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Holland's Old Towns Tour
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Bike Tour: Holland's Old Towns Tour - 8 days
The delightful towns you will visit on this bicycle holiday are Utrecht, Gouda, Den Haag, Delft, Schiedam and Rotterdam. In the beautiful town of Delft, find out what links Delft to world famous painter Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675); or go and see how Delft Blue ceramics are made. You’ll visit Gouda’s pleasant town centre, relatively untouched by time, known for its cheese market, candle making, the fairytale town hall and the attractive canals. The route leads you to see many things unique and remarkable such as Old Dutch fishing village Schiedam which boasts the highest traditional windmills in the world. They mill grain for malt wine for the jenever distilleries. Truly unforgettable, moreover, are the nineteen windmills in the polder at Kinderdijk.
Arrival in Utrecht. Utrecht lies in the very centre of the Netherlands, near woodland and the small River Kromme Rijn. Big city Centre Utrecht is not far away and has shops galore, museums and a friendly night life.
If you want you can also start and finish this tour in The Hague.
Idyllic scenery today as you cycle to Amsterdam on the banks of the lovely River Vecht. Characteristic for this area are the many stately homes and summerhouses built by rich Amsterdam merchants in the 17th and 18th Centuries. At the end of the day, Amsterdam awaits! Everyone has their own reasons for loving this remarkable city. What will yours be?
Woods, stately homes, parks, rivers, polders, lakes and marshy fens make todays scenery. Opt to stop off at a cheese dairy or visit De Haar Castle. At the end of the day, explore the heart of the lively city of Utrecht. Discover the pretty Museum Quarter and admire the beautiful canal Oude Gracht. Its wharves are unique to Utrecht and make a pleasant setting for waterside cafes.
After breakfast in your hotel, you will return home.
| Starting dates: | |
| Daily from April 1 till September 23. | |
| In case of staying overnight in Amsterdam on Saturdays a surcharge applies of € 17,50 per person in a double room |
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| Prices € | Euro |
| Per person in a double room 7 nights’ accommodation, breakfast included |
735,00 |
| A supplement will be required for: | |
| Single room (€ 30 x 7) | 210,00 |
| Dinner (€ 30 x 7) | 210,00 |
| Bike rental (€ 12 x 7) | 84,00 |
| E-Bike (€ 25 x 7) | 175,00 |
| Emergency Call Out Service/Bike breakdown pass (€ 2,75 x 7) | 19,25 |
| GPS rental | 10,00 |
| Surcharge staying overnight in Amsterdam on Saturday in a double room | 17,50 |
| Surcharge staying overnight in Amsterdam on Saturday in a single room | 35,00 |
| Surcharge staying overnight in Amsterdam during the periods 13 - 15 April 2019 20 - 21 May 2019 12 - 15 June 2019 12 - 16 September 2019 14 - 18 September 2018 staying overnight in a double room staying overnight in a single room |
52,50 105,00 |
| Extra night | 70,00 |
| Starting point: | |
| Utrecht (parking €20 per week), The Hague (parking €30 per day) or Amsterdam (parking € 15,00 per day) |
Utrecht - Hotel Mitland****
Amsterdam - Westcord Art Hotel*** & ****
Zandvoort - Palace Hotel Zandvoort****
Den Haag - Crown Plaza Promenade Den Haag*****
Rotterdam - Hotel SS Rotterdam (cruise schip)**** / Hotel New York****
Gouda - Best Western Hotel Gouda****
7 Nights included
4 Star Hotels (1x 3 - 1x 5)
Breakfast included, Halfboard optional
Tourist information on all the places of interest
The possibility of renting our bikes
7-days a week service-hotline
Luggage transport to your next hotel
CS Utrecht
Parking possibilities at the hotel
GPS-tracks availible
Any ferry crossings are not included
21-07-2018
...Nice trip, leave a bit earlier on first day - Utrecht to Amsterdam...
15-07-2018
...The ride from Utrecht to Amsterdam was absolutely gorgeous - the highlight of the trip, but we enjoyed some aspect of each day's riding...
04-07-2018
...This was our directing holiday and Dutch bike tours made the experience easy and very enjoyable. Our route had very varied scenery each day including Polders, travelling by rivers, crossing water, cycling through sand dunes and beautiful towns. I totally recommend this holiday to those interested in trying this type of holiday. It's wonderland totally addictive!!...
27-06-2018
...I am a keen cyclist and cycling in Holland was on my bucket list for a long time. The trip did not disappoint. DBT are reputable and organised. Cycling in Holland is great. The amount of good quality cycle paths is astonishing. The infrastructure to accommodate cyclists and their protection from vehicles is highly commendable. DBT have made a real effort to provide routes that are both scenic and varied. Looking forward to researching and booking another cycling holiday with DBT for next year...
15-08-2017
...We just end our bike tour and are at the Westcord Art Hotel. We have left the bikes in the storage parking and are leaving the GPS and keys at reception. We had a marvellous time! The tour was great!...
08-06-2017
.. Very enjoyable. Nice scenery, good food, good hotels in general, good bikes, good luggage service. Booking service easy and professional...
06-06-2016
...The Netherlands is a great country to bike through, especially for folks who do not like cycling on busy roads. I regret not leaving one week earlier (ex. end of April or first start of May) as we came at the very tale end of the tulips. However, the weather was relatively good, everything was in bloom, the air was full of wonderful fragrants and bird calls, and everywhere you look, nature lovers are treated to some fine landscaping...
24-04-2016
I felt the little map booklets worked really well and they were easier to carry and use while riding. The detailed town routes to the hotels were a useful extra, although I did cross the Erasmus Bridge looking for The Inntel Hotel but by asking in one of the cafe bars I was soon redirected back over the bridge. That was down to my bad map reading.
27-08-2015
....We did like our holiday; it's been a great experience. We have been very lucky, too with the weather, sunny during all the ride a part from a couple of hours of rain. We appreciated the choice of hotels and we visited the old towns, which we found very beautiful. Unfortunately the holiday is over and we are now back to work; however we will carry this beautiful experience with us....
28-07-2015
....We had a fabulous time on our bike tour – thank you very much. Everything went very smoothly – from beginning to end. We had spent the previous week hiking a portion of the West Highland Trail in Scotland and our bike trip was a great way to finish off a truly epic vacation. The bikes were in very good condition and comfortable (though much heavier than the carbon fiber road bikes we ride at home!) but perfect for the type of riding we were doing. We were grateful for the GPS – it was reliable, and for us, a much easier way to get from town to town than trying to keep track of the numbers....
10-07-2015
...Thank you and we again had a super holiday...
05-05-2015
...Our tour was very good. We had a great time and our hotels were very nice. The bicycles, luggage delivery, GPS and number route sheets were all great. We noticed a few minor things that could be improved, but overall our trip was excellent...
18-06-2014
....We were very pleased with our bike tour. The route took us through so many interesting and scenic areas that we would not have seen any other way. The hotels were mostly very good. We were surprised (disappointed) that the Best Western in Zandvoort put all 3 of us in one small room and did not give us anything to compensate us for our inconvenience. We had a few difficulties finding the signs for the bike path in the cities but managed to find our way with a little help from friendly Dutch people. If we were to go again we might use a GPS. The detours we took were interesting. The breakfasts at each of the hotels were amazing. I have had several people ask for details about our trip because they are interested in a bike tour. I will definitely recommend booking with Dutch Bike Tours...
25-04-2014
...All in all it was an excellent tour and I would highly recommend it. However, I am really glad that you asked for feedback as I had one real bone of contention and that was to do with one of my hotels. I would seriously consider taking another tour with your company and I particularly thought the little bottle of champagne was a lovely thought. Thank you for a wonderful tour and hopefully I will have another tour next year...
21-07-2013
....I want to thank you for the trip you had organized for us.
I have to say that everything was really good. Well organized, the route was great, and we had no problems. Just let me give you some recomendations: the hotel from Rotterdam, The Maritime, was the weakest point in the trip. And the hotel in Zandvoort, The best westerm is a little bit old and the room they gave us was not really good. For the rest, really good, I will recomend your services to any person who ask me about tours in Holland. Thanks again and hope to see you soon....
Holland's Old Towns Tour
