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Holland Lake IJssel bike tour

Duración: 8 Days / 7 Nights
Precio: From 840€
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  • Intro
  • Biking itinerary
  • Additional info
  • Holland Lake Ijssel bike tour self-guided

    With the help of a map and an information package may make the bike ride to the largest lake in the Netherlands, the Ijssel lake. Your route starts in Hoorn. There you will dine in the old harbor overlooking the port and its boats. Your bike ride around the IJsselmeer coast begin towards Enkhuizen and from here the ferry across the IJsselmeer to Stavoren in the province of Friesland will be taken. Your hotel is located in the Weerribben national park, a unique marshland. Because of the many small canals and waterways Giethoorn is often called the “Venice of the North”. It is worth taking a canal cruise with a “punter”.The cozy town of Zwartsluis is located at the crossroads of several waterways. From the top of the old dike shoreline, which now dominates the “polders” pedaling to the Hanseatic city of Kampen and visiting the small fortified town of Elburg and the lively city of Harderwijk. The river Vecht leads you to Weesp, your final destination. From here it is just 20 minutes by train from central Amsterdam.

  • Itinerary lake Ijssel bike tour self-guided from Hoorn (A) or Weesp (B)

    Day 1 (A) or 8 (B) Saturday: Hoorn individual arrival in Hoorn (A) or Weesp (B)

    Arrival at the starting point, your hotel in Hoorn. In the evening you have your diner in a restaurant in the centre of Hoorn. After your diner in a monumental building from where you can see the traditional sailing ships on the Havenhoofd.

    Day 2 (A) or 7 (B): Hoorn – Rijs  35 km / 22 miles 

    After breakfast you leave for your first real bike ride: along the coast line of the IJssel Lake you cycle to Enkhuizen, another splendid port from the rich Dutch past. From here you make the crossing by ferry to Stavoren in the Province of Friesland (± 80 minutes). From Stavoren it is a one hour bike ride to your next hotel in Rijs.

    Day 3 (A) or 6 (B): Rijs – Weerribben national park  45 km / 28 miles 

    From Rijs, the cycle trip leads via Lemmer. From here you ride along The Tjeuke Lake and several tiny rural villages like Echtenerbrug to Ossenzijl. You’ll be staying overnight in hotel ‘De Kluft’ located in the National Park De Weerribben.

    Day 4 (A) or 5 (B): Ossenzijl – Zwartsluis  40 km / 25 miles 

    Just outside Ossenzijl, you cycle in to the national reserve ‘De Weerribben’. Via Steenwijk, the route leads to Giethoorn, ‘Venice of the North’. You can make a cruise on the canals with a ‘punter’ ( a traditional barge especially used on these small canals) or just make a strol in this fascinating village. The next part of today’s trip leads straight across some huge lakes and ends in Zwartsluis, a nice little town situated at a crossroad of waterways.

    Day 5 (A) or 4 (B): Zwartsluis – Harderwijk  70 km / 44 miles 

    You take a small ferry to Genemuiden and cycle to the hanseatic town of Kampen, a town full of monuments. After this town, the road leads to Elburg, a former fishing-town with a beautiful harbour. Your itinerary leads through heath land and forestries and finally ends in Harderwijk.

    Day 6 (A) or 3 (B): Harderwijk – Eemnes  50 km / 31 miles 

    At the beginning of today’s cycle ride there’s a huge area of woods and moorland, which you’ll be crossing till Nijkerk. You may wish to visit the local cheese farm or the steam pumping station and then head for your hotel in Eemnes.

    Day 7 (A) or 2 (B): Eemnes – Weesp  30 km / 19 miles

    Through Blaricum, a villadom, and the Tafelberg moorlands you arrive in Naarden-Vesting. This is one of the finest walled towns in the Netherlands. Following the pictoresque river Vecht, you reach the finish of your tour in Weesp. If you feel like visiting Amsterdam at night: it’s only 20 minutes by train!

    Day 8 (A) or 1 (B): Weesp – End of trip or extension

    After breakfast you leave your hotel for you homeward journey.

  • WHAT´S INCLUDED IN SELF-GUIDED HOTEL TO HOTEL BIKE TRIP?
    Duration
    • 8 days / 7 nights starting either from Hoorn (A) or Weesp (B) on Saturday or Sunday
    Price per person
    • 805€ pp in a double room, minimum 4 participants
    • 170€ Single accommodation supplement
    Departures 2020 from Hoorn or Weesp
    • May: 9, 16, 23, 30
    • June: 6, 13, 20, 27
    • July: 4, 11, 18
    Services included
    • 7 nights stay in different hotels
    • Half-board (breakfast + 3 courses dinner)
    • Bicycle with gears and pannier
    • Detailed map with marked routes
    • Information package
    • Route descriptions
    Additional expenses
    • Journey there and back either from Hoorn or Weesp
    • Bicycle insurance 27€ per person only for self-guided tour
    • Luggage transport from hotel to hotel 101€ pp
    • Ferry crossing Enkhuizen-Stavoren 16€ pp
    Discounts
    • Additional person (adults only) in 3 or 4 person cabin: -18%
    • Children sharing cabin w/2 full paying adults, age 0-3yr: -60%
    • Children age 4-11 years: -30%
    How to book this tour?
    • 25% deposit per person upon reservation, final payment 6 weeks before tour departure. CC payments Visa or Mastercard do have an additional increase of 2,5%.
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IJssel Lake self-guided bike tour

Dificulty:

  • Price: from 840 €/person min. 4 people
  • Type of trip: self-guided on bike
  • Duration: 8 days / 7 nights 
  • Starting point: Hoorn /Weesp Sat/Sun
  • Final destination: Weesp / Horn
  • Total distance: 270 km / 167 miles
  • Bike type: See under “Additional Info”

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