Route Southern Relax includes the following highlights: Amsterdam - Vianen - Rotterdam - Delft - Leiden - Haarlem - Amsterdam
Do you like cycling, but not for the whole day or not every day? In that case, the Southern Tour Relax is something for you. You are doing a sort of Southern Tour, but you ride an average of 35 km per day only. Every day there is a light cycle tour, so you have more time to visit the typical things of The Netherlands.
You can choose between the normal Southern Tour Relax and a Southern Tour Relax with a theme: the Tulip Tour and the Cities of Art. Every tour has its special highlights. Sailing is done on one ship, but when you book you can specify your preference for a theme. The emphasis during cycling and sailing will be placed on the theme you choose. And preferably a special guide will cycle along with you for each theme. You don’t cycle more than an average of 40 km per day. That gives you enough time for other fun things: visiting museums, sipping a drink on an outside café, relaxing by the seaside or wandering through the center of an old town.
On this trip you visit the famous 18 windmills of Kinderdijk. You cycle to one of the world’s largest ports with the architectonic Erasmus bridge and discover old Delft with its characteristic houses. The impressive dunes and beaches are not missing on this trip. You will be amazed by the magnificent display of color of the bulb fields in tulip time. The Zaanse Schans provides a picture of part of The Netherlands from long before 1900.
In tulip time you will cycle as much as possible through the bulb fields, and a short visit to the Keukenhof is also one of the possibilities.
Dates: Southern Relax: April 5, June 7, 14, 21 September 20, 27, 2008, low season
April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 26, August 2, 9. 16, 23, 30, September 6, 13, 2008, high season.
Your Itinerary Southern Relax:
Day 1, Saturday:
Amsterdam, embarkation at 4 PM near Central Station, 5 PM sailing to Schoonhoven/Nieuwpoort or Vianen
Day 2, Sunday:
Vianen - Delft Sailing from Vianen to Schoonhoven/ Nieuwpoort. Or start biking in Schoonhoven/Nieuwpoort, along Kinderdijk to Rotterdam (40 km). Sailing from Rotterdam to Delft
Day 3, Monday:
Delft Round trip Delft - Den Haag - Scheveningen - Delft(35 km).
Day 4, Tuesday:
Delft - Leiden via Katwijk to Leiden (40 km). In tulip time biking via the bulb fields.
Day 5, Wednesday:
Leiden round trip Kagerplassen (30 km) or time to visit Leiden
Day 6, Thursday:
Leiden - Haarkem 37 km
Day 7, Friday:
Haarlem - Amsterdam 40 km
Day 8, Saturday:
Amsterdam, debarkation before 10 AM near Central Railway Station
Included in tour:
- 7 nights accommodations aboard barge
- Full board (breakfast + packed lunch + 3-courses dinner)
- Coffee and Tea on board
- Tour guide
- Route description with map.
- Use of 24 speed Gazelle Medeo bicycle with panniers, lock and water bottle
- Credit card fee
- cost of ferries on the route
- Booking fee.
Not included in tour:
- Airfare
- Entrance fees to museums or Keukenhof approx 15 euro
- Drinks (other than coffee & tea on board)
- Bicycle damage protection insurance 13 euro
- Transfer between airport and barge in Amsterdam.
Theme 2: Dates: 2008 Tulip Tour Southern Relax: available all Saturdays in April and May 3 and 10, 2008
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Price: Only comfort barge on this route, prices for Low and high season are: $1315 low,or $1405/person high(double occupancy.
Passengers need to specify theme of tour; Normal, Tulip Fields or Cities of Art.
tulip and Art tours have an extra cost of $55.00 (for tulips) and $75 (for arts) per person for various entrance fees. To be charged when signing up for tour.
* Included in tour:
- 7 nights accommodations aboard barge
- Full board (breakfast + packed lunch + 3-courses dinner)
- Coffee and Tea on board
- Services of local tour leader
- Route description with map
- Use of 24 speed Gazelle Medeo bicycle with panniers
- route description
- Credit card fee
- cost of ferries on the route
- Booking fee
* Not included in tour:
- Airfare
- Entrance fees to museums
- Drinks (other than coffee & tea)
- Bicycle damage protection insurance
- Transfer between airport and barge in Amsterdam.
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Europe
Netherlands
Bicycle Touring
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