Holidays 2024
Departs: Monday 29th April 2024 | 5 Days
Dutch Delights
Tour Price: £569.00 per person
Your Holiday Centre
When you think about Holland, you probably envision windmills, clogs and tulips. Huge fields split up into strips filled with bright tulips, daffodils and hyacinths in the most wonderful colours. Enjoy them in springtime in the flower-bulb region around Leiden. When the flower bulbs are blooming, this may well be the most colourful region in the world.
Amersfoort and its inner city have been preserved well since medieval times. Points of interest are Sint-Joriskerk (Saint George's church), the canal-system with its bridges, as well as medieval and other old buildings; many are designated as national monuments. During medieval times, Amersfoort was an important centre for the textile industry, and there were a large number of breweries.
Tour Inclusions
- All coach travel
- Ferries
- 4 nights half board
- Tourist tax
- Excursions
- Entrance to Keukenhof Gardens
- Train & boat ride
- Courier escorted
Special Notes
- Currency for this tour is the Euro.
- Full valid Passport.
- Insurance.
- To phone back to England: +44 then leave off the zero of your STD code then the number.
- Special requests are put forward to the hotel, and they will do their utmost to accommodate your needs.
- There are no tea/coffee making facilities in the rooms (please bring your own).
- Itinerary could be subject to change.
Tour Price
- Price Per Person
- £569.00
Single Room Supplement: £60.00
Your Accommodation
Kontakt der Kontinenten Hotel
Amersfoortse straat 20, Soesterberg, Netherlands.
Tel: +31 (0)346 351755
The 3 star Kontakt der Kontinenten hotel, a former mission house and monastery, is just 5 minutes on foot from the centre of Amersfoort. The hotel is light and airy with a great restaurant. Their internationally oriented kitchen offers excellent meals, also from the restaurant you have a direct view and access to the terrace and beautiful forest garden.
There are 125 bedrooms all with en-suite, TV, telephone and Wi-Fi.
The lounge serves as the living room, where you can get a freshly brewed cup of coffee or tea for free throughout the day. There are lounge chairs and a large reading table where you can quietly read the newspaper or a magazine. Free internet via Wi-Fi is available everywhere. In the monastery Cenakel there is also a lounge with delicious coffee, newspapers and wireless internet.
In the bar you can relax while enjoying a drink and a snack. In good weather you can stroll with a drink from the bar to the large terrace overlooking the forest.
Tour Itinerary
Day 1: Depart Local Area
After boarding your luxury coach, we depart our local area, to travel direct to Dover for our morning ferry to Calais. We travel through France and into Belgium and then the Netherlands, with comfort stops on route. Passing Utrecht we head for Amersfoort, We arrive at the 3 star Kontakt der Kontinenten Hotel in Amersfoort, where we check-in and spend the next 3 nights with dinner, (3 course with choice of main) bed and buffet breakfast.
Day 2: Keukenhof Gardens
One of the most spectacular gardens in the world can be found at Keukenhof. (Entrance included) Think of Keukenhof as an 'amusement park for flowers'. There are meandering paths, fields exploding with colour as millions of tulips are blooming, and the site has the requisite windmill or two, as well as a variety of exhibits. The number of bulb-growing companies taking part has now grown from 10 to more than 100, but the Keukenhof's character remains unchanged: every year it exhibits the best and most beautiful flowers in the Netherlands.
Keukenhof has become one of the best-known attractions in the country and one of the most photographed sights in the world. A design dating back to 1840. The majestic trees and the pond date back to that time. In the years following, the Keukenhof Estate was further developed into the present 32-hectare park. Areas of beautiful displays inside the many pavilions. Many places for relaxation and refreshments.
After a colourful day we return back to the hotel to relax before dinner. Rest of evening at leisure.
Day 3: Old Holland Tram & Boat
After breakfast we leave the hotel and head north to Hoorn where we will board the famous tram for our included journey through the Dutch countryside to Medemblik, this will include coffee and pastry served on board. On arrival you have free time to explore the lovely town of Medemblik with its beautiful historic centre, before boarding the Museum Ship Friesland for your cruise to Enkhuizen. You will be sailing on what was once called the Zuiderzee. This picturesque town draws thousands of tourists every year. Some love Enkhuizen for its many historic buildings and monuments, others because of its harbour and excellent water sports facilities. From here we make our way back across the Houtridijk, a 27km dike, which separated the old Zuiderzee, now called the Ijsselmeer, the largest inland lake in western Europe. From here we make our way to the mainland and back to the hotel.
Day 4: Windmills-Cheese & Old Holland
Today we visit the windmill village of Zaanse Schans. An open air museum full of traditional fisherman houses and the old traditional style windmills. Visit the cheese and clog houses, see how the cheese is made and even try a piece, and also see how clogs are made. You can also climb the different windmills.
Continuing your journey to the picturesque fishing village of Volandam, where the locals wear the traditional national costume of Volandam. Try the local herring, Paling (eel) or the scrumptious pancakes. The little harbour bustling with fishing boats and a pleasure boat which can take you across to the little fisherman's island of Markham.
After a great day, you return to the hotel for dinner.
Day 5: Depart for Home
After breakfast and cases have been loaded onto the coach, we depart the hotel making our way back to the port and our afternoon ferry to Dover, to arrive home later this evening.
Your driver/guide will do their professional best to ensure that you enjoy this tour. It will be at their discretion to rearrange the itinerary to better the tour for your comfort.