Reviews

Excellent! We loved everything about the trip.

Everything about our boat-bake tour was superlative. The Netherlands is designed for bicycling, and our barge crew made it easy for us to enjoy every moment. We got daily recommendations that offered several alternate bike routes. We were free to explore and to see the countryside on our own — without having to drag our things around. Meals were ready for us when we got back to the barge by 6, and our cozy little cabin was clean and comfortable.

The de Holland is lovely and freshly renovated. The staff are friendly and go out of their way to please. The food was wonderful, exceeding our expectations. The cycling was also beyond our expectations, with great routes and maps. Margerite was a very good guide, but the unexpected bonus was having Fred along as a guest. He was very kind to accompany the English speaking group on his own holiday, and is an outstanding guide.

Great trip! Loved the new renovations! Great food, lovely staff. The only thing I’d suggest is the ability to turn down the lights at night. The pot lights in the ceiling were quite bright at night…I pulled out a sleeping mask.

This tour was excellent from start to finish. Great value for money. The hosts and guides were very helpful and friendly. The bike routes were very thoughtfully chosen. Food on board was excellent.

The trip was great and we’ll organised my only criticism was central parking although pre-booked we were to be meet.at 9am by a driver who would help with our luggage nobody was there we had to phone several times until finally someone did turn up , because the unfortunate rearrangements they were told the day before they still went to the wrong place and arrived approximately 1 hrs late. This did not for me reflect on the wonderful time we had however this may not be the same for others

Great experience, would highly recommend to all. The crew were amazing and did their best to ensure guests were enjoying their holiday. Cabins were comfortable and clean, but the ship’s quarters are ready for a refresh. Two areas for improvement: 1. Include drinking water at anytime as part of the package. One small bottle of water supplied in the morning was totally inadequate. For a package that focuses on cycling make water available often and everywhere, at no charge. Add it into the price, €3.50 for a big bottle is petty and annoying to all due to the huge mark up. 2. Provide small daily maps for the day’s ride. The large map is cumbersome.

Think about getting the e bike (it can be very windy) and also bring a gel pad for the seat or wear bike shorts . The food and staff are tip top.

A few days before we were to start our trip we got a notice that the renovations on *De Holland* weren`t done, so we would be on another boat–*Andante*–and would receive a 50 Euro on-board beverage allowance as recompense. That was the first good surprise of many on this trip. Our room was comfortable, made up freshly each day if we wished. The only drawback was a sewage smell in the bathroom, which I figured out how to remedy by putting the drain plug in the sink. Smell gone! The meals were wonderful, the staff even more so–helpful, smart, courteous, going out of their way to be of assistance. The boat was always extremely well-kept. The captain moved us from place to place with the greatest of safety in mind–once changing destination because of high winds that would have made harbour entry tricky or unsafe. I`d love to take another tour and hope we get Margriet as tour guide again. Oh–and the routes were great, with solitude (even in crowded Netherlands), beauty of canals, fields, birds. The wind wasn`t bad, the weather was chilly, but very fine for cycling, with lots of watering holes along the way each day.

The leader Margriet was awesome and all team (they made the difference) but the boat Andante not in shape. The instrutions were OK, the meals good