Reviews

Great trip through southern Holland, our first time on bike-boat. The only downside was the food was very bland – we ate out two nights on trip. Very friendly and helpful staff.

We have just completed the Deluxe Tour form Brugges to Amsterdam on the Magnifique II. The boat was comfortable and clean with excellent staff and the food was fantastic. The Guide-led rides are quite slow and clearly designed for the beginning rider. My wife and I are experienced cyclists and we never did get our heart rates up. However, this pace forced us to sit back and enjoy the scenery. We highly recommend this tour and look forward to returning.

My friend and I had an amazing time on our Boat and Bike adventure. The bike routes contained a variety of interesting stops along the way. The food was delicious. The staff did a fabulous job to make everyone welcome and comfortable. Thank you Boat Bike Tours.

Had an amazing time on the Croatia Island Hopping Tour! Captain and crew outstanding! our guides were awesome.

Well planned and executed trip. The thoughtful touches of all staff were very much appreciated. A special mention to the one we spent most time with, namely Hans – he is a brilliant tour guide and worth his weight in gold! My sincere thanks to all.

Best was to enjoy the French countryside. Able to explore unique museums, family businesses and French bakeries daily. Biking the country and seeing the canal system was delightful. Crew was knowledgeable, efficient, and friendly. Boat was clean and well maintained.

The crew was fantastic and very patient with all of us riders. I didn’t ride one day and that was fantastic too. Food was excellent and bed was comfortable with space underneath to store luggage and other items. I definitely recommend this company and trip. Diana

We both enjoyed our Boat Bike Tour on Magnifique IV very much. It probably helped that we had fantastic weather May 12-19 but there were many things we liked. Our room was comfortable, including beds and pillows. The food was excellent and ample. The shared coffee machines worked great. Staff were all very friendly and helpful, including our guides. The bikes were sturdy and worked well. Routes seemed to be well-planned for scenery and points of interest. Each of our daily rides was interesting. They were just long enough and included as many stops as we cared for. I opted for the “long” ride each day but there really was seldom much difference. At 69 and 70 years old but pretty active bikers we wondered how well our fellow passenger/bikers would do. Would it be too fast or too slow? No. We were neither the youngest nor oldest but fit right in and everyone did quite well. We wondered about how we’d do mingling with others. Everyone got along well and the trip was great fun!

Trip: 11-18 Jun 2022. Southern tour with De Amsterdam boat. Hotel manager is not cooperative to help us store our luggage till 2pm and instruct his team to unload our luggage onto the pier at 1.30pm. He is more concern to ensure things goes his way and is chasing us off the boat as soon as possible. I’ve been in boat and bike for 2 times before and only faced this experience on this trip. In 2 previous trips, we are allowed to store our luggage at the lounge area and this will not affect incoming passengers. We observed his face expressions to be annoyed when the tour guide asked for his help to photocopy the day agenda and he insisted the Boat and Bike tour guide has to pay for the service. All this in front of the us, the customers. Is the boat manager a team player or only care about the boat? On the good performance, the Indonesia and Turkish waiters are very polite and friendly. They provide us more soup when we requested it and they always serve with a smile. They also come and make small talks with us that we become like good friends and we throughly enjoy their company. The 3 tour guide is also great. We have a ebike battery problem and request change. The boat team just ignore us and one of us has to paddle without ebike power for 2 days. When we inform Tom, he immediately take action and instruct that he give up his ebike for us. Observation on the last day briefing, both boat captain and boat manager complimented each other very much but the 3 boat and bike guide was not given opportunity to address the audience. After the captain dismiss us on the farewell briefing, Marielle our tour guide has to take the microphone from the captain to thank the audience for support and welcome us to more experience with other boat and bike tours. We will come back for boat and bike experience in other boats but not with de Amsterdam.

Experience-great Guide-very good Support folks-wonderful including food Itinerary-appropriate and well explained with flexibility Boat-a little small but air conditioned. Would like more space to sit and visit We did enjoy a bit of cruising time that we had one afternoon Extra noted things to see while riding added a lot to the trip. We will definitely consider again for another bike/ barge