Sail & Bike Tours

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Dutch & Mediterranean adventure in comfort

Perhaps you’re an avid cycle tourer or have taken a bike and barge trip before… but have you ever heard about sail & bike tours? As the name suggests, these combine the best of cycling through beautiful landscapes with the feeling of adventure that can only come with voyaging on a sailing ship with the salty wind blowing through your hair.

But they’re also so much more.

Our unique sail & bike tours are comfortable adventures: All of our vessels offer you first-class accommodation onboard, with private facilities, cozy cabins, and delicious dining, as well as a hospitable and experienced crew. You’re more than welcome to help hoist the sails if you feel like it, or you could decide to simply sit back and enjoy the sea views as you sail onwards to your next destination and plenty of excellent cycle touring!

Sail & Bike tours

All tours
Milazzo Round tour.
Sicily + Aeolian Islands The heart of the Mediterranean sea

In the heart of the Mediterranean Sea

Visit 5 Aeolian Islands

Explore UNESCO World Heritage landscapes

Barge with max. 12 passengers

Duration of the tour.
tijd2 Created with Sketch. 8, 11 days
5 stars
3 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 2 Difficulty level 2
Enkhuizen Round tour.
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Sail & Bike Wadden Sea Comfortable adventures, island hopping

Discover the Wadden Sea by bike & ship

Pretty harbor towns Enkhuizen & Stavoren

Texel & Terschelling islands bike trips

Sailing ship with max. 26 passengers

Duration of the tour.
tijd2 Created with Sketch. 8 days
5 stars
54 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
Amsterdam One way tour. Possible in both directions. Zaanse Schans
8-day Sail & Bike Tulip Springtime, tulip areas, cheese

A sailing adventure on a three-/four-mast ship

Tulip fields in South & North Holland

Visit the Wadden Island of Texel

Sailing ships with max. 38 passengers

Duration of the tour.
tijd2 Created with Sketch. 8 days
5 stars
21 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
Copenhagen Round tour.
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Denmark and Sweden Beautiful areas and cities around the Øresund

Visit Copenhagen and Malmö, among others

Helsingborg and Landskrona, the islands of Ven and Møn

Guided cycling tours, international group

Three-masted sailing ship with max. 32 passengers

Duration of the tour.
tijd2 Created with Sketch. 8 days
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 3 Difficulty level 3
Amsterdam Round tour.
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Sail & Bike IJsselmeer + National Parks Bike tour along Lake IJsselmeer coast

Raise the sails along IJsselmeer’s coast

Picturesque harbor towns like Stavoren

Gentle rides in Weerribben National Park

Sailing ship with max. 24 passengers

Duration of the tour.
tijd2 Created with Sketch. 8 days
5 stars
13 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
Porto Santo Stefano Round tour.
Sail & Bike Tuscany Cycling through Tuscany and Islands

Tuscany and its breathtaking scenery

Picturesque medieval towns and beaches

Islands of Elba and Giglio

Tallship with max. 34 passengers

Duration of the tour.
tijd2 Created with Sketch. 8 days
4 stars
4 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 3 Difficulty level 3

Discover the Netherlands with sail & bike tours

Nautical Netherlands — our home turf — is the perfect place to try out a sail & bike tour as we know all of the best coastal highlights and top bike excursions like the back of our hands.

Take, for example, the IJsselmeer, the Netherlands’s largest lake, which actually used to be part of the Zuiderzee bay before the Dutch closed it off. We offer two voyages of discovery along the coasts of the IJsselmeer, stopping off in historic harbor towns like Stavoren and Volendam and taking in the lovely wetlands of the Weerribben National Park.

You could opt for the sail & bike tulip tour to the spring blooms close to the coasts of South & North Holland, as well as to the bike-friendly Wadden Island of Texel. Or nature lovers could depart on the Wadden Sea tour, hopping between the Terschelling and Texel islands and picturesque trading towns as you traverse the Frisian Sea, Wadden Sea, and the IJsselmeer.

Sail & bike tours under the Tuscan sun in Italy

Those wanting to focus more on sunshine, southern cuisine, and the Dolce Vita will be better off on our central Italian tour — a sail and bike adventure through Tuscany. Cycle through painterly landscapes in Tuscany’s rolling hills, stopping in ancient villages, vineyards and every night at the sailing ship Atlantis, which will await you in Medierranean ports.