Bruges to Paris

During this 15 day bike & barge trip through Flanders (Belgium) and northern France, from Bruges to Paris, you will cycle through attractive areas, not yet discovered by mass tourism. This tour is characterized by a wide variation in landscapes and hasall the ingredients a good bike & barge tour needs to explore these interesting regions. The first stage in Belgium featureshighlights like magnificent Bruges as unbeatable start of a beautiful discovery tour, history in medieval Ghent, tapestry in Oudenaarde, Vincent van Gogh’s heritage, a nice Belgium beer at end of your daily cycling tour. Highlights in France are World War I battle fields and memorials in the Somme valley, the Chateau de Chantilly and its art gallery the Musée Condé that houses one of the finest collections of paintings in France, and – last but not least – beautiful Paris, the “City of Lights”.

The cycling tours go over gently forested undulations and across open farm land, along the rivers Scheldt, Somme, Oise andSeine; the Belgian-French border also appears to be more or less the watershed between the river basins of Scheldt and Seine.

We advise you to arrive one day earlier to Bruges, so that you will have plenty of time to discover this interesting city.

Highlights

• Wander around Medieval towns in Belgium
• Biking country lanes past castles and abbeys
• Be ready to be amazed in the Musée Condé
• Follow Vincent Van Gogh’s last footsteps in Auvers-sur-Oise
• Cruising the river Seine into Paris