Netherlands tours - suggestions?

[CopperBrompton]

Rainy weather is always good for encouraging thoughts of future tours in better weather!

I really like cycling in the Netherlands. I've done London to Amsterdam a couple of times (coming back via Rotterdam), and did the North Sea route up through the Netherlands and on up into Denmark, and am now aiming to come up with a plan for next year. I prefer tours with a specific destination in mind, rather than cycling aimlessly, but a circular route could work fine. Aiming for 500-600 miles.

Any thoughts?

Ben

 

[psmiffy]

yup-I like cycling in the Netherlands as well - relatively flat - good cycle infrastructure - however ive never actually done a tour there - cycled to places through it and back from places through it but I have never considered it as a destination for a tour - why? because with the rest of Europe available on the doorstep - In particular when compared with France - its is relatively uninteresting - I can understand that as a way of getting into touring that the Netherlands would seem to be ideal - however you get more bangs for your bucks the further south (unless of course you can get to Norway) and to some extent west you go - If you need flat then down the Rhine to Basle and train it back or if thats not practical with the trike then a circular tour of Brittany out of one of the western ports or Caen.

 

[CopperBrompton]

The Rhine is also on the agenda, but I'm a huge fan of the Netherlands, not just for cycling but for the people.

 

[slowmotion]

Lovely people. They like the English too. Amsterdam is pretty close to a perfect urban ideal.

 

[Bodhbh]

Tick these boxes?

Google spits out just over 650miles for a direct route, so I guess would end up a bit more with wandering. Bit of potential for border criss-crossing and island hopping too.

 

[CopperBrompton]

Tick these boxes?

I like that idea :-)

 

[Haitch]

I like that idea :-)

Help is at hand. See Ronde van Nedeland towards the bottom of the page.

 

[CopperBrompton]

Help is at hand. See Ronde van Nedeland towards the bottom of the page.

Brilliant, thanks. Rather further than I'll have time for, but I'm sure something can be improvised along those lines.

 

[Haitch]

Brilliant, thanks. Rather further than I'll have time for, but I'm sure something can be improvised along those lines.

More info here.

 

[CopperBrompton]

Bookmarked, thanks