18-07-2023
Just got back from cycling round the old towns of Holland. Managed to time it so we missed a huge storm and avoided the rain showers, and had some glorious weather. The cycle routes were well thought out and very scenic. Was a little worried about the length of the last day's 68k m route, but it was flat and we coped with the distance well. The hotels were great and they all had restaurants nearby for evening meals. thanks for a great holiday, we will be back.
27-05-2022
Having done a lot of bicycle touring, I was surprised by how attractive the journey was, as if DBT had carefully navigated a route through only the most visually pleasing areas. The one exception to this was the morning heading out from Rotterdam, where we definitely hit one industrial wasteland. But even here, most of our group was able to bypass this, taking a river bus to Kinderdijk. Even the rural parts were stimulating. For many in our group who were anxious about city pedaling, the countryside was their favorite part. My one caveat is be prepared for rain! Most days we had at least some, and occasionally it was persistent.
25-05-2022
The Old Towns Bike Tour was the perfect trip for our group of 5 cyclists. We had widely varying levels of experience and fitness. Our least experienced rider chose an E-bike and it worked out perfectly. We added the Keukenhof Gardens to Day 2 of the ride. This also caused us to re-route through Leiden before carrying on to Den Haag. The staff at Dutch Bike Tours helped us plan this route adjustment and it turned out to be one of our favourite legs of the journey. We became more adept at “staying on track” with each day of riding. We saw so much of the beautiful Nederlands countryside and got great snapshots of some of its major city centres. We can’t wait to come back for more!
09-09-2020
...Fantastic biking experience where you see a lot of the country. Endless canals everywhere. And a friendly population where biking is the most natural way of transporting yourselves. We could not believe though that so few people carried a helmet.
On the first day we experienced that one bike was not working properly. The involvement from dutch biketours was very professional despite causing a delay until a new bike could be delivered. We had to accept a couple of hours delay on the day with the longest km to drive. Anyway we survived and enyoyed the tour...
19-09-2019
...Enjoyed the holiday. The satnav was wonderful! Excellent trip with nice towns and good cycling. Luggage transport was very efficient...
24-07-2019
...Very pleasant experience. I liked the tone of email exchange with staff in the lead up to the trip when I had a few questions. Answers also came really quickly...