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HOLLAND MEETS BELGIUM - BRUGES TO AMSTERDAM (HMB)
Bike / Barge Tour from Bruges (8 days)
Route Ghent > Bruges > Dendermonde > Antwerp > Willemstad > Gouda > Oude Wetering > Amsterdam
Price: $1242.00 USD per person based on double occupancy.
Please note this price may fluctuate based on the current exchange rate.
Payment in full at time of booking will protect against any future currency fluctuation.
Ask Margie about discounts that may apply when payment in full is made at time of booking. Discounts may vary depending upon the tour date as well the current exchange rate.
Single Supplement: $300.00 USD (only one single per departure, rest of singles have to share)
Dates: July 17, September 4, 18, 2010
This tour offers you a unique oppurtunity to discover the lowlands at the North Sea.
We show you the Belgian pearls of Antwerp, Ghent and on top of that: Bruges!
You cross the border to Holland and discover old Dutch towns like Gouda and Willemstad and head for lovely Amsterdam.
Day by Day Itinerary
Saturday
Transfer by bus from Amsterdam Airport to Ghent in Belgium. Embarkation and checking in aboard the hotel barge. The tour leader will invite you for a walk across the wonderful town centre.
Sunday:
Cycling ± 15 km. By train you go to Bruges and your tour leader will make you acquainted with this unique town. Till halfway the afternoon you are free to discover Bruges. By train you go to Dendermonde where the barge will stay for the night. In the evening there's a short test ride in and around Dendermonde.
Monday
Cycling ± 50 km. From Dendermonde you ride through the pretty Flemish countryside alongside the river Schelde to Antwerp. In the afternoon your guide invites you for a short city walk and afterwards you have free time to explore the town centre. In the evening you may wish to visit some bars and have a good taste of Belgian beers.
Tuesday
In the morning there will be some more time to visit Antwerp. In the afternoon there's a sailing trip over the Belgian-Dutch border to the beautiful walled town of Willemstad.
Wednesday
Cycling ± 40 km. The barge will drop you at the edge of natural reserve Biesbosch and you start todays cycle ride. You visit the windmills of Kinderdijk and will certainly enjoy the rural sceneries that continue to cheese town Gouda. In the evening you may wish to join your tour leader for a short city walk.
Thursday
Cycling ± 40 km. You enjoy an easy bike ride right through some real Dutch meadowlands and end your trip in a small village called Oude Wetering. You may enjoy the quietness of the rural Dutch countryside before you arrive in busy Amsterdam tomorrow.
Friday
Cycling ± 30 km. On the banks of the river Amstel you cycle in the direction of and then across the Amsterdam town centre to the mooring place of your barge. In the afternoon theres time to explore the lively Dutch capital and do some shopping. In the evening theres a city walk and you may wish to make a roundtrip of the famous Amsterdam canals.
Saturday
End of your bike and barge tour and check out.
(subject to changes)
Included in tour:
- Stay on board 8 days/7 nights in two person cabin with shower/toilet
- All meals (breakfast, lunch/packed lunch, 3 courses diner)
- Tour guidance
- Bicycle with gears and pannier
- Compensation bike damage
- Several city walks
- Information booklet + map
- Entrance fee Windmill Kinderdijk
- Train ride Ghent - Bruges - Ghent
- Bus transfer Amsterdam Airport - Ghent
Not included in tour:
- Journey there and back Amsterdam
- Drinks aboard
- Excursions out of program
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