of our Bike and Barge Holidays in France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Croatia or Turkey.

Why should we, Cycletours Holidays, take you there? First of all, we are Europeans ourselves. We live here, so you are safe to suppose we know the way. We know how to get you to the right places, allowing  you to experience Europe to the fullest.


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Southern Tour Relax

8 days | from: € 765,-  |  Group | Barge | Guided | Level 1

Bulb growing and painting, two subjects in which the Dutch reached mastery. The paintings of Frans Hals, Rembrandt, Vermeer and Van Gogh, and the spectacular bulb fields in the province Zuid-Holland: two faces of one and the same enjoyable and relaxing tour.

 

Highlights include:
Dutch painting
Historic towncenters


On the Southern Tour Relax you don’t cycle more than 40 km per day.

That gives you enough time for other fun things: visiting museums, sipping a drink at a cafι, relaxing by the seaside or wandering through the center of an old town.
In springtime this tour will be centered around the Tulip theme:see Tulip tour.

In the rest of the year the tour offers the possibility to visit several museums, where you can admire the unrivalled work of Frans Hals, Rembrandt, Vermeer and Van Gogh.
In both tours you will ride through the green heart of Holland, with its meadows, ditches and farms. But you will also have plenty of time to stroll through the historic centers of Delft, Leiden, Haarlem and Amsterdam.

 

The route from day to day +km
sat     Amsterdam, embarkation at 2 PM near Central Station. Sailing to Vianen, round tour, 15
sun   Vianen - Gouda, 40
mon   Gouda - Delft, 40
tue   Delft – via Katwijk – Leiden, 40
wed   Leiden, round trip Kagerplassen, 30.  Or possible visit Lakenhal museum
thu   Leiden – Haarlem, 37. Possible visit Frans Hals Museum
fri   Haarlem - Amsterdam, 40.
sat   Amsterdam, debarkation before 10 AM near Central Station


1 km = 0.62 miles
Level of difficulty: 1


Travel dates

DateAvailabilityDepartureBargeCategoryBook now?
May
18 / 5 / 2013AvailableAmsterdamZwaanComfort PlusBook now >>
25 / 5 / 2013AvailableAmsterdamEva JosienaStandard PlusBook now >>
June
29 / 6 / 2013AvailableAmsterdamWendingComfortBook now >>
July
6 / 7 / 2013Fully bookedAmsterdamWendingComfort 
13 / 7 / 2013AvailableAmsterdamWendingComfortBook now >>
20 / 7 / 2013AvailableAmsterdamWendingComfortBook now >>
27 / 7 / 2013Fully bookedAmsterdamWendingComfort 
August
3 / 8 / 2013Fully bookedAmsterdamWendingComfort 
10 / 8 / 2013AvailableAmsterdamWendingComfortBook now >>
17 / 8 / 2013AvailableAmsterdamWendingComfortBook now >>
24 / 8 / 2013AvailableAmsterdamWendingComfortBook now >>
31 / 8 / 2013AvailableAmsterdamWendingComfortBook now >>
September
7 / 9 / 2013AvailableAmsterdamWendingComfortBook now >>
21 / 9 / 2013AvailableAmsterdamAnna AntalStandardPlus/ComfortBook now >>
28 / 9 / 2013AvailableAmsterdamAnna AntalStandardPlus/comfortBook now >>

Tour prices

Prices per person in 2013

Ship name Wending (Comfort):
2-berth cabin: € 835,-
3-berth cabin: € 795,-
single use: € 1025,-

Ship name Eva Josiena (StandardPlus):
2-berth cabin: € 765,-
3-berth cabin: € 725,-
single use: € 985,-

Ship name Zwaan (ComfortPlus):
2-berth cabin: € 895,-
3-berth cabin: € 860,-
single use: € 1342,50

Reduction children:
0-2*: free of charge
3-11*: 30%

*if child is travelling together with at least 1 one full-paying person

Bicycle rent

Bicycle rent per week:
• Hybrid, 24-gears Gazelle Medeo: € 65,-
• E-bike, 21 gears: € 130,-

Children's bicycle rent:
• Child's bike, 21 gears: € 50,-
• Bike seat: € 15,-
• Trailer bike, 3 gears: € 50,-
• Bike trailer: € 85,-

Helmet rental:
€ 10,- per week (to be ordered when booking; can not be rented on board)

Daily cycling program

Extra tour information

Included

• All nights on board (incl. bed clothes, 2 towels)
• Breakfast and dinner on board
• Lunch packages when on the road
• Coffee and tea on board
• Tour guide
• Route information
• Road book, 1x per cabin
• Ferry fares on the route

Not included
• Reservation costs € 20,- per party
• Bicycle rent
• Bicycle insurance (optional) € 15,- per bicycle
• Bicycle insurance E-bike (optional)
€ 40,- per bicycle
• Entrance fees to museums; approx.
€ 15 per tour
• Travel risk insurance / cancellation insurance (optional)

Special details

Please take good notice of our booking conditions.

Cycletours Holidays reserves the right to cancel tours with fewer than 12 participants up to 21 days prior to the date of departure.

The program is subject to change without notice.

Extra options

• Bike maps (3x): € 27,30