Day trips

Are you in Holland for just a short time? Do you want ideas for the very best cycle route? We've made a selection of 'must do' day trips especially for cyclists from abroad, in English. Not only to the touristic highlights, but also to other places of interest, including many areas of outstanding natural beauty.

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City Highlights


Amsterdam highlights by bike

Discover the best of Amsterdam in one cycle tour
Distance: 13 km

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The Hague highlights by bike

Discover the best of The Hague in one cycle tour
Distance: 15 km

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Rotterdam highlights by bike

Discover the best of Rotterdam in one cycle tour
Distance: 16 km

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Utrecht highlights by bike

Discover the best of Utrecht in one cycle tour
Distance: 12 km

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Day trips overview


Alkmaar Cycle Route

Cheese market, windmills and polders
Distance: 24 km

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Amsterdam Amstel Cycle Route

Idyllic rivers, villages and forts
Distance: 54 or 46 km

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Apeldoorn Cycle Route

Het Loo Palace and the Royal Forest
Distance: 44 km

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Arnhem Airborne Cycle Route

Battle of Arnhem - A Bridge Too Far
Distance: 38 or 27 km

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Camp Westerbork Cycle Route

In the footsteps of Anne Frank
Distance: 53 or 44 km

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Delft Cycle Route

Historic town in typical lowland countryside
Distance: 40 or 37 km

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Enkhuizen Cycle Route

Historic triangle along the Zuiderzee coast
Distance: 73 km (in 3 sections)

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Giethoorn Weerribben Cycle Route

Thatched cottages, narrow bridges and wetlands
Distance: 47 km

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Giethoorn Wieden Cycle Route

Thatched cottages, lakes and wetlands
Distance: 36 km

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Gouda Cycle Route

Historic gems in the heart of Holland
Distance: 41 or 29 km

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Haarlem Dunes Cycle Route

Coast, polders and nature reserves
Distance: 40 or 29 km

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Hindeloopen Cycle Route

Frisian lakes and folklore
Distance: 51 or 45 km

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Keukenhof Cycle Route

Tulip fields in springtime
Distance: 38 or 31 km

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Kinderdijk Cycle Route

Windmills, polders and fortress towns
Distance: 43 or 28 km

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Lage Vuursche Royal Cycle Route

Royal palaces and pancakes in the woods.
Distance: 21 km

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Leiden Lakes Cycle Route

A feast of windmills, lakes and boats
Distance: 60, 49 or 36 km

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Linge Cycle Route

Blossom and pretty villages along idyllic river
Distance: 41 or 35 km

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Maastricht Gulpen Cycle Route

Exploring the river valleys of South Limburg
Distance: 53 km

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Maastricht Pietersberg Cycle Route

Ancient quarries and forts along the River Meuse
Distance: 21 km

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Marken Cycle Route

Former island on the doorstep of Amsterdam
Distance: 51 or 45 km

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Middelburg Cycle Route

Exploring the Walcheren peninsula (north)
Distance: 42 km

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Nijmegen Cycle Route

Exploring the head of the Rhine Delta
Distance: 47 or 35 km

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Texel North Cycle Route

Unique coastal nature reserves
Distance: 43 km

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Texel South Cycle Route

The historic heart of the largest Wadden Island
Distance: 38 km

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Urk Cycle Route

Former islands in the polder
Distance: 40 km

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Utrecht Forts Cycle Route

Exploring the New Dutch Waterline
Distance: 52 or 37 km

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Vlissingen Cycle Route

Exploring the Walcheren peninsula (south)
Distance: 49 km

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Volendam Cycle Route

Polders and fishing villages along the Zuiderzee coast
Distance: 45 or 37 km

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Zaanse Schans Cycle Route

Traditional windmills, green wooden houses and industrial heritage.
Distance: 53 or 40 km

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