Boat Bike Tours has announced additional tulip tour departures for spring 2026 in the Netherlands. Between late March and early May, 54 departures across six itineraries are available with a variety of tour lengths, boat choices and biking styles. Groups and charters are also welcome.
The company’s tulip tours range from five to eight days. The five-day trips are ideal for those who want to fit the experience into a longer trip, while the eight-day tours travel farther, to destinations that are less visited but no less scenic. Tours include:
- Five-day “Tulip Tour” and five-day “Tulip Tour Premium”
- Eight-day “Tulip Tour” and eight-day “Tulip Tour Premium”
- “Springtime Tulips and Dutch Highlights Tour”
- Eight-day “Sail & Bike Tulip Tour”
Premium tours offer a higher level of comfort aboard the boat. All tulip tours are roundtrip from Amsterdam and visit the Keukenhof gardens, known for their millions of blooming tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and other flowers. As guests bike among the many other tulip fields of North and South Holland, depending on the itinerary, they may also see the largest flowering bulb field in the world near Den Helder, the largest flower auction in the world in Aalsmeer or the Hortus Bulborum garden in Limmen, which is dedicated to the preservation of rare and historic bulbs.
Every tour visits the Zaanse Schans heritage site, with windmills that still operate, traditional houses, an old-fashioned grocery store, clog maker, cheese farm, and more. Zaandam and its windmills, the Schermerhorn windmill museum, a cheese farm in Zoeterwoude, the Dutch cheese capital of Alkmaar, and the cheese towns of Gouda or Edam are also on itineraries.
The tours also feature towns such as Haarlem, Leiden, De Rijp and Hoorn, dunes along the North Sea, the Wadden Sea island of Texel and the IJsselmeer.
Boats that serve as floating hotels on tulip tours include barges, cycling cruise ships and classic schooners. Barges are small but comfortable with a casual atmosphere, styling that ranges from practical to boutique, well-appointed cabins and excellent dining. Cycling cruise ships are larger and more modern and for those who enjoy amenities such as more spacious lounges, bars and restaurants with panoramic windows and a partially covered rooftop deck for relaxing. Two-, three- and four-masted schooners offer a true sailing adventure with nautical styling and deck space to watch the sea from.
While most tulip tours are guided, for casual riders who prefer to follow a leader, one itinerary offers independent biking, for seasoned cyclists who want to go their own pace. On guided tours, a professional tour leader accompanies guests as they visit destinations along the way, explaining local history and culture. Travelers on the independent tour ride at their own pace with printed route descriptions, detailed cycling maps and the Ride With GPS app. The tour leader also rides the route and can be reached by phone if needed.
With both, guests receive an evening briefing about the next day’s ride.
For more information, call 203-814-1249 or visit www.boatbiketours.com/tulip-tours.
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