Reviews

The trip overall was a great experience. I have a suggestion for going forward. If possible try to have everyone speak the same language. Our guide and staff had to say everything twice because of the language issue. It also made table conversation impossible until we separated everyone by language. Our room only had half its electric outlets working. The captain said he wasn’t able to fix it. This type of problem could have been fixed when we were gone for 9 hours a day. The food was good and plentiful. No one left the table hungry. The self serve bar had an ample variety beer and wine. The staff were friendly and very helpful. There was a lot of biking; perhaps more than I expected. I was lucky I elected to get an ebike. There were time especially when the wind was howling on the nose that I was grateful I had pedal assist. The staterooms are functional. This is glamping. The rooms get hot and needed a fan which was supplied. I’ll never understand why the Europeans don’t supply sheets and a blanket for the beds. in that way you can layer your covers when you sleep. Instead all you get is quilt like covering that has two sheets and a filler between them. I asked and got the sheet thing with out the filler. Otherwise like the other guests we would sweat all night.

As usual a wonderful tour. My husband and myself participated in our 7th Boat & Bike tour in July cycling around the Heart of Holland. As usual it was a wonderful experience. We live in Ireland and apart from the Covid close down, we have enjoyed a Boat & Bike tour every year. This year was particularly agreeable because the meals on the Flora ship were exceptional to say the least. Eventhough we have done the Mozelle tour afew years ago, we intend returning next year to do it, simply because, it is the route that the Flora ship is doing. So, to conclude I am giving the highest recommendation to Boat & Bike and the Flora ship by returning as a satisfied customer.

All was good. Our guide was not efficient at making sure all the cyclist were present before giving us a talk about local sites. Also there were times when we cycled against traffic on a very narrow street. I had a close encounter when a car clipped my handle bars. We all should have been walking on that particular narrow street. Other than that he was very attentive at meeting our needs.

Great bike tours. Highly recommend an ebike. Interesting sites. Good tour guide. Food on board by chef Irene was spectacular! She deserves 10 stars. The boat was very comfortable and clean. The cabins small but totally functional. The A/C in the cabins and the dining room/lounge was fine. A welcome respite from the extreme heat of Provence in July.

The trip was magnificent from start to finish. The scenery was gorgeous, the guides and crew were outstanding and the other passengers were terrific. I was a bit intimidated by the idea of hilly countryside but was able to manage it without an electric bike.

Enjoyed every minute of it. The boat was very nice and the whole crew very friendly and obliging. The tour leaders were very efficient and when the tour had to be changed from the itinerary due to circumstances beyond their control they quickly found a suitable work around and communicated it very clearly.

The trip was good the company and the crew was very good. The dining room was hot in spite of air-condition Dining outside would be a reasonable solution-but it was not done.

I enjoyed very much the bike trips, the e bikes, the guides and the cabins. The salon of the boat is too small and therefore too noicy and hot for all the group. Owners of the boat should make the arrangement to let people eat on the deck as well. Food was just OK.

We are still on cloud nine after our trip on the Lena Maria through Friesland and Terschelling. I don’t know where to begin without writing a novel. From sun up to sundown day in and day out, this was a trip that was full of amazing experiences. The food, fellowship and good times were all top notch. Hats off to our Captain Eelke and his entire crew for making this our new favourite way to visit The Netherlands!!! We will be back for another tour!!!

This was a nice and pleasant trip with well chosen bike routes. Cabins were clean and staff was very friendly. Food was good, but the vegetarian option had hardly any protein, only vegetables. Only minor point was that there was a case of covid on board and the passengers were not informed on time, which could have caused problems for those who needed to travel by plane or to a location were isolation was possible.