Itinerary

Individual journey to Enkhuizen. Embarkation in the afternoon. Perhaps you still have time for a first short walk through the pretty historic harbour town with its charming old town.

Today you get to know the pretty harbour town on the shores of the IJsselmeer and its beautiful surroundings. The rich history of the town can still be experienced on a walk through the old town with its numerous villas, canals, churches, town walls and harbours. Tip: A visit to the Zuiderzee Museum is highly recommended.
Zuiderzee Museum.
If you would like to make a day trip to Amsterdam: Enkhuizen railway station is within walking distance of the berth. Train connections to Amsterdam and back every 30 minutes. Journey time approx. 1 h (train ticket not included).

Morning boat trip across the IJsselmeer to Lemmer with its historic old town and pretty gabled houses. Start of the cycle tour: Via Oosterzee Buren to the Tjeukemeer and via Munnekeburen, Scherpenzeel and Schoterzijl back to Lemmer. Tip: Visit the world's largest steam bailer still in operation, "Woudagemaal".

By bike to Sondeler Leien Lake, from there through the Rijsterbos forest area, past the Mokkebank (bird reserve) to Roode Klif in Stavoren. From there a boat trip to Oudeschild to the island of Texel.

Cycle round trip on the largest Dutch North Sea island Texel. Different routes approx. 29/32/47/70 km are available. Around 5:30 pm boat trip to Den Helder.

In the morning you cycle through the dunes to Alkmaar. You have the option to get back on the boat in St. Maartensvlotbrug and cycle to Alkmaar or to start the cycle tour in St. Maartensvlotbrug.

From Wormerveer you start in the morning to the open-air museum Zaanse Schans (windmills, old Dutch village, cheese-ri and much more). Then you continue towards Volendam. Shortly before, you have the opportunity to visit a cheese dairy in Katwoude. Here you can see how Gouda cheese and the traditional Dutch clogs are made. Via Volendam, known as a traditional fishing village with typical authentic houses, you cycle to Hoorn. You should take some time for a short visit to the historic old town with its many 17th century buildings (e.g. the harbour tower or the warehouses on the old quay).

Early morning boat trip to Enkhuizen. Arrival around 08:00 hrs. Disembarkation and departure by 09:00.

Tour character

Easy

Almost all of the cycle tours can be classified as "easy".

Prices & Dates

Prices per person in EUR

Services & extras

Services

Included Services

7 nights in outside cabins of MS Serena, shower/WC in the booked cabin category
Programme according to routing from/to Enkhuizen
Welcome Drink
Room cleaning every day
Changing of towels and bed cloths if wanted
Full board consisting of 7x breakfast buffet, 6x lunch snack on board (non-cyclists) or lunch package for cycle tours, 6x coffee or tea in the afternoon, 7x 3-course-dinner
All charges for harbours, bridges and locks
Daily meeting for the cycling tours
Printed instructions and detailed maps for daily individual bike tours (1 per cabin)
Tour guide

Not included Services

Journey to and from Amsterdam
parking fees
shuttles
bike rental
entrance fees and excursions
ferry tickets
drinks on board
tips
travel insurances

Arrival/Parking

Free parking at the railway station in Enkhuizen, directly at the harbour, within walking distance of the berth. No reservation possible.

Important remarks: Your journey to and from Amsterdam will be individual.

Basically, we reserve the right to make changes of routing and program. If there is low or high water and a route cannot be shipped, the captain reserves the right to change the route in view of your safety (this cannot be accepted as a reason for free withdrawal).

The interior of the ship is a non-smoking zone: smoking is only allowed on the sun deck.

Embarkation: from 3 to 4:30 pm

Disembarkation: after breakfast by 09:00 am.

Bicycles on board: 7 gears unisex trekking bicycles with normal mount (ladies model) and 8 gears E-Bikes with normal mount (ladies model). Brand: Velo de Ville. Each with hand brake, coaster breaking hubs or freewheel hubs (subject to availability - please indicate as non-binding customer request when booking) and pannier bag. E-bikes are available after prior request and at limited number only. Please indicate your body height when you book.

To bring your own bike: on request only – due to lack of space on sundeck.

Cycle tours: all distances are “approximate distances” of recommended bike tours. When a guest does not want to cycle one day, she/he can skip the bike tour and relax on board while cruising to the next harbour. The bike tours are individual, at your own pace, without a tour guide, but with daily briefings on board and detailed bicycle maps and directions. Nearly all cycle tours can be classified as being easy.

Languages on board: German, English

Excursions: we offer a small excursion program, that can be booked directly on board at the cruise director only. You will get a brief description together with your travel documents. Depending on the number of participants some excursions could be carried out in 2 languages (German/ English).

Luggage: we recommend: rainwear, bicycle helmet, sunhat and sneakers.

Travel documents: EU-citizens (without special situations like dual citizenship, main residence abroad or a limited-validity passport) are required to have a valid passport or ID-card, not expiring within six (6) months of the return of your cruise. We kindly ask non-EU citizens, EU-nationals with multiple citizenship or anybody who has to respect special legal entry requirements for the country to visit, to inform about visa and entry documents at the competent embassy.

This trip is not suitable for guests with reduced mobility.

Further information

Further important information according to the package travel law can be found here!