North - Holland Tour

On this tour you will find the typical Dutch landscape of polders, mills, and harbors.Many of the windmills are still working. You can get a feel for the Dutch atmosphere in Enkhuizen, Hoorn, Edam and Volendam You'll sail to Texel, an island wich is extremely bike friendly and has a magnificent nature reserve. Back on the mainland the route brings you to Holland's most beautiful dune area. These are also the only kilometers you will be cycling above sea level! Alkmaar will provide a good picture of ancient times. It is the capital of Dutch cheese with its own cheese market and weigh house for cheese. In Zaanse Schans, a lovely little hamlet on the banks of the river Zaan, the mills, houses, shops and traditional Dutch crafts bring the past to life.