Cycling Holidays In Holland

No country has embraced cycling so wholeheartedly as Holland. Bikes are everywhere you look and everyone seems to be cycling. Next to the main railway station in Amsterdam there is a multi-storey bicycle park filled with thousands of commuter bikes, and every available railing along the city’s canals is adorned with parked bikes.

In a country where the highest height is a mere 400 feet, cycling is a fairly obvious and effortless way of getting around. Due to this, provision for cyclists is exemplary: cycling paths and special routes abound. Cycling is made easy and pleasurable.

If we add to this infrastructure the factors which make Holland such a unique and fascinating country, we have the basis for several superb cycling holidays. Holland’s rich history is found in its towns and cities where splendid architecture and art treasures remind us of an age when Dutch influence spread around the world. The shape of the countryside is strongly influenced by man in the constant battle against encroaching water. Windmills, canals, dykes and polders are all characteristic of the Dutch landscape.

Freewheel have on offer a variety of cycling holidays in Holland. You can try a single-centre short break, stay on a barge for a week with all meals included, and cycling in the day with your fellow travellers or in your own group if you prefer, or you can stay in quality hotels on our ‘Highlights of Holland’ holiday.

No matter which holiday you select you will come home with vivid memories of Holland, the ‘land of the bicycle’.

Historic cities, easy-paced cycling, with the comfort of a top of the range canal barge

Typical Dutch landscape – windmills, waterways, old ports, sand dunes, and the island of Texel

A varied route taking in Holland’s unique countryside and visiting historic towns and cities