Northern Holland and Friesland, MS Serena

Check-in on board in the afternoon. Embarkation at 3 pm. Maybe you will take some time forexploring the city of Amsterdam and a shopping tour. At 5:30pm MS SERENA will leave Amsterdam for Hoorn with its historical old part of town.

Hoorn is an ancient city in which you can still find many buildings dating back to the 17thcentury (e.g. the Regentur of Westfriesland – today a museum -, the town’s scales at the Rodesteen, the harbour tower as well as the storage houses at the old quai). Today you are cycling from Hoorn to Enkhuizen. Tip: you should visit the Zuiderzeemuseum.

Today you are shipping over the IJsselmeer to Lemmer. You are starting your roundtrip by bike: over the Oosterzee Buren to the Tjeukemeer, further to Munnekeburen, then around the Rottige Meente over Scherpenzel and Schoterzijl back to Lemmer with its historical old part of town and beautiful gable houses.

Tip: Optional visit of the largest still-functioning steam pumping station in the world, “Woudagemaal”.

You are going by bike to Sondeler Leien Lake, from there you are going through the woods of Rijsterbos past the Mokkebank (a birds’ reservation) to the Roode Klif at Stavoren. From there you are cruising to Oudeschild on Texel.

You are going on a round trip by bike on the biggest North Sea Island of the Netherlands – Texel. There are numerous routes you can choose ffrom. Tip: We also recommend you to visit the beer brewery of Texel. Around 6 pm shipping back to Den Helder.

In the morning you are cycling through the dunes to Alkmaar. It is possible for you to go on board the MS SERENA in St. Maartensvlotburg and cruise the rest of the way to Alkmaar. As an alternative, you can also start your bike tour in St. Maartensvlotburg.

In the morning you have the opportunity to visit the cheese market in Alkmaar(ca. Apr to Sep). At midday we are shipping to Wormerveer from where you shouldcycleto the open-airmuseum Zaanse Schans (wind-mills, ancient Dutch village, cheese factory, etc.). You are cycling through the recreational area Twiske to Amsterdam. Tip:In the afternoonyou shouldtake part in a “Grachtenrundfahrt” (shipping on the channels of Amsterdam in small boats).

After breakfast checkout until 9:00 amand we are saying goodbye – have a safe journey.