Reviews

Our guides were great. The boat was great. Our daily tours were great. We felt well taken care of. Would certainly book with Boat Bike Tours again.

My man and I thought this Mosel Boat-Bike tour was a fabulous experience. The Valley is just beautiful, with the vineyards, the trees, the birds and the river wending its way through the beautiful countryside. There were many small and charming villages to admire from both an historical perspective and because the buildings, castles and churches were unique. There was plenty of time to sample the Rieslings that the Mosel is famous for. We were provided with excellent maps and commentaries, even though we lost one of our party within the first 10 minutes!! The great thing was our bikes were good quality and we could enjoy cycling and have time to enjoy the tour. The Patria is a grand old Dame with lots of character. Her cabins are tiny with two comfortable single beds and only just enough room for two people, The lounge and dining areas were very comfortable and the places to socialise. The staff were welcoming, friendly, fun and very helpful. Dagmar, our guide, treated us like family – she ensured we all knew what was happening each day and recommended places for us to stop and sample the local offerings! The wait staff in the dining room were particularly well organised and efficient with everyone at our table being served at the same time. The chef produced some excellent meals that we looked forward to at the end of each day! The only issue which was rather annoying was the unpleasant smell of sewage at certain times of the day. Overall would we do this trip again? Yes! Our thanks go to the crew who work long hours to make our trip a success!!

Great crew and good guides.

Top notch outing. Great people, scenery, food, and country. We’d do it again.

The accommodations were ok. The food was adequate but nothing special. The bike routes and bikes were very good. I would have liked more explanation about sites to see along the way. Also, we experienced very high water and so had to alter our schedule. While I understand this was out of your control, more frequent updates as to delays, alternative plans, etc would have been very helpful. In particular a more accurate prediction of our arrival time in Passau could have been communicated earlier. This made it difficult to arrange for our driver who ended waiting 3 hours for boat to arrive. This was our third trip with your company and our first you arranged for us on a Rad & Schiff boat. Our experience on the Rad & Schiff tour was not up to the same standard as our trip on Boat/Bike in 2018.

Absolutely fantastic cycling and sailing trip around the Wadden Sea in Holland. The three mast Mare fan Fryslân sailing ship had an amazing crew who were friendly, polite and talented. They encouraged everyone to join in the sailing if they wanted to do so and were so patient and calm with the gang of inexperienced passengers. Food was great, ship and scenery beautiful. My cycling was transformed by hiring an e-bike and I was able to keep up with my much fitter husband on his standard bike. On balance, he would rather have brought his own road bike but managed ok on the hired one. The holiday was made all the more perfect by the fun we had with like-minded fellow travellers, who were a great mix of Brits, Americans and Europeans. Definitely recommend the whole experience.

The trip exceeded our expectations. The accommodations were very nice, and the cycling was wonderful. Guides were knowledgeable and went above and beyond. They included city tours in the evening after cycling and they made sure everyone, regardless of the cycling ability enjoyed the rides.

Expectations were sky high after our trip last year on the Magnifique II Amsterdam to Bruges which was amazing and 5 star. Arlene II -the food was average with most dinners tasting like frozen prepared foods. Water was only available with dinner if you purchased a bottle. Smoking was supposed to be done only on the sun deck but even after several requests people were allowed to smoke at the doors which allowed smoke to travel down the hallways to our suites. Hotel manager and tour guide were not very friendly or helpful.Entertainment was in German only. Biking was very nice and our suite cabin was nice, We would not go on this particular tirp again but look forward to going again on a trip next year on the Magnifique with friends.

Crew and barge were great. Cabin was nice and clean.Food was good. Guide was good but could have been a little more assertive. I wish he would have told the 3 or 4 people on the tour that always had their GPS out and were telling him where to go, to put them away and just follow him. It was very distracting. I would suggest that on these tours that all cell phones be put away during the ride. No need to be constantly looking at them.Enjoy your surroundings instead!

Excellent organisation and guides on our barge trip