Rotterdam windmills countryside on wheels - bike tour around city
About this experience
PLEASE KNOW - THIS IS NOT PRIVATE TOUR ! MAXIMUM PARTICIPANTS PER GROUP IS 4 PERSONS ! MULTIPLE GROUPS COULD BE COMBINED! It would be an anti stress therapy. 4 hours bike drive through polders with “obligatory” beer stops! Experience unforgettable and feeling, encounter yourself with pure Dutch nature. Breathe fully fresh air, listen to birds chirping and rustling of tree branches, enjoy smell of grass and field flowers, feel mental freedom and liberty far away from urban places. Marvel greenery, forests, never-ending fields, lakes, canals and bridges, old windmills, exotic but friendly wild and domestic exotic animals such horses, sheep, cows, fawns, ducks , storks freely walking trough the fields and and floating along canals Ride your e-bike along river Rotte and polders crossing the locks, dams and water barriers. Reach the lowest points of “the land under the sea level” at -7,67 m (ca. 25 feet) under the sea level
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What's included
- tour guide services
- drink within or after the tour
Not included
- Lunch
- Souvenirs
Itinerary
- 1
Landscaped city park from 1929 with shaded paths, tennis courts & a cafe, plus food truck festivals
- 2
Pass byLarge city park in western part of the city , newer date recreation area and place for rest and promenade with many kinds of ’’friendly’’ wild animals such deer, fawns, different kind of birds
- 3
City park in north-western part of the city known as habitat area of 5 different kind of bats - the shaggy pipistrelle, the late-flying bat, the red bat, the common pipistrelle and the water bat
- 4
Popular Rotterdam citizens picknick, relaxing, biking and strolling lake area with South Holland farmhouse from 1666.
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The 46 hectare large lake formed due peat extraction within 17th and 18th century in nowadays an attractive residential and recreational area by wealthy Rotterdam residents. Sailing and rowing are still widely practiced activities.
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A lake located in the suburb of Kralingen in Rotterdam created due to peat extractions surrounded by forest. The water is mainly used for watersport, fishing and recreational activities.
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The first and the oldest city park from 1769 build up near by the oldest port in Rotterdam. In old time this part of the city hosted whale fat proceeding and making lamp oil.
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Atypical tree-looking buildings with cube-shaped apartments on the top of the supporting columns. Because of its form only 3/4 of the inner space is suitable and usable for common living
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Modern architecture pearl, the main railway station of Rotterdam city receiving an average of 170 000 passengers daily. One of the greatest city’s architectural highlights
Good to know
- · Public transportation options are available nearby
- · Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- · Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- · Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Where it starts
Rotterdam
It front of the Train Station building
Map shows the general area. You'll get the exact meeting point and directions with your confirmation.
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