Amsterdam, Netherlands

€742 (per person) / 8 nights / B&B

Holiday Details

Ride Grading

Grade 1: Moderate: generally easy routes, traffic free or on quiet roads or trails over short distances. MTB Grading: NA

Grade 2: Challenging: for new to cyclists wanting a challenge, with some rolling hills but no big climbs. MTB Grading: Green

Location

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Holiday Highlights

A supreme cycling tour from the Netherlands down into Belgium, gliding past historic towns, villages and canals – all on high-quality bike paths! Riding from Amsterdam to Bruges, you'll find those delightful places you would otherwise never chance upon.

Take off from Amsterdam in a south-westerly direction. Fill your photo album with portraits of the most picturesque towns in the Netherlands and Flanders: Gouda, Dordrecht, Willemstad, Zierikzee, Middelburg, Vlissingen (Flushing), Sluis, Damme and ultimately Bruges. All remarkably well-preserved gems, evocative of centuries past. And on a more natural note: this predominantly rural cycling tour takes in a number of nature reserves.

This is a linear tour! Also available with Bruges as the starting point.

Highlights of our popular Amsterdam to Bruges tour:
A supreme cycling tour from the Netherlands down into Belgium
Historic towns, villages, canals – all on high-quality cycling paths
The delightful places you would otherwise never have seen
Start in stunning Amsterdam, end in beautiful Bruges

Holiday Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Amsterdam
Your cycling holiday begins in Amsterdam. The city brims with things to see and do and you couldn’t hope for a more dynamic way to start your trip. Arrange for an early arrival to allow time for the elegant tree-lined canals, tall narrow townhouses and 17th-century canal ring, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Day 2: Amsterdam - Gouda / Bodegraven79 km
From bustling Amsterdam, plunge into the peace and quiet of the Green Heart, a rural area of polders, meadows and grazing cattle. A flat landscape where church spires and windmills touch the horizon and clouds are reflected in lakes and canals. In Gouda, take an evening stroll around the Old Town, soak up the yesteryear atmosphere and marvel at the attractive market square, 15th-century town hall and Weighing House or ‘Waag’.
This 79-km route can be split up into 2 shorter rides of 49 km and 38 km, by booking an extra night in Woerden. Or ride part way and cover the last stretch by train, shortening the route to 56 km.

Day 3: Gouda - Papendrecht 38 km
From Gouda, cycle to Kinderdijk, where 19 windmills have majestically stood the test of time since 1740. Your destination Papendrecht is just a ferry crossing away from Dordrecht, one of Holland’s oldest towns, surrounded entirely by rivers. Beautiful bridges take you across into the heart of town, where monumental buildings line the harbour.

Day 4: Papendrecht / Dordrecht – Willemstad65 km
Ride along at the edge of the National Park Biesbosch, a labyrith of waterways and wetlands, then round off your day in Willemstad, a fortified town in the shape of a 7-pointed star.
Please note: Biesbosch Park can only be cycled on days the ferry runs. There is an alternate route for days with no ferry departure.

Day 5: Willemstad – Schuddebeurs 50 km
Today you enter Zeeland province, marked by wind, water and lots of space. Criss-cross this region made up of islands, taking bridges and ferries as you drift down toward Belgium. Storybook towns with ancient houses and cobbled streets await in the coming days, as you traverse a patchwork landscape of vast polders, idyllic countryside, rolling dunes and golden sand flats.

Day 6: Schuddebeurs – Middelburg/Vlissingen 43 km
Wander down the narrow lanes of Zierikzee and then continue to charming Veere. Cruising further south you discover the nostalgic splendour of Middelburg, one of the Netherlands’ most important trading centres in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Day 7: Middelburg/Vlissingen – Bruges 66 km
Cycle onward to Vlissingen then hop on a ferry to Zeelandic Flanders with its winding country roads, pollard willows, meadows and scattered villages. Across the border into Belgium, you will reach charming little Damme. From here, it’s only a short stretch to Bruges, known as the pearl of Flanders! With most of its medieval architecture intact, the exceptionally well-preserved town centre exudes a sense of times gone by.

Day 8: Return home
After breakfast your holidays ends.

Description of Accommodation

The hotels on this trip have been carefully selected for their location, atmosphere and/or unique services. All rooms are en-suite. A list of the hotels we work with appears below. If a certain hotel is unable to confirm due to lack of availability, we will try to request a comparable alternative if possible.

Below are the examples of the hotels we usually book, if available.

Amsterdam - Westcord Art Hotel ***
Gouda - Best Western Hotel Gouda ****
Papendrecht - Apollo Hotel Papendrecht ****
Willemstad - Hotel Mauritz ***
Noordgouwe - Hostellerie Schuddebeurs ***
Middelburg - Hotel Loskade 45 ****
Brugge - Velotel ****

Offers

Starting dates:
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in April, May and September
Daily in June, July and August

Price for 2022 per person in Euro's
Double room, breakfast € 759,-
Single room, breakfast € 969,-
Dinner € 227,50
Extra night Amsterdam double, breakfast € 75,-
Extra night Amsterdam single, breakfast € 125,-

Hotel upgrades pp/night:
Fletcher Hotel Arion, Vlissingen€ 50,-
Hotel NH Brugge, Brugge € 15,-

Stay in Amsterdam on Saturday € 20,- per person
For the following dates there is a supplement of €60,- per person per night.
15 Apr 2022 - 17 Apr 2022
23 Apr 2022 - 24 Apr 2022
26 May 2022 - 28 May 2022
03 Jun 2022 - 05 Jun 2022

Rental bike:
Child bike € 70,-
Hybrid bike € 84,-
E-bike €175,-
Child seat € 35,-
Tag-along bike € 42,-
Child trailer € 122,50
Bike helmet € 10,-
Bike theft insurance € 21,-
E-bike theft insurance € 42,-

Extra services:
Bike Breakdown pass € 24,50
SGR travel guarantee fund €5,-
GPS € 20,-

Included in the price:
- Accommodation in *** hotel.
- Breakfast (buffet)
- On demand: Tour as GPS-file
- Tourist information on all the places of interest
- Saddlebag (only for rental bikes) for carrying things you need on the road
- Seven days a week service hotline

Not included:
- Cost of rental bikes and trailers
- Journey to the starting point of your DBT cycle holiday
- Journey from the finishing point of your DBT cycling holiday back home
- If you book half board: Drinks with your evening meal.
- Ferry crossings
- Compulsory fee for Stichting Garantiefonds Reisgelden (SGR, garantuee fund in case of bankruptcy of travel organisation) of €5,- per person.