Bike and Barge Holland

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Dutch cycling holidays with a hotel barge

There’s no better way to explore the Netherlands than with a combination of these two timeless forms of transport: bike and barge. Whether you want to visit historic cities like Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht, or to explore Dutch countryside, or both, there’s something for everyone in our range of bike and barge tours around Holland.

Top 3 bike and barge tours in Holland

All bike and barge Holland tours
Amsterdam Round tour.
Northern Tour of Holland Historical cities of Holland

North Holland’s flat polder landscapes

Visit Texel Island’s sandy beaches

Romantic harbor villages incl. Enkhuizen

Ship with max. 96 passengers

Duration of the tour.
travel time 8 days
5 stars
56 Reviews
Guidance
  • Guided cycling: A tour leader will guide you during the cycling days
  • Independent cycling: No tour leader, the ships’ crew does daily briefing, independent cycling
guidance Independent cycling
Difficulty
  • Level 1: easy tours, very flat terrain
  • Level 2: quite easy tours, mostly flat terrain
  • Level 3: requires a higher level of exertion, medium hilly terrain
  • Level 4: for experienced cyclists, hilly terrain with climbs
Difficulty level 1 Difficulty level 1
From €799 p.p.
Details & booking
Amsterdam Round tour.
Southern Tour of Holland Cities and countryside

Bike through the Green Heart of Holland

Historical cities Amsterdam & Rotterdam

Kinderdijk’s windmills & Zaanse Schans

Ships with max. 112 passengers

Duration of the tour.
travel time 8 days
5 stars
98 Reviews
Guidance
  • Guided cycling: A tour leader will guide you during the cycling days
  • Independent cycling: No tour leader, the ships’ crew does daily briefing, independent cycling
guidance Independent cycling
Difficulty
  • Level 1: easy tours, very flat terrain
  • Level 2: quite easy tours, mostly flat terrain
  • Level 3: requires a higher level of exertion, medium hilly terrain
  • Level 4: for experienced cyclists, hilly terrain with climbs
Difficulty level 1 Difficulty level 1
From €799 p.p.
Details & booking
Amsterdam Round tour.
8-day Tulip Tour Springtime, flowers and cheese

Tulips & the Green Heart of Holland

Historical cities of Amsterdam & Leiden

Flower market, Keukenhof, Zaanse Schans

Barges with max. 22 passengers

Duration of the tour.
travel time 8 days
5 stars
27 Reviews
Guidance
  • Guided cycling: A tour leader will guide you during the cycling days
  • Independent cycling: No tour leader, the ships’ crew does daily briefing, independent cycling
guidance Guided cycling
Difficulty
  • Level 1: easy tours, very flat terrain
  • Level 2: quite easy tours, mostly flat terrain
  • Level 3: requires a higher level of exertion, medium hilly terrain
  • Level 4: for experienced cyclists, hilly terrain with climbs
Difficulty level 1 Difficulty level 1
From €1279 p.p.
Details & booking

Charming barges: Your floating hotel

Prepare yourself for a relaxing and enchanted trip as you journey along Dutch canals, waterways and bike paths, looked after by our experienced tour leaders and welcoming crew. No need to check in and out of accommodation every day or two, because your hotel barge travels with you! After a busy day on the bike, return to a hearty meal prepared fresh on board in the galley kitchen by your talented chef.

 

Discover the highlights of Holland by bike

Holland is an enchanting place to explore. Beyond the classic icons of windmills, tulips, cheese and clogs, there are so many fascinating places to discover. Like the living museum at Zaanse Schans, with its turning windmills, or Vermeer’s hometown of Delft.

We have so many tours to choose from: explore a corner of Holland in depth or explore further afield, travelling from Amsterdam to Bruges in Belgium or upstream on the Rhine to German cities like Metz or Koblenz.

 

Tulip tours around Holland

What would a tour of Holland be without tulips? During April and May, when these famous flowers are at their springtime peak, we run a range of 5- and 8-day Tulip Tours that take you to see the famous floral gardens at Keukenhof, the world’s biggest flower auction at Aalsmeer and to cycle among sprawling vibrant tulip fields in bloom.

 

Travel back in time to the Dutch Golden Age

To get a real sense of the history of Holland, when it was a seafaring superpower and pioneer of land reclamation using windmills, try our Northern Tour of Holland. You’ll see windmills in action at the Zaanse Schans open air museum, inhale invigorating sea air as you look out across the North Sea from the dunes at Bergen, and visit shipping hubs from the Dutch Golden Age such as Hoorn, Den Helder and Stavoren.

 

The green heart and the south of Holland

For an adventure rich in both culture and nature, try our Southern Tour of Holland or our Green Heart of Holland Tour. These tours will take you from leisurely cycling through lush green countryside to explore fascinating old cities such as Amsterdam, Haarlem, Leiden and Gouda. And don’t forget the UNESCO world heritage-listed windmills at Kinderdijk! For a truly authentic Dutch experience, there’s no better way to see the windmills of Holland than by bike and barge.