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Tulip Time Highlights 2023

8 days
From Brussels to Amsterdam
5.0
8 traveler reviews

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River Cruise
Scenic waterways and effortless exploration
Fully Guided
An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
Low Intensity
Travelers can expect some light physical activities
Guided in English
Group Size 30 - 160
Ages 8+
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Itinerary

  1. Day 1

    Brussels to Ghent

    Meals
    Dinner
    Landmarks
    Grand Place
    Itinerary Image 1Itinerary Image 2Itinerary Image 3
  2. Day 2

    Ghent

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

    Included Activities

    • Explore Ghent by bike with Adventure Host
    • Guided Sightseeing Tour of Ghent with visit to St. Bavo's Cathedral

    Optional Activities

    • Full-day Guided Optional Excursion to Bruges - explore canals, cobbled streets, medieval buildings, 13th-century belfry of Market Square, patrician houses, and orientation walk of Ghent
    Landmarks
    St. Bavo's Cathedral
    Belfry of Bruges
    Market Square, Bruges
  3. Day 3

    Ypres

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch at In Flanders Field Museum café), Dinner

    Included Activities

    • Visit to In Flanders Field Museum with lunch at museum café
    • Visit to battlefields, cemeteries, memorials and private collections
    • Experience the Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate
    Landmarks
    In Flanders Field Museum
    Menin Gate
  4. Day 4

    Veere

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

    Included Activities

    • Explore Middelburg by bike with Adventure Host
    • Guided Walking Tour of Middelburg including 15th-century Gothic Town Hall
    • Bike to the beach from Veere with Adventure Host
    • Visit to Flood Museum with stories of the 1953 flood and Delta Works

    Optional Activities

    • Explore the town of Veere
    Landmarks
    Middelburg Town Hall
    Flood Museum
    Delta Works
    Itinerary Image 1
  5. Day 5

    Rotterdam

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

    Included Activities

    • See the windmills of Kinderdijk by bike with Adventure Host
    • Guided Tour of Kinderdijk windmills (19 windmills built in 1740)
    • Cruise through Rotterdam harbor
    • Experience Rotterdam by bike with Adventure Host
    • Guided Sightseeing Tour of Rotterdam featuring innovative architecture and Erasmus Bridge
    Landmarks
    Kinderdijk Windmills
    Erasmus Bridge
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  6. Day 6

    Haarlem - Amsterdam

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

    Included Activities

    • Explore Zaandam (free time)
    • Easy bike ride to the beach from Haarlem with Adventure Host
    • Visit Haarlem - explore medieval features, gabled houses, and leafy courtyards

    Optional Activities

    • Guided Optional Excursion to Keukenhof gardens (during tulip season)
    • Guided Optional Excursion to Zaanse Schans to see historic windmills and Dutch houses (outside tulip season)
    Landmarks
    Keukenhof Gardens
    Zaanse Schans
  7. Day 7

    Amsterdam

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

    Included Activities

    • Biking Tour through Dutch countryside past polders, dykes, and centuries-old villages
    • Guided Canal Cruise through Amsterdam past stately homes of the "Golden Age"

    Optional Activities

    • Optional Excursions available this afternoon
    Landmarks
    Amsterdam Canals
  8. Day 8

    Amsterdam

    Meals
    Breakfast
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5.0
Overall rating based on 8 Reviews
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    4.7
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    5.0
  • Guide
    4.9
  • Accommodation
    5.0
  • Food
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  • L
    May 12th, 2024
    5.0
    This was our first cruise and we enjoyed it very much. The ship was immaculate, the staff was lovely, and the food...
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    Traveled in April 2024
  • M
    May 1st, 2022
    5.0
    Great ship, crew, & itinerary. Keukenhof was the highlight, but stops and walking tours of other cities were...
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    Traveled in April 2022
  • P
    April 25th, 2018
    5.0
    Carola was an awesome guide, humorous, knowledgable and helpful!!!
    Traveled in April 2018
  • B
    July 26th, 2016
    5.0
    Avalon is a wonderful cruise ship company. Everything was well handled, the accommodations were lovely--the ship is...
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    Traveled in April 2016
  • S
    July 26th, 2016
    5.0
    It was so easy...like a floating hotel! We could step off most days right in the town/city. Food was great! Loved...
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    Traveled in June 2016
  • J
    July 26th, 2016
    5.0
    Much better than ocean cruising. A pleasure from start to finish. I hope we can do another one soon.
    Traveled in June 2013
  • R
    July 26th, 2016
    5.0
    Absolutely perfect. Ships and staff cant fault anything
    Traveled in June 2014
  • D
    July 26th, 2016
    5.0
    Both cruises were trips I never thought I would take. Excellent food, wonderful rooms, relaxing; saw beautiful...
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    Traveled in April 2013

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