8 Day Tulip Tour Premium / Amsterdam / Historical cities, flower fields, spring

You are welcome to check in between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. The crew will welcome you with coffee and tea. At 2.30 p.m. the barge leaves the harbor. While the barge sails to Haarlem, your tour leader will tell you about the tour, the cycling and safety. From Spaarndam you have the option to do a little test ride. After dinner on board, the tour leader will take you on a town walk through the beautiful city centre of Haarlem.

Today’s trip leads you through the oldest tulip fields of Holland, including a visit of the Keukenhof gardens.

This is the most beautiful bulb park in the world. Keukenhof is the place where the spring breaks.

An overwhelming blaze of colors; seven million flowering tulips in a magnificent 80-acres’ background of traditional and modern gardening architecture.

You also can admire the various hyacinths, daffodils and many other colorful flowers.

In the afternoon you cycle to the city of Leiden. Dinner on board and after that you can join the walk through town.

Breakfast while sailing out of Leiden. Your cycling tour starts just outside Leiden and leads through the ‘green heart’ of Holland.

Near Zoeterwoude, you will visit a cheese farm where you will learn about the cheese-making process and you will have the opportunity to taste the results.

In the afternoon you reach Gouda, famous for the Gouda cheese. Gouda has an attractive compact centre with her pretty market square and Gothic town hall.

The main church of Gouda, devoted to Saint John, is world famous for its stained glass windows.

After dinner you can join the walk through town.

We stay in Gouda this morning.

You have the opportunity to do some shopping and to visit the market square with its cheese weigh house or you can visit the St. Johns church.

We leave by barge around noon and have a light lunch on board.

From Alphen aan den Rijn you cycle through the ‘green heart’ of South Holland via river Drecht and Amstel-Drecht channel to Kudelstaart.

At 6.30 a.m. you can drink an early cup of coffee.

After that you cycle to the flower auction of Aalsmeer, the largest of Europe. Here, huge quantities of flowers are trucked in and sold every day, after which they are distributed all over Europe. After your visit you return on board (around 9 a.m.) for a late breakfast while the barge sails to Amsterdam.

You will enjoy a nice cruise, right through the city.

Today’s cycling tour takes you from Amsterdam to Zaanse Schans, a unique hamlet where people live and work, with original houses and windmills from the river Zaan area. The hamlet is dominated by operating windmills, the oldest built in 1673, for grinding mustard, spices, paint and oil and for sawing wood into planks.

As you walk through the village you will see a clock museum, an old-fashioned grocery store, a house with period furniture, a clog maker and a cheese farm.

This morning you cycle to the Hortus Bulborum, a unique garden museum dedicated to the preservation of rare and historic bulbs.

More than 4,000 tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and other flowers are planted here.

Your cycling tour continues to Egmond at the Northsea. The tour goes through the dunes to Alkmaar. This town is known as a Dutch cheese city. As you wander through the streets you’ll be amazed by the beauty of Alkmaar’s Old Town, with its well-preserved 17th century buildings and narrow, winding canals.

Dinner in town at your own account.

After breakfast your cycling tour leads you to the former windmill complex of the Schermer Polder. Here we visit the Schermerhorn Windmill Museum.

Your next stop is the beautiful town of De Rijp. Centuries of history are still evident here in De Rijp’s wooden facades, beautiful church, lock and town hall.

From here, your ride continues back to Amsterdam.

In the late afternoon or evening there is time for a canal tour through the famous canals of the city.

Today is the last day of the best of the best from Holland tour where all mayor places is be visted and be sure going to places where the local go also by bicycle this is the best way to learn about the Dutch way of life and the beauty is the boat brings you from place to place that means no time is wasted we from Above-5 we hope you enjoy it ,

End of your tour: Disembarkation after breakfast until 9.30 a.m.

8 days/7 nights

7 x breakfast

Packed lunches

6 x 3-course dinner

Coffee and tea on board

Welcome drink

Use of bed linen and towels

Daily cleaning of the cabin

Climate-controlled cabin

Daily briefings

Fully guided cycling tours (from 18 guests: 2 tour leaders, 2 groups)

Some short walking tours

GPS tracks

Use of a helmet

Use of a waterproof pannier bag

Water bottle

Fees for ferries

Entrance Keukenhof

Visit original Dutch cheese farm

Entrance North-Holland Dune reserve

Entrance flower auction Aalsmeer

Wi-Fi

1 x dinner (Alkmaar)

Drinks

Bicycle rental or E-bike rental

Personal insurances

Gratuities (at your discretion)

Entrance fees and excursions (not mentioned under included)

Transfers to/from the docking place

Parking fees

The Fleur started cruising in 2002. This small, yet very tasteful passenger barge with its sleek lines was built to fit the smaller locks and canals in France and has been cruising the French waters ever since. In 2018 Steffie Kranz and Evert Jan Muurling, will take over ownership. Steffie and Evert Jan have been in the business for more than 15 years.

These years of experience and commitment are reflected in every detail and guarantee that your vacation will be a pleasant one.

Description of the cabins
On the lower deck, the Ms.Fleur is in the premium category has ten comfortable guest cabins (9 m² – 97 sq.ft.) with two separate single beds. Each cabin has a private shower, toilet and basin, central heating and air-conditioning; windows are fixed for safety reasons. Furthermore, in each cabin you will find a mini safe and hair dryer.

Description of the ship
On the upper deck, there is a lounge with large windows, a roomy sitting area, a dining area, a cozy bar, central heating and air-conditioning. Wi-Fi is available. On the upper deck you will also find the half-covered sun deck, which is the ideal place to drink a cup of coffee or an aperitif and to enjoy the scenery while cruising.

Facts about the ship
Length:     38.7 m (126 ft.)
Width:       5 m (17 ft.)
Crew:        4
Cabins:     10
Pass.:        20 (max.)

As this is one of the Boat and Bike tours what cover most of the famous sights around Amsterdam is always in high demand

30  March departure still open for booking

06  April fully booked ,  Sorry

13  April fully booked ,  Sorry

20  April fully booked ,  Sorry

27 April fully booked  ,  Sorry

4   May has still limited availibilty 

11 May fully booked  ,  Sorry

Its always possible to drop us a mail in order to see dates or other availabilities on other tours.

But there are options for group departures on request as well, Group means maximum 20 Person please drop our Concierge a mail in order to see what are the option.

The Boat and Bike tours are the best ways to see holland on the best way and experience the details of the live of the friendly Dutch people.