Reviews

First… crew and food rated good to excellent. Ship and stateroom average but we weren’t there for coddling. Second….our trip was a misnomer. Should have been described as Barge and cycle occasionally. In my opinion, many of the cyclists onboard felt cheated on the cycling as we appeared to be meeting the ship’s itinerary and schedule at the expense of cycling. Most days that we were not in the beautiful cities of Budapest or Vienna, we were on a strict timetable to get back to the ship so she could meet her schedule. The visualization that you would be cycling along the Danube in a leisurely fashion while spending time visiting villages and sampling wines and taking in sights along the way was only partially met. Some days you barely saw the river as you skirted farmers fields on busy roads. At best, the briefings were confusing at times in terms of various routes to be taken. I know I sound super negative, but I honestly feel I was not alone in my impression of the trip. I added up the actual time my wife and I spent cycling….19 hours. That included self guided cycling in Budapest and Vienna where most of the cyclists did not cycle, but chose to do excursions. Not what we envisioned! My advice to prospective cyclists…study the proposed trip carefully and see if it will meet cycling and/or sight seeing goals. We felt we sailed too much in order to see cities, and did not get the chance to see the country side along the Danube. Sounds like sour grapes, but I feel strongly about the misconception that we thought the trip might be. Cheers

Magnifique III, Bruges to Amsterdam, crew, guides, dinners, fellow travellers, cycling – AWESOME. Weather – not so much.

Very well planned, great value and experience. Food was excellent. Entire crew was helpful. Ready to go on other Boat and Bike tours.

Fantastic and attentive crew. Fabulous food. Beautiful bike paths. Nice accommodations/boat.

Amazing experience! Our first bike / barge tour and certainly won’t be the last. Accommodation was surprisingly comfortable, food and service was above expectations and the biking, while a little wet and cold, was what we had been looking forward to. We’re not real avid bikers (my wife hadn’t been on a bike in 2 years) but having the option of e bikes and short route options (most days) made it very enjoyable. Would certainly recommend the adventure!

Foi tudo perfeito, o guia é excepcional na condução do grupo. a Tribulação super atenciosa. Adorei. Eliane Assunção

It was a great time. Everything was very nice on board. The tour guides and everyone else were very helpful. The only disappointment was the internet. Seems like they didn’t purchase enough data so we couldn’t get on line in the evening. We were told that the data was all used up

We had a great 2 weeks on two different tours, both with Boat Bike Tours. Everything from the initial booking through to the different bike rides was very well catered for. Both barges were very comfortable with both crews doing everything possible to make our time with them As enjoyable as possible. Both guides were very knowledgeable and took us to places we would not have seen otherwise. All up a very well organised 2 weeks that we thoroughly enjoyed.

This is the third trip I have taken with Boat Bike Tours and it was excellent. Sandra, our guide was cheerful and knowledgeable, the crew were helpful and the other guests were interesting and stimulating. The bikes were in good shape and the boat was comfortable. The itinerary was well thought out with interesting places to visit en route. The only addition that I can think of would be stretching exercises before setting off.

The crew introduced themselves but did not introduce the other people on board so we had to do it ourselves slowly, over the next few days. There were no evening activiities offered so there was a lot of quiet time and it was hard to interact with the other travellers as they were predominantly German speaking. The food was okay — we had fish 3 times that week and I know that some people do not care for fish. I was okay with it but felt that there should have been more meat offered. The boat was comfortable and it was quite thrilling to sail a few times during the week.