Holland is probably the world's most popular country for bicycle touring. It is the place where you can get everywhere by bike - just like the Dutch themselves do! This book highlights more than fifty delightful bike tours into every corner of the country and sometimes beyond it into some of the most picturesque destinations in neighbouring Belgium and Germany. Each route is described in detail and is illustrated with 2-colour route maps. This 2nd edition has been revised and updated to reflect the very latest route designations.
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Katherine Wilding is an travel journalist who has been touring the Netherlands by bike for many years. She lives in St Helena, California.
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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My boyfriend and I just returned from cycling a loop around the Netherlands, starting and ending in Amsterdam, completing about 1300 km. This guide was almost perfect. Widing's descriptions are very detailed, and she recommends great sight-seeing. We loved the cue-sheets - sometimes the roads were hard to figure out, so knowing the exact numbers of kilometers was very helpful, and handy for ripping out of the book to put in our handlebar bags. Widing also does a great job of recommending places to eat and stay for a variety of budgets. There were a couple of gaps between routes if you want to make a loop; Holland's designated bike routes easily bridge those gaps. I recommend getting an ANWB map of those routes - this will also help you to visually plan out your route. We had a lot of trouble with the Drenthe part of the book; it seemed out of date and/or confusing. I would also recommend more detailed maps of each region, because the maps for each of Widing's routes are not detailed enough. Overall, this book was very helpful and helped us to have a low-stress, interesting, and fun cycling vacation.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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We live in Holland and use this book to create our own tours for when guests arrive. It has all the details you need and wonderful route recommendations. I would never be able to do this so well on my own, even as a local.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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She talk about ALL the details you need, the equipment, the clothes, the type of bike, everything you can or can't imagine, all the trafic signs and the diferent words in Dutch that you can need for you trip.
All the routes are very good explained, with a lot of details, road signs, maps. She includes a lot of tips to make more comfortable your plannig and development of your trip.
Very good decision if you plan bike trips by reading diferent books
All the routes are very good explained, with a lot of details, road signs, maps. She includes a lot of tips to make more comfortable your plannig and development of your trip.
Very good decision if you plan bike trips by reading diferent books
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I planned our recent cycling holiday around the trips in this book, planning to follow the detailed routes as identified by the author. Read more
Published 20 days ago by DavidB
More about Katherine Widing
If you're interested in learning more about Katherine as a person, she's profiled talking about her biking, her bike equipment, and a little about what she encounters on her tours... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Barbara Chamberlain
Good book
I think that this is a very good book, it gives you advises about everything you may need.
I think it's more helpful for people outside Europe. Read more
I think it's more helpful for people outside Europe. Read more
Published 15 months ago by vale
Bicycle Touring Holland
We are planning a vacation in the Netherlands and want to do several one day bicycle trips on our own. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Gary J. Kelly
An exciting guide to exploring a nation where one can travel virtually...
Printed and bound for extra durability on the road, Bicycle Touring Holland With Excursions Into Belgium And Germany is an exciting guide to exploring a nation where one can travel... Read more
Published on February 4, 2006 by Midwest Book Review
An exciting guide to exploring a nation where one can travel virtually...
Printed and bound for extra durability on the road, Bicycle Touring Holland With Excursions Into Belgium And Germany is an exciting guide to exploring a nation where one can travel... Read more
Published on February 4, 2006 by Midwest Book Review
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