Alphen-Amsterdam-Haarlem-Leiden-Delft-via Rotterdam-Alphen
Step on board our mini-cruiser and experience the provinces South and North Holland on cycle and boat tours. We will experience the colourful, typical Dutch landscape and moor in century-old cities full of life and conviviality. We will visit Amsterdam, Haarlem, Leiden and the porcelain city Delft. A highlight is sailing through Rotterdam and admire the skyline from the water.
Saturday: Alphen a/d Rijn
Embarkation in Alphen a/d Rijn at 16.00 'o clock. Over a cup of coffee, the crew will welcome you and our travel program will be introduced. After dinner, you can walk along the Rhine into the centre of Alphen.
Sunday: Alphen-Amsterdam
Our first boat cruise will go through the centre of Alphen, over the Aarkanaal and the beautiful Amstel to Amsterdam. On our way, our cycle tour will start along the picturesque lakes and through the lake area with Amsterdam as today's destination, where the Ali-B2 is already waiting for us. Enjoy an evening walk along the famous canals into the centre and don't miss the experience of a canal tour by night!
Monday: Amsterdam-Haarlem
Today we will start our day with a particularly varied boat tour: We will sail through the main canals of Amsterdam, the harbour area and on the North Sea canal. We will pass by a lock in Spaarndam and reach Haarlem.
The cycle tour in the afternoon will guide us through the nature reserve Kennemer Dunes to the North Sea.
In the evening, it is time for a shore leave into Haarlem. This old Dutch city is full of big and small charming sights, like fascinating towers, quiet living courtyards, pediments and their unique marketplace with the late Gothic St. Bavokerk.
Tuesday: Haarlem-Leiden
We will leave the picturesque Haarlem on the Spaarne, whereby countless historical bridges have to open for us. We will continue on the Ringvaart of the Haarlemmermeer and the Kagerplassen to Leiden, today's destination.
In the afternoon, we will follow the Kaag-route on our bicycle, a beautiful lake tour along countless windmills.
The well-preserved old town of Leiden invites you for an evening walk.
Wednesday: Leiden-Delft
Look forward to a varied cruise on the Vliet and Schie through several still manually controlled bridges and the small lock of Leidschendam. In a slow pace, we will pass by lovely parks, manor houses with beautiful gardens and farms built in traditional style.
We will moor in the historic Delft and jump on our bicycles, to explore the surroundings of Delft.
Since the time that Johannes Vermeer painted his well known painting "View of Delft", the silhouette of this old-Dutch city has hardly changed. Proud centuries-old patrician houses flank the narrow, treeline canals. Delft is also referred to as "Small-Amsterdam". We can finish the day in an atmospheric way with an evening walk along the canals to the market place with its many terraces or a boat tour through the canals passing underneath picturesque arched bridges.
Thursday: Delft-Rotterdam-Alphen
We will leave for our cruise on the Schie towards Rotterdam. After passing the Rotterdam's Parksluizen (locks) we will admire the imposing skyline of Rotterdam. Over the Nieuwe Maas, Dutch IJssel, Gouwe and the Old Rhine we will reach our home port Alphen. Subsequently we will cycle through Alphen's surroundings past old farms and through low-lying polder areas surrounded by small waterways. We will finish this eventful week with our traditional Captain's Dinner.
Friday: Individual departure after breakfast
