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Holland
Tulip Tour
Allure / Fleur / Iris
4
days
Allure 345,- / Fleur and Iris 395,- pp
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
April
2,
5,
9,
12,
1
6,
19
Rate
includes: 4 days,
breakfast, lunch package,
dinner,
bed linen, bike rental, tour guide.
You
can book this trip as a bike & barge trip or as a cruise. If you
book a bike & barge trip, you can make a bike tour of 20 40 km
per day, accompanied by an experienced guide. If you book a cruise, you
sail with the barge and you use public transport, accompanied by another
experienced guide.
Itinerary:
Amsterdam Haarlem Leiden - Amsterdam
Highlights:
Canal tour in Amsterdam Windmills Zaanse Schans Tulips in the
Keukenhof Dutch cheese farm Leiden
Tulips,
cheese and Dutch history
This
short tour begins and ends in Amsterdam and takes you through the
beautiful, historical cities of Haarlem en Leiden. You visit some
spectacular windmills at the Zaanse Schans. In the Keukenhof, you can
admire the Dutch tulips in their entire splendor. We will visit a Dutch
cheese farm where you can try and buy some cheese and in Amsterdam you
can go for a round trip of the canals.
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Paris Loire Tour
Fleur
14 days
1795,- pp
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Paris
Nevers (Plagny)
September
3 16
Including bus
transfer Nevers Parijs.
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Rate
includes: 15
days, breakfast, lunch package,
dinner, bed
linen, bike rental, tour guide.
During this trip, there are two tour guides. Every day you can choose
to participate in a short or a long bike tour.
Itinerary: Paris
Melun Moret-sur-Loing Montargis ChatillonColligny
- Rogny Briare Beaulieu Sancerre - Nevers
Highlights: Paris Vaux-le-Vicomte Fontainebleau - artists village Barbizon
the rocks of Nemours medieval cities
Ferriθres and Chatillon-Colligny -
complex of locks in Rogny Pont canal de Briare Gien
Sancerre wine Chavignol cheese Nevers.
Royal splendor, three centuries of shipping
and a good glass of wine
This
central region of France seems to be made for a quiet and
relaxed bike & barge vacation. There is much to see, the
land is friendly, but especially the easy pace of life, a mild
climate and the gentle wines make the Loire a lovely region for
a vacation.
During this tour, which starts at Paris, we
first follow the Seine in southern direction. This region has a
rich, royal history and the
castles of Vaux-le-Vicomte and Fontainebleau are
magnificent examples of this past. Just as impressive are the
royal gardens, which the French kings had their royal architects
lay out for them. The perfectly symmetrical gardens of
Vaux-le-Vicomte are a fine example.
We cruise the woods of Fontainebleau heading for the
artists village Barbizon. We follow the Seine up to
Moret-sur-Loing, a cosy village on the banks of the Loing. From
there we follow the canals Du Centre to our final destination
Chatillon-Colligny, a pictoresque town with a medieval fortress.
Later we
follow the upper course of the river Loire via a canal, between
Chatillon-Coligny and Nevers, where shipping knows a rich
history, but where the river itself has become unnavigable. We
are introduced to fine Sancerre wines and famous cheese from
Chavignol. We visit castles and palaces, cathedrals and churches
and age-old villages.
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Champagne Tour
Fleur
8
days
895,-
pp
Paris
Reims: June
25
or Aug
6,
Including bus
transfer Reims Paris.
Reims
Paris: July
16,
Including bus
transfer Paris Reims
Rate
includes: 8 days, breakfast, lunch
package, dinner, bed linen, bike
rental, tour guide
Itinerary: Paris Meaux La Ferte sous Jouarre Chβteau Thierry
Epernay Reims or v.v
Highlights:
Paris Brie de Meaux champagne cellars in Epernay Reims cathedral
Champagne
vineyards along a gorgeous
river
During
this tour we follow the beautiful valley of the river Marne. Along the
way, you have plenty of opportunity to taste the cheese and the
champagne this part of France is famous for.
You meet the Fleur in the heart of Paris, not far from the Notre-Dame.
From there, we follow the valley of the Marne upstream. The first stay
is the city of Meaux, famous for its Brie. Later on we arrive in the
real Champagne region and you bike straight across the vineyards on the
rolling banks of the Marne. We visit the immense champagne
cellars in Epernay, capital of the Champagne region, as well as small
champagne growers, who will be proud to let you taste their best
champagne. We spend a night in Chβteau-Thierry, scene of the American
battles in World War I. Destination is Reims, with its beautiful gothic
cathedral.
Paris
to Bruge Tour
- Following the Pilgrims
Fleur
15
days
1395,-
pp
October
21 - November 04, 2006
Rate
includes: 15
days, breakfast, lunch
package, dinner, bed linen, bike
rental, tour guide
Itinerary:
Paris
Conflans Compiegne St. Quentin Cambrai Oudenaarde
Ghent - Bruges
Highlights:
Paris Royal Palace in
Compiegne basilica of St. Quentin tunnel o Riqueval Belfort
in Ghent round trip of the canals in Bruges
Flemish
History and French scenic beauty
This
trip we follow the trail of the pilgrims to the source of the river
Schelde. Starting point is Paris, where the Fleur is moored in the
centre of the city, near the Place de la Bastille. We cruise the Seine
right through the city along the Louvre, the Eiffel tower and the Notre-Dame. We
follow the Seine downstream to Conflans, from where we follow the Oise upstream
to Compiegne. From he middle ages on, this part of France used to be the
centre of the French kingdom. Later we will sail the wonderful old canal
of St. Quentin, which leads us to the city of St. Quentin and through
the tunnel of Riqueval. From here we follow the river Schelde into
Belgium. We will visit Tournai, which was an important cathedral city
for the pilgrims during the middle ages. Next stop is Ghent in order to
breathe in the atmosphere of the old days in he town centre with its
impressive Belfort and the St. Baafs Cathedral, where you can admire the
famous triptych of painter Jan van Eyck. End point of our trip is Bruges,
with its picturesque town center probably the most beautiful of the
historical Flemish cities. You will get the opportunity
to visit one of its many museums and to have a look at the famous
hand-made Bruges lace.
Flemish
Cities Tour
Iris
8
days
900,-
pp
Amsterdam
- Bruges:
July
8
- 15 - Aug 19 - 26
Bruges:
July 22 - 29
Rate
includes: 8 days, breakfast, lunch
package, dinner, bed linen, bike
rental, tour guide
Itinerary:
Bruges
Ghent Antwerp Dordrecht Vianen - Amsterdam
Highlights:
Round
trip of the canals of Bruges - Belfort in Ghent Rubens house in
Antwerp - windmills
Kinderdijk - Cheese farm
Flemish
hospitality and history
During
this tour, the
historical Flemish cities are central:
Antwerp,
Ghent
and
Bruges. But you
will also get to know a very beautiful part of the Netherlands.
The
tour starts in Bruges
, with its picturesque town center probably the most
beautiful of the historical Flemish cities. Our next destination is
Ghent, where we can breathe in the atmosphere of
the days of old in the town center, with its impressive Belfort
and the St. Baafs. Later we will follow the beautiful tidal river
Nederschelde to Antwerp, the city of Rubens, where you can visit the
Rubens house. Then we will cruise into he Netherlands, where we visit the fortified town Willemstad, which is situated on the impressive wide
Zeeland streams. Once in Holland we will pass Dutch windmills in
Kinderdijk. The tour ends in Amsterdam where there is time for a round
trip through the canals.
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