Holland 5-day Tulips Self-guided Cycling Tour Level 1

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Region

Holland

Duration

5 days

Guided Status

Self-Guided

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N/A

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N/A - Unknown

Overview

Holland's Tulips Self-guided Cycling Tour is a 5-day tour in the Netherlands. It starts and ends in Amsterdam. The tour highlights the Bulb Flower District, Keukenhof park, and the Green Heart region. It also includes visits to Amsterdam, Haarlem, and Leiden. The tour includes 4 nights in 3/4* accommodation, breakfast buffet, tourist tax, tourist information, 7 days service hotline, and luggage transport to your next hotel (1 piece, 20kg per person). Optional extras include bike helmet, bike theft insurance, and bike breakdown pass. Travel insurance is also available. Notes include a surcharge for stays in Amsterdam on Saturdays and a minimum 2-night stay requirement in Amsterdam on specific dates in April 2026. Extra nights and hotel upgrades are available on request. Daily departures are available from April to mid-May. E-bike rental has a minimum height requirement of 160cm. Nearest Airport is Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS). Parking is available at approximately 35 EUR per day. Hybrid bike rental costs 52 EUR and E-bike rental costs 115 EUR. Car rental and travel insurance options are also available. Day 1: Arrival in Amsterdam. Explore the canal ring area, city squares, or roam off the beaten track. Parking in Amsterdam is difficult. Day 2: Amsterdam to Haarlem (53 km). Cycle through South Kennemerland, visit the Cruquius pumping station, and see the first tulip fields near Bennebroek. Explore downtown Haarlem, including Grote Markt square and 'hofjes'. Day 3: Haarlem/Santpoort to Leiden (38 km). Explore Haarlem's 'hofjes' and the Frans Hals museum. Cycle through the Dune and Bulb Region, known for tulips, crocuses, daffodils, and hyacinths. Option to visit Keukenhof flower exhibition (booking an extra night in Leiden recommended). Leiden is an old university town with canals, monuments, windmills, museums, and botanical gardens. Day 4: Leiden to Amsterdam (63 km). Cycle past lakes, through the 'Green Heart' region, and along the River Amstel, passing villages and country houses. This route is noted for its greenery. Day 5: Return home. The cycling holiday concludes after breakfast.

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Why Choose This Tour?

The Bulb Flower District, recommended from April to mid-May.
World-famous Keukenhof park.
Visit Amsterdam, Haarlem and Leiden.
Green meadows and glistening lakes of the rural Green Heart region.
Cruquius; a pumping station which is an important part of our industrial heritage.
A day dedicated exclusively to those famous floral scenes so you can enjoy them to your heart's content.
The route is quite short allowing for time to visit Keukenhof park.
The last leg of the tour takes you from Leiden across the green meadows and glistening lakes of the rural Green Heart region to Uithoorn; from here the lovely River Amstel will be your guide back to Amsterdam.
Wander around the gorgeous and surprisingly peaceful seventeenth century canal ring area (World Heritage Site) in Amsterdam.
The steam mill Cruquius, Haarlem, is itself a Netherlands 'Rijksmonument' for the steam history of the engine within, and it has also been declared an Anchor Point of ERIH.
The European Route of Industrial Heritage.
It is thought to be the largest steam engine and certainly the largest beam engine ever built.
The reclamation of Haarlemmermeer by means of steam power marked the breakthrough of the Industrial Revolution in the Netherlands.
Idyllic courtyards, known as ‘hofjes’, will set your heart a flutter in Haarlem.
Haarlem is home to the oldest hofje dating from 1395.
The works of Haarlem painter Frans Hals (group portraiture) and his townsmen including Jacob Ruysdael (land and seascapes) and Pieter Saenredam (church interiors) are on display at the Frans Hals museum.
Tulips, crocuses, daffodils and hyacinths are grown here commercially (for bulb export) and temporarily transform the landscape into one of the country’s best loved tourist attractions.
Leiden is our oldest university town.
It has a very busy cultural events calendar and a friendly city centre with canals, monuments windmills and museums.
The historical botanical gardens get special mention in Leiden.
Amsterdam started out as a fishing village by a dam at the mouth of the river.
Known as Amsterdam’s living room, it’s the oldest building in the city.