Tulip roundtrip

Route

The cycle tours are mostly on asphalted, flat and good developed cycle paths and on very calm side roads.

Individual arrival. Get here early and opt to wander around the gorgeous and surprisingly peaceful seventeenth century canal ring area (World Heritage Site). If you like bustle, make your way to the city’s famous squares: Dam, Rembrandtplein and Leidseplein. Should you prefer to roam off the beaten track, saunter up Brouwersgracht or hire a canal bike and find out what the city looks like from the water.

It may be tempting to linger in Amsterdam, but today is the day you get to see your first tulip fields! Set off early to leave behind the hustle and bustle of the lively capital and enter a region called South Kennemerland. Firstly, head for Cruquius, a steam-driven pumping station for a lesson in Dutch water management. Just after the village of Bennebroek you can catch your first short glimpse of the tulip fields. Then veer north and crown your day in the city centre of Haarlem. Look up at the typically Dutch facades on the market square. The city boasts a wealth of art, culture, monuments, restaurants and cafes.

Downtown Haarlem deserves to be explored thoroughly. We recommend a city walk to discover the city’s hidden "hofjes”. A hofje is a square of tiny almshouses set around an idyllic courtyard, often built by the church or by private charity to house single older women. Also dating back to the Dutch Golden Age, the works of Haarlem painter Frans Hals (group portraiture) and his townsmen including Jacob Ruysdael (land- and seascapes) and Pieter Saenredam (church interiors) are on display at the Frans Hals museum. In the afternoon get set for a colourful bike trip through the Dune and Bulb Region. Try to time this holiday before mid-May to capture the bulb flower fields in their full splendour! Tulips, crocuses, daffodils and hyacinths are grown here commercially (for bulb export) and temporarily transform the landscape into one of the country’s best-loved tourist attractions. Leiden is the oldest university town in the Netherlands. It has a very busy cultural events calendar and a friendly city centre with canals, monuments windmills and museums. The historical botanical gardens get special mention.

The route back to Amsterdam takes you past several lakes, across rural ‘Green Heart’, to the River Amstel. On the banks of this lovely river, you will encounter pretty villages and grand country houses. This is one of the greenest routes to get you right into Amsterdam, back to your hotel. As you may have guessed, the city is named after the river. In the 13th century, Amsterdam started out as a fishing village by a dam at the mouth of the river. The oldest part of Amsterdam is around the Oude Kerk (Old  Church), the oldest building in the city.

Individual departure or extension.

Services

Included services:

  • 4 nights in 3-4 * Hotels, private facilities and breakfast
     
  • if booked half-board: 3-course dinner
     
  • luggage transport
  • GPS-tracks available
  • maps and information material per room

Our tip: Get your eSIM for a low-priced holiday-data package here

Dates & Prices

Dates

Merkmale

Season / Period
Type

Extras

child reduction (two full paying adults in double room)  
0-3,99 years -100%
4-11,99 years -20%
3rd person in double room (12-99 years) -10%
   
Bicycle & equipment  
24-speed touring bike 48
Premium bike 80
E-bike 100
Children’s / youth bike 40
GPS rental 20
   
Additional nights
Amsterdam (dbl/sgl) 70/100
supplement extra night Amsterdam saturday (dbl/sgl) 20/20
additional supplement overnight in Amsterdam (dbl/sgl)* 60/60

* April 10.-13., April 25, May 01.-04., August 01.


Best - Price - Guarantee

If you would verifiably receive better conditions and/or prices from another tour operator at the time of booking we guarantee at least the same conditions PLUS 1 handlebar bag for FREE!

All prices per person in EUR

Accommodation

3-4* hotels, private facilities and breakfast

Hotel examples:

Amsterdam: Westcord Art Hotel
Haarlem: Hotel Lion d’Or
Leiden: Best Western Hotel Leiden

Please take note that all hotels mentioned above are hotel examples only. Your will find your definite hotel on the hotel list in your travel documents. Subject to modifications.

Bicycle

Bicycles inclusive panniers

The offered bikes are touring bikes with an aluminium frame and kitted with responsive brakes and gears. Plus: mudguards, trip computers, comfort gel saddles, flat-palmed grips, Schwalbe Marathon anti-puncture tyres.

You can choose between the following bikes:

  • 24-speed-bike with hand brakes
  • E-bikes unisex (on request)

E-bikes | Electric bikes | Pedelecs

By popular demand, we have now invested in a considerable number of e-bikes, much favoured by cyclists who love the great Outdoors, but prefer to let the bike take the strain. The shiftable, low noise electric drive of our modern E-bike relieves you of some of the work and increases the pedal force up to 3 times ... So you can now book a bike tour together with cyclists who have different fitness level. Acclivity can be handled easily.

Note: E-bikes are a great development, but should be - due to their driving characteristics (high weight + high speed) - booked only by very safe and experienced cyclists with a very good sense of balance. Not suitable are electric bikes for people who rarely ride a bicycle


Private bicycles

You are welcome to bring your own bicycle. It is adapted especially to your needs. Do not forget to bring a repair kit with all necessary tools such as: keys, reserve tube and lock. Please check your own bicycle for operability upon arrival.

Useful

ARRIVAL - PARKING - DEPARTURE

ARRIVAL BY PLANE

Airport: Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS)
Direct train from Amsterdam Schiphol (aiport) to Amsterdam Sloterdijk 6 times per hour. Duration approx. 22 minutes.
Price: approx. € 5/one way
Per taxi approx. 30 minutes. Price: approx. € 50


ARRIVAL BY TRAIN

Train station: Amsterdam Centraal
Take the bus 22 direction Muiderpoort to Zaanstraat. Bus stops in front of the hotel.


ARRIVAL BY CAR

Parking: approx. € 20/day at P+R Oosterdok near Amsterdam Centraal station

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