Bruges - Antwerp - Amsterdam

Enjoy Bruges, one of the most beautiful, historic cities of Belgium and Amsterdam, the architecturally and culturally wonderful capital of the Netherlands. Also included a visit to architecturally and cultural wonderful Antwerp where you can visit the famous Rubens House and Utrecht in Holland. You’ll notice subtle differences between the green Dutch polder landscape with water aplenty, quiet roads and villages, the old island world of Zeeland, with fields, creeks, winding dikes and dams, and the picturesque but drier countryside between the Flemish cities of Ghent and Bruges in Belgium. These two Belgian cities experienced their golden age long before the emergence of the Dutch as a mercantile powerhouse.

The mighty rivers in this part of the Netherlands and Belgium are a prominent feature along the route and you’ll be mesmerized by the Netherlands’ own world wonder: the Delta Works, which bears witness to Holland’s on-going battle against the sea.

Highlights

• Cycling peaceful, Sunday morning streets in Ghent
• Stepping into the house of the brilliant artist Rubens
• Washing down a traditional lunch with a Belgian monastery beer
• Following a sand wall dating to the days of mammoths
• Meandering along the river Linge towards Leerdam, City of Glass