Bike & Boat Golden Circle

Through the rich heritage of Holland

The Zuiderzee is irrevocably linked to the period in Dutch history called the Golden Age: the period in the 17th century when Holland was a powerful seafar-ing and trading nation. Dotted around the Zuiderzee are towns whose names were house-hold words in both hemispheres: Monnickendam, Hoorn, Vollen-hove, Harderwijk and of course Amsterdam at the centre of the web, all bear witness to their rich pasts.
In the space of a week you will pass through four different land---scapes: the archetypical Dutch polder area with its windmills and drainage ditches, in the province of Overijssel the marshy region of National Parc 'de Weer-ribben', the heathed and wooded area of the Veluwe and the unique lake and peat bog region around the rivers Vecht and Amstel.


The route from day to day +km (FGC)
SAT Amsterdam, embarkation at 4 PM near Central Station, short round trip 20km
SUN Amsterdam - Hoorn 50km; or go ashore in Volendam 27km
MON Hoorn - Enkhuizen 27km, an afternoon visit to the Zuiderzee museum*
TUE Vollenhove - round trip Weerribben and Giethoorn 45km
WED Vollenhove - sailing to Roggebotsluis and then biking to Harderwijk 45km, it is possible to shorten the route
THU Harderwijk - Spakenburg 24/46/59km
FRI Spakenburg - Amsterdam 49/61km
SAT Amsterdam, debarkation before 10 AM near Central Station
1 km = 0,62 miles
 

 

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