Reviews

Amazing trip and guides. Boat was very comfortable and had just the right amount of people & crew. Would do this again. Excellent experience.

The Magnifique III was a very nice boat. The staff were very accomodating. The food was very good. The bikes were in good repair but the daily pace was sometimes grueling with few stops for rest. Lots of farmlands and few other sites of interest while biking. Overall, it was a great way to spend time with family and friends.

It was superb. Fab food, guides, boat. One thing I hated was the lack of independence that goes with biking in a crowd. At times I like to photograph some objects that don’t interest the others. Twice the “sweeper guide” told me to get moving so I don’t hold up the group; I still took my photos but felt rushed and those fotos did not turn out well. Frequently, I yearned to get going while others were still eating lunch. Then when they all were ready to get moving I was feeling like having a nap or rest. On the last day of the cruise I found out I could have ridden more independently! This brings me to another situation; emails from the company went to only some of my group. Despite all that, it was wonderful!

Fantastic trip! Friendly, helpful guides as you cycle along beautiful scenery. Wonderful food and beautiful accommodations.

The entire experience exceeded my expectations! The rooms were spacious and clean. The staff was exceptional — professional, helpful, hard working, and friendly. Food was excellent.

I would like to see more stops and visits to places. That is really the only issue I had. For example when we finished at the windmills instead of going and doing a windmill tour and having a drink we went to the tours center and we were give 45 minutes on our own to visit the town. All the while we could have stopped sort to the center and actually visited a windmill and toured it. I would love to see 3-5 stops.

Our boat/bike tour was excellent from the moment we came aboard. The crew welcomed us warmly, checked us in quickly and made us feel at home. This set the tone for the entire trip. Each staff member made us feel special as they did their jobs with pride and enthusiasm. The stateroom was comfy and cleaned daily. The meals couldn’t have been more delicious. The cycling tours were fun and interesting with expert guidance. Everyone had a ball! Nightly briefings kept us well prepared and excited for the day ahead. Evenings on board were terrific as our group consisted of family and friends we hadn’t seen since our last boat bike tour from Passau to Budapest. Superior service beginning to end. Thank you!

The first leg of our trip was aboard the Magnifique IV for 8 days and it was marvelous. The ship, furnishings and bikes were in great shape, and the crew, guides and scenery were second to none. Plenty of good food and drink, for any waistline. Thanks so much for reorganizing this trip as many times as you did, to make it happen in these unsettled times.

Excellent food,excellent service… thankyou for everthing

Boat bike tours staff were very accommodating during (re) booking and during the trip itself. Jens did a great job of supporting the tour. The route and city tours were great, and the cycling was wonderful. The ship (de Amsterdam) was not well cleaned. Our carpet needed more thorough vacuuming, and we had to have our bedsheets changed as they smelled unclean. The bikes were fine, but had suffered some damage from over cranking of bolts and use of pliers to tighten and loosen, especially on the seat and handle bars. The boat staff made a poor first impression by trying to sell us bike insurance immediately upon boarding, and they were not always helpful in solving bike problems. The food ranged from really good (goulash, fish and roast beef) to terrible (wieners and frozen hash browns as the only hot breakfast on one day). The breakfast fruit was usually a bowl of melon with a few pieces of pineapple and would have been much better with some bananas and berries. We would definitely choose to go with Boat bike tours again, but not on this boat.