After meeting in Hamburg, the great port city on the Elbe, shuttle to Blockland Nature Preserve for our first ride through marshes and grasslands • Bike all the way into Bremen, where our grand hotel is tucked into a historic city park • Wander the brick lanes of Bremen’s old Schnoor quarter • Bike paths lead us through the Untere Wümme region’s maze of waterways • Pass through artist’s colonies where mounds of hydrangeas and climbing roses shelter thatched-roof cottages. 

Cross into the Netherlands via the fortified town of Bourtange, a fortress gone pastoral with its sod battlements and defensive canals • Relax over lunch at a lakeside pavilion • A local guide takes us walking through the boulevards and squares of Groningen’s grand Binnenstad (Inner City) • Bike paths link the sleepy villages of the Wierdendorpen, built upon artificial mounds in an ancient design for flood safety • Cruise through fields and alongside country canals. 

Cycle between old-growth oaks and windswept stretches of heather in wild Drentsche Aa National Park • Settle into our elegant countryside retreat • A Michelin-starred dinner venue serves up a culinary grand finale • Visit Keukenhof, the spectacular spring garden which opens up its acres of landscaped blooms for only a month a year • Say goodbye to your fellow travelers in dreamy Amsterdam, a capital city which beckons you to extend your trip.