• Meals: Dinner

Today you will arrive in Amsterdam and make your way to your barge for 13.00 to board. Around 14.00 the barge will sail to Vianen, a charming fortified town on the River Lek, where the barge will spend the night. Here the bicycles will be distributed and there will be an option of a short bike ride, to warm our legs up. We’ll then enjoy a delicious evening meal as we get to know the people in the group.

• Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

We’ll start the day cycling via Schoonhoven, known as the Silver City due to it’s reputation for talented silversmiths since the 17th Century, to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kinderdijk and its impressive row of 19 windmills. Make sure you have your camera handy! From nearby Alblasserdam we’ll take our bikes aboard the ‘Waterbus‘, a fast ferry, for approx. 10 minutes, until we reach the historic town of Dordrecht, one of the oldest towns in Holland.

• Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

During your breakfast, enjoy a relaxing sail to Willemstad where you will start your day’s cycling. Willemstad is a beautiful old fortified town on the Haringvliet waterway. Your bicycle ride takes you to Tholen, once an island in the middle of the large Zeeland streams, where many people fished for their living. Nowadays Tholen is connected to the mainland in various ways, but it is still a picturesque village with many relics of an eventful past.

In the afternoon you will once again board the ship which will sail to the port city of Antwerp, situated on the river Schelde. Antwerp is famous for handling up to 80% of the world’s rough diamonds and is a city with a long list of attractions including: the City Hall, one of several majestic buildings constructed during the Renaissance period, the historical City Square Grote Market, the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe Cathedral and the medieval Steen Castle. After dinner you can visit the beautiful old city center.

• Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

After breakfast, we’ll cycle out of the port following the beautiful, yet capricious, tidal river upstream to St. Amands, soaking up the magnificent landscape around Schelde. It is without a doubt one of the natural highlights of the trip. The barge will be waiting for you in St. Amands, where you’ll stay for the night.

• Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Today you will continue to follow the river Schelde to Ghent where the ship will moor for the night. Ghent is a lively university city that boasts a rich history. Since Roman times Ghent’s position at the junction of Leie and Schelde Rivers has ensured that it has been a successful trading port. The city features an Opera House, 18 museums, more than 100 churches and over 400 historical buildings. Major attractions are St. Bavo Cathedral where a number of masterpieces of medieval art including the world famous ‘Adoration of the Mystic Lamb’ by Jan van Eyck are kept, and the 91-metre-tall belfry of Ghent is one of three medieval towers that overlook the old city center.

• Meals: Breakfast, lunch

We’ll leave the city and cycle through the pleasant countryside of Western Flanders to Bruges, known as the Venice of the North. One of the most beautiful Flemish cities, Bruges’ old town dates back to the middle ages and is completely intact; it is also a UNESCO World Heritage listed town centre.

• Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

We’ll cycle out of Bruges, along a quiet canal lined with poplar, through attractive polder landscape littered with small farm houses to the North Sea Coast. Here you’ll find a 12 Km long sandy beach, with numerous cafes. You can also explore the attractive dune landscape of Het Zwin, a unique nature reserve, before heading back to Bruges.

• Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast it’s time to say goodbye to the crew and your fellow travellers, before starting your journey home. Disembarkation is by 09:30am.