Reviews

Our guides were wonderful. They provided a fulfilling week on the bikes and facilitated all aspects of the tour, making it totally stress free. The e-bikes were top quality and worked great. The Bellezza is a great boat with a friendly and helpful crew.

Our group of ten women had a fabulous trip from Bruges to Amsterdam. The crew couldn’t have been better-they took great care of us. Excellent food, comfortable rooms (and beds and pillows), and a beautiful ship. The biking was such fun (maybe with the exception of riding in busier cities, but we made it!). A nice variety of stops as we made our way through countryside and small towns. If this trip is representative of all Boat Bike Tours, I can highly recommend them and look forward to my next trip biking and barging.

The rooms were too humid and towels weren’t changed for several days. It won’t be long before the boat has fungus issues. It was certainly a poor experience given the cost was more than our Amsterdam to Bruges ride 2 years ago. The food and service was acceptable and up to the standard we expected. We had about 30 riders but the two tour guides didn’t break the groups up with sweepers and biking experience. Some riders were not experienced and we had one major accident in which one rider fell and had multiple fractures requiring surgery back home. There were also a few other falls resulting in some cuts and bruises as these riders tried to keep up the pace set by the better bikers.Crossing the busy roadways was dangerous with 30 crossing at one time time. Drinks were on an honour system but you couldn’t buy a single glass of wine only a $20 euro plus bottle. Seriously understaffed in which the captain and guides were servers. We only biked 5 days since the first 1.5 days were touring Venus on our own and needed to buy our own dinner (not on boat). Most came to Venus a few days earlier so we had already seen the major sights. The guide did show us something in the morning we missed so that was good. Had we done this trip first we may not have done the Amsterdam to Bruges with your company. I would recommend not offering this tour as part of your tours given the cost since it needs some serious upgrades.The staff were good and the tour guides did a fine job with the itinerary they had to work with. The weather was great so it helped offset the concerns raised. However going forward I am not sure we will do another tour with your company if you are going to contract out these rides.

Exceptionally organized and managed trip, well designed quiet rooms, experienced and knowledgeable guides. The guides and staff were attentive to our needs and wants. Great planning for breaks during the rides. We really enjoyed the extras that weren’t mentioned in the itinerary such as the beer tasting and the night walks with our guides and sometimes local guides. WONDERFUL food and beautiful ship.

From the moment we stepped on board we were treated to great service and food. Our guides, Corrie and Mieke, lead us well and had a fun sense of humor, the crew worked hard to keep everything running smoothly, our chef fixed delicious meals nightly and of course our Captain kept us safely on course! I rented an ebike and I had never used one before. I enjoyed riding it. I was in a single cabin and was pleasantly surprised how comfortable it was and I didn’t feel cramped. The only thing I would suggest is adding a small shelf or corner shelf by the outlet and head of the bed because the single cabin doesn’t allow for a side table. All in all, I had a great time and met wonderful people.

The cabin isn’t clean & the overall schedule could be more organised & efficient, especially when we compare ioue experience in Cochem -Metz.
However, the food in AVE Maria is excellent, first class chefs.

Croatia was beautiful and our boat (Princess Diana) was also very nice. We had some wonderful fellow bikers/travelers and our guides, Anna and Lea were also super. I would highly recommend this trip but please know that most of biking is on roads.

Enjoyed this trip very much; good vistas during the rides, and nice overnight ports. The guides were excellent as were our fellow travellers. The boat is quite old, and the cabins a bit small, but it was sufficiently comfortable. Glad we opted for e-bikes; steep hills every day.

Wonderful staff, wonderful food, wonderful boat/cabins! The bike rides were fabulous too!

Great company that strives to put together a complete experience to thoroughly enjoy the biking tours and boat experience. My only constructive criticism of this particular trip was that I didn’t know much more about the Rieslings than I did before the trip. I would suggest an on-board expert talk and wine-tasting the first night or two of the trip (would make for a good camaraderie-building event as well).
And the ship internet was frustrating, particularly when being charged for it.