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Welcome to Hooked on Cycling holidays and our cycling holidays in Holland. This particular biking vacation in Holland is available as a level 1-2 self guided cycle tour. This part of the Netherlands is characterized by its world-famous tulip fields, which display all colors of the rainbow. Cycling through these fields is a unique experience, especially when you realize you are cycling below sea-level! Picturesque fishing villages are also to be found in this area as well as Holland’s capital, Amsterdam. It is probably impossible to book a tour that is more Dutch than this. Traditional Dutch polder-landscape, seashore & dunes, dykes, mills, cheese and tulips: you can experience it in this wonderful cycle-tour.
Available dally from 15th April to 15th October
Level 1-2 self guided tour
Day 1 Arrival and transfer to Schagen
Car parking is free for those who will arrive by car. There are direct trains from Amsterdam-airport to Schagen.
Day 2 Free day in Schagen
If you can’t wait, you can go for a cycle tour through the colorful flower fields immediately. You can also choose to ride in the widest and highest dune area of the Netherlands, straight through National Park De Schoorlse Duinen.
Day 3 Schagen – Enkhuizen 34 miles 55 km
On your way to one of the oldest and picturesque villages of the Netherlands, Enkhuizen, you will find age-old farmhouses in the open countryside. This is Europe’s largest bulb area: every season of the year you will be surrounded by different types of colorful flowers.
Day 4 Enkhuizen – Oudemirdum 41 miles 67 km
First you will cross the IJssel Lake by ferry. From the picturesque harbour of Stavoren you’ll take course for Oudemirdum. The many blue lakes are surrounded by green meadows with black-and-white cows. It feels like cycling through a Dutch postcard!
Day 5 Free day in Oudemirdum
As Hooked on Cycling has booked a room with a garden for you, it becomes easy to relax. There’s more than one choice in cycle tours today.
Day 6 Oudemirdum – Edam 35 miles 55 km
Today you will cross the IJssel Lake once again. From Enkhuizen the tour goes south over a beautiful dyke with great views on the green polder as well as the blue lake. In Edam your hotel is close to the cheese-market, where you can buy the world-famous Edammer-cheese. If you are planning to visit Amsterdam, an extra night in Edam is recommended.
Day 7 Edam – Schagen 42 miles 68 km
Cycling over narrow dykes, you will have a great view on many Old Dutch mills. Close to Opmeer you will enter the blooming bulb fields once again. Back in Schagen you can enjoy dinner in one of the many restaurants at the historical cheese-market.
Day 8 departure
Y our departure by plane must be after 10 am
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What is Included
- · 7 nights bed and breakfast in 3 star hotels
- · Luggage transfers
- · Maps
- · Free Car Parking
- · Route description
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Extras
- · Bike Rental
- · Costs before and after the tour
- · Flights of Ferries to Holland
- · Dinners
- · Extra Nights on request
- · train tickets ( around £15 per person)
- · Ferry tickets ( around £17.50 per person )
- · Travel Insurance
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Tariff 2008
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CEWESTH
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Single occupancy
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£738
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Price per person based on two persons sharing double/twin room
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£493
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Dinners
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£116
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Rental Cycle
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£35
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How to get there
By Pane to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport then by train from the airport to Schagen (1 hours), £7.50 per person.
Important: on the day of departure to the UK the departure-time of the flight must be 10:00 o’clock or later
Getting there by ferry:
1) IJmuiden (Newcastle). By car: IJmuiden – Schagen: 50 km, 45 minutes
2) Rotterdam (Hull). By car: Rotterdam – Schagen: 120 km, 1hour 30 minutes
3) Hoek van Holland (Harwich). By car: Hoek van Holland – Schagen: 125 km, 1.5 hours
Car-parking in Schagen is free.
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