Holland Low Budget Holiday

Elfsteden [Eleven Cities] Tour by bicycle
- Best Bed & Breakfast

The 5-day deal known as ‘Elfsteden [Eleven Cities] Tour by bicycle - Best Bed & Breakfast’ takes you and your bike - via specially built and ultra-safe cycle paths - through eleven charming and historical cities, along winding streams, dozens of friendly villages and grand farms, from one lodging to the next.

You will be able to enjoy all kinds of scenery, ranging from vast pasture lands and lakes to the magnificent woods and forests that Friesland has to offer, plus typical Frisian forts and castles, referred to in Frisian as staten and stinzen. The 230 km long Elfsteden route includes more than 200 cultural-historical and scenic attractions!

The price, which includes four nights accommodation (B&B), transport of your luggage from lodging to lodging, breakdown service, tourist tax and the substantial info pack, is just € 305.00 per person on the basis of a two people per room.

NB! The services are provided by Friesland Holland Travel itself which means the highest possible level of care for you and your belongings.

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Accommodation
The accommodation is provided on the basis of B&B at four guesthouses or with families with one or more spare rooms. The sanitary facilities are in the room or next door.

Luggage transport
Participants' luggage can only be transported if the day of arrival is a Sunday, Monday or Tuesday during the period from 1 April up to and including 1 October.

Day of arrival
A Sunday, Monday or Tuesday during the period from 1 April up to and including 1 October.

Start and finish
Lodging in the south of Friesland.

Parking facilities
You can park your car free of charge and leave it behind at the guest house from which the tour starts. The accommodation en route all have sheds or parking areas where you can leave your bicycle.

Bicycle
You use your own bicycle or rent a Batavus bicycle with seven gears and saddlebags from the Rent-a-Topbike range available via Friesland Holland. Friesland Holland Travel also rents out Batavus sports E-Bikes with an invisible electric motor for extra power.

Luggage
Your luggage is collected at the reception every day from 10.00 a.m. onwards and delivered to the next place you are going to stay at around 5.00 p.m.

Route:
Elfsteden route: www.elfstedenroute.nl
Start: lodging in South Friesland - Stavoren* - Hindeloopen* - Workum* - Bolsward* -Harlingen* - Franeker* - coastline Wadden Sea-Dokkum* - Leeuwarden* - Sneek* - IJlst* -Sloten* - Finish: lodging in South Friesland
* = Elfstedenstad (small city with historic centre)

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Distance per day:
Between approximately 60 and 80 km.

Programme per day:
• Day 1, a Sunday, Monday or Tuesday, preparations.
On the first day, participants will meet in the afternoon at a lodging in the south of Friesland. The guesthouses are a couple of kilometres from the IJsselmeer lake and close to two attractions, namely the old Zuider Zee fishing harbour of Laaksum and the Rode Klif [Red Cliff], which offers wonderful views of the land and the sea. The monument there is a reminder of the famous battle near Warns in 1345, where the Dutch tried to conquer Friesland. Count Willem IV of Holland died during the battle. You first full day of cycling (towards Franeker) will start the following day, once you have been properly equipped and provided with all the necessary information.

• Day 2, to Franeker.
You will cycle from Warns or Koudum via the IJsselmeer coastal towns of Stavoren, Hindeloopen and Workum to Bolsward. From there, the route passes through the charming Wadden Sea harbour town of Harlingen to the old university town of Franeker. There you will spend in the night in the authentic Stadsherberg [town inn] or at the equally traditional Oppe Klincke farm. The Eise Eisinga Planetarium and plenty of excellent restaurants are nearby. We recommend that you take time to walk through the historic centre and visit the oldest student pub in the Netherlands, known as the Bogt fen Guné.

• Day 3, to Leeuwarden and surroundings.
Your journey of discovery continues along the Wadden Sea coast towards Dokkum, once a seaport and now the 'capital' of Lauwersland. Do not forget to 'climb' the tallest terp [knoll] in Friesland (almost 9 m), known as Hegebeintum and to go on a guided tour of the 12th century church and hear its story. You will then cycle via the Dokkumer Ee, Bartlehiem where the Elfstedentocht [Eleven City Skating Race] finishes, the Bonkevaart and on to the very attractive city of Leeuwarden. You should definitely visit the charming centre of the Frisian capital which has a wealth of monuments and museums. Do not forget to visit the nostalgic shops in the Nieuwesteeg. You will stay the night in or nearby Leeuwarden.

• Day 4, to Southwest Friesland.
Your journey continues in a southerly direction through the expanse of pastures and terpen to the water gate town of Sneek. From Sneek you travel to the small fortified town of Sloten, the smallest of the towns on the Elfsteden route and indeed the smallest in the world (surf to www.elfstedenroute.nl). You will spend the night at a lodging in Southwest Friesland.

• Day 5, to the finish.
This delightfully varied tour ends on day 5. You cycle through the Gaasterlandse woods and back to the lodgings the tour started from in the south of Friesland.

Extra night:
If you no longer fancy driving home at the end of the final day, day 5, you can always spend an extra night at the lodgings the tour started from. This extra night can be arranged when you book! The costs are 42 euro per person per night incl. a hearty breakfast on the basis of two people in a room.

Route information folder in each room:
• Confirmation with accommodation reservations
• Tour card
• Frysk Fisum (a visa for Friesland)
• Elfsteden Route by bicycle (in four languages)
• History of the Eleven Cities
• Leisure map of Friesland
• An accommodation guide including detailed maps of the areas in which you will be staying
• Friesland Holland Tourist Map & Holiday Magazine showing places of interest and attractions

Certificate:
In order to be awarded the attractively illustrated and personalised Eleven Cities Certificate, you have to make sure your tour card is stamped in each city to prove you were there. You can get your card stamped in any hotel, restaurant, shop, tourist information bureau or local authority office in each of the Eleven Cities.

You have to send the fully stamped card bearing your name and address to:
Friesland Holland,
Postbus 163,
8470 AD Wolvega
The Netherlands

We will send you the certificate within two weeks. The certificate will state your name and the year in which you completed the tour by bicycle. The original tour card will also be returned to you.

Prices in 2010:
Price for a 5 day cycling tour
€ 305.00 per person (based on 2 people per room)

Including:
• 4 nights
• 4 breakfasts
• Tourist tax
• Luggage transportation from one lodging to another
• A breakdown service (replacement rented bicycle or transportation of own bicycle to the bicycle repair shop nearest to the next destination)
• Route information folder (sent after booking and payment)
• Certificate

Excluding:
• Travel and cancellation insurance
• Lunches, dinners and drinks

Surcharges:
1 person per room: +30%

Other details:
• Prices in 2010. For prices applicable in other years please call Friesland Holland on tel. no. +31 (0)561-615364

Additional information and bookings
Travel organisation office:
Friesland Holland Tourist Information and Travel Service
Holland Low Budget
Hoofdstraat West 38
8471 HV
The Netherlands
Wolvega
Tel. +31 (0)561 - 615 364
Fax +31 (0)561 - 617 818
E-mail: info@frieslandholland.nl

Post:
Friesland Holland
Postbus 163
8470 AD Wolvega
The Netherlands

New!
Fantastic 7-day Elfsteden sailing deal

Visit the eleven cities of Friesland
in a luxury launch
Following the skaters' route, from one hotel to another

Sail the Frisian Elfsteden [Eleven City] Route in a luxury 6-person launch with sprayhood (semi-cabriolet). The 230 km long Elfsteden route includes more than 200 cultural-historical and scenic attractions!

You stay, breakfast and dine six times in charming hotels at the water's edge or nearby. This fully mapped out boat trip gives you the chance to relax and enjoy historic villages and towns, the friendly atmosphere, the babbling of the water, the peace and quiet and the fresh air. Friesland is unbelievably beautiful when viewed from a launch. Discovering Fryslân (Friesland) by boat is an absolutely unique experience!

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The launch
An Elfsteden launch is a luxury open launch with steering position, sprayhood (cabriolet cover above the front seats) and storage compartments. It is not a good idea to have suitcases on board a launch so try to bring bags instead because they will fit better in the storage compartments. The Elfsteden launches are a minimum of 5 m and a maximum of 7.25 m long. They are between 2.30 and 2.66 m wide. They have a draught of between 50 and 70 cm and their vertical clearance is between 90 and 1.65 cm.
Standard types: Maril 570, River Cruise 23, Weco 635.

Sailing schedule and route
You will receive these after you have booked, in combination with a route book.

Brief information on the deal
Six nights accommodation in six different hotels on the basis of half board (evening meal, accommodation, breakfast). Detailed information pack on Friesland including the Elfsteden Route, sights and waterways map. The pack will be sent to you well in advance of your departure.

Start day
In consultation.

Start location
In consultation.

Finish location
Same as start location.

Route and speed
You will pass through eleven cities: Sneek, IJlst, Sloten, Stavoren, Hindeloopen, Workum, Bolsward, Harlingen, Franeker, Dokkum and Leeuwarden. The route is approx. 250 km long.

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Number of hours spent sailing per day:
Between approx. 4 and 5 hours at 9 km per hour.

Recommended speed:
Max. 9 km per hour.

To Hindeloopen
People who book this sailing deal are not allowed to sail to Hindeloopen via the IJsselmeer, from Stavoren or Workum, but must instead travel via the inland waterways (from Morra lake).
Vertical clearance of the route to Hindeloopen: 2.50 m.

Harbours, landing stages
En route you will find landing stages and marinas everywhere, for example the free landing places of the intermunicipal organisation Marrekrite. These are all indicated on the Friesland waterways map. When staying the night you can tie up in front of, or near, the hotel in the village or town centre. You will then pay harbour dues to the municipal harbour master. Guests do not have to pay harbour dues at some hotels. This will be stated on your guest information form which you will receive after you have booked.

Friesland Holland Assistance
If you breakdown en route, there is no need to panic because help from Friesland Holland Assistance is available in no time! You will be given the telephone number when you book.

Sailing means taking it easy
You do not need to have a navigation licence to sail an Elfsteden launch. If it is your first time, you will be given all the necessary instructions. Any landlubber with a slight feeling for the water will have no trouble navigating all the lakes and waterways in this easy to operate launch. You just need to take your time and make sure you enjoy the experience.

Immediate pleasure
As soon as you leave the harbour you will start to enjoy the unique countryside, culture and easygoing atmosphere that Friesland has to offer. Your trip will take you via winding streams through all manner of charming waterside villages. You will have plenty of time to explore the famous Frisian Eleven Cities. Although they are referred to as cities they are in fact small towns with a wealth of history and places of interest. The excellent Friesland Holland waterways maps and brochures guide you along the way.

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Elfsteden certificate
In order to be awarded the attractively illustrated and personalised Eleven Cities Certificate, you have to make sure your tour card is stamped in each city to prove you were there. You can get your card stamped in any hotel, restaurant, shop, tourist information bureau, local authority or harbour office in each of the Eleven Cities.

You then have to send the fully stamped card bearing your name and address to Friesland Holland, Postbus 163, 8470 AD Wolvega, The Netherlands. We will send you the certificate in two to three weeks. The certificate will state your name and the year in which you completed the boat tour. The original tour card will also be returned to you.

Aqua Policy
The Aqua Policy available from Friesland Holland is a total package that is your guarantee of trouble-free enjoyment during your Elfsteden launch holiday. The Aqua Policy includes a cancellation insurance.

Payment in instalments
50% of the booking amount must be paid within 14 days of the invoice date. The remaining amount (50% of the booking amount) must be transferred no later than six weeks before the date of arrival confirmed by Friesland Holland on the invoice.

Cancellation insurance
More information on the Aqua Policy is available from Friesland Holland.

Comprehensive insurance
The Elfsteden launches have comprehensive insurance for sailing on Dutch inland waterways.

Deductible excess = deposit
The deductible excess (= deposit) is, of course, payable by the client in the case of the comprehensive insurance. The deposit (between EUR 250.00 and EUR 500.00), which is equal to the deductible excess, must be paid to the hire company when you board the vessel. You will be repaid the full amount if the boat is returned undamaged and clean. If the vessel or its contents are damaged, this damage will be deducted from the guarantee. More details are included in your Aqua Policy.

Cleaning
The hire company will supply you with a clean launch and would like it to be returned in a similar state. If you do not want to clean the boat yourself, the hire company would be glad to do so for a small fee. Details of the costs are available on request. If you do not want to do the final cleaning work yourself, you are kindly requested to indicate this before your departure so that the hire company can schedule a cleaner in good time. Incidentally, it is obligatory for the final cleaning work to be done by the hire company if pets have been taken on board.

Pets
In some instances pets may be taken on board. Please consult with Friesland Holland.

Diesel
When you depart, the yacht hire company will ensure you have a full tank of diesel. You have to pay for the fuel you use. That is why you have to return the boat with a full tank of diesel at the end of the hire period. You can purchase fuel in the immediate vicinity of the hire company.

Hiswa or ANWB contract
The launches hired within the framework of this deal come from a Friesland Holland boat hire company which has a Hiswa or ANWB hire contract. You are required to comply with the terms and conditions of which a copy will be provided. By booking this deal you declare automatically that you agree to comply with the Hiswa or ANWB terms and conditions.

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Prices
7-day Elfsteden sailing deal
‘Sail an Elfsteden launch with sprayhood from hotel to hotel’

Prices per person depending on the number of people per launch:

• 2 people per launch:
EUR 825.00 per person on the basis of 2 people in one hotel room.

• 4 people per launch:
EUR 675.00 per person on the basis of 4 people in 2 hotel rooms.

• 6 people per launch:
EUR 625.00 per person on the basis of 6 people in 3 hotel rooms.

Including
• Hire of 6-person Elfsteden launch for 7 days.
• Short sailing instructions and tryout (approx. 1 hour).
• 6 dinners, 6 nights accommodation with breakfast.
• Luggage trolley(s).

Route information folder:
• Confirmation with accommodation reservations.
• Tour card and certificate
• Frysk Fisum (a visa for Friesland).
• Elfsteden Route per boat.
• History of the Eleven Cities.
• Leisure map of Friesland.
• An accommodation guide including detailed maps of the areas in which you will be staying.
• Friesland Holland Tourist Map & Holiday Magazine showing places of interest and attractions.

Excluding
• Tourist tax, bridge and harbour fees (1 week approx. EUR 150.00).
• Diesel (1 week approx. EUR 75.00).
• Deposit which will be repaid to you if the boat is returned undamaged and clean.
• Excl. insurance (Aqua Policy).

Other details, discount
Other details relating to the deal prices:
• Prices in 2009. For prices applicable in subsequent years please call Friesland Holland on tel. no. +31 (0)561-615364.

Extras available for hire:
• Life jacket (EUR 5.00 per week).
• Folding bicycle with gears from EUR 45.00 per week.

DATA • INFO • BOOKINGS

Office:
Friesland Holland Tourist
Information and Travel Service
Hoofdstraat West 38
8471 HV Wolvega
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 (0)561 - 615 364
Fax +31 (0)561 - 617 818
E-mail: info@frieslandholland.nl

Post:
Postbus 163
8470 AD Wolvega
The Netherlands
Websites
www.elfstedentouristinformation.nl
www.holidays-in-holland.nl

NB!
Do you have your own launch?
If you have your own launch in Friesland, or are bringing your own launch to Friesland, you will not need to hire a launch from Friesland Holland, nor will you require any sailing instructions or any technical services from a launch hire company. The deal price does, however, include all other Friesland Holland services, such as the hotel accommodation on the basis of half board and the detailed info pack with maps, etc.

If you are going to use your own launch, the following deal prices apply (prices per person depending on the number of people per launch):

• 2 people per launch:
EUR 525.00 per person on the basis of 2 people in one hotel room.

• 4 people per launch:
EUR 525.00 per person on the basis of 4 people in 2 hotel rooms.

• 6 people per launch:
EUR 525.00 per person on the basis of 6 people in 3 hotel rooms.

The Elfsteden [Eleven Cities] Tour
by bicycle 1A

• An 8 day tour of the Eleven Cities in Friesland
• A unique cultural and natural history bike ride through Friesland without having to lug any baggage!

It's not a race, it's a pleasure! Speed plays a major role in many Elfsteden tours. For the stressed participants it is a question of getting their heads down and riding hard. Such events allow little or no time to visit the places of interest along the route, or take a siesta on the sea dyke. The Friesland Holland tourist office in Wolvega has developed a special cycling tour for all those who want to stop and enjoy the sophisticated Frisian cuisine, visit the region's famous and not-so-famous cultural treasures and admire the varied landscape. The point of departure for the tour was quality and originality from start to finish.

Unique in a number of ways
During the cycling tour, which covers a distance of approximately 230 km, you will have plenty of time each day to enjoy the most attractive spots in the Friesian landscape and to visit a number of must-see places of cultural-historical interest. Another unique aspect of the tour is that you stay overnight in a range of accommodation types such as newly renovated and restored hotels where you can still feel the atmosphere of days gone by, modern hotel establishments and authentic city town and country guesthouses with hotel-quality rooms. Wherever you are, you can expect to be served original and delicious food. You will find yourself pleasantly surprised each and every day!

Luggage transport
Participants' luggage can only be transported if the tour starts on a Sunday or a Monday in the period from mid April to mid September 2009.

Start day
Sunday or Monday: day of arrival at the first hotel.

Start and finish
Hotel in southwest Friesland.

Holiday accommodation
Mostly Elfsteden hotels are located in historic premises and luxury town and country guesthouses. On each occasion you will spend the night in rooms with good quality en-suite sanitary facilities.

Standard
On average 3 stars.

Location of holiday accommodation
Idyllic and peaceful locations close to the water, in historic town centres and in the countryside.

Dinner
Most of the accommodation used has its own restaurant and some collaborate with good quality restaurants nearby.

Parking facilities
You can park your car free of charge and leave it behind at the hotel from which the tour starts. The places you stay at en route all have sheds in which you can leave your bicycle.

Bicycle
Preferably one with gears. You can use your own bicycle or rent a bicycle with seven gears and saddlebags from Friesland Holland. We also have electrically powered bikes.

Baggage
Your luggage is collected at the reception every day from 10.00 a.m. onwards and delivered to the next place you are going to stay at before 5.00 p.m.

Route
Hotel in southwest Friesland - Stavoren* - Hindeloopen* - Workum* - Bolsward* - Harlingen* - Franeker* - Waddenzee coastline - Dokkum*-Leeuwarden* - Sneek* - IJlst* - Sloten* - GalamaDammen/Koudum or Rijs. (* = a town/city on the route of the Elfstedentocht [Eleven City Skating Race])

Distance per day
Between approximately 35 and 50 km.

Route information folder in each room
• Confirmation with accommodation reservations.
• Tour card.
• Frysk Fisum (a visa for Friesland).
• Elfsteden Route by bicycle.
• History of the Eleven Cities.
• An 'Accommodation' guide including detailed maps of the areas you will be staying in.
• Friesland Holland Tourist Map & Holiday Magazine showing places of interest and attractions.

Certificate
In order to be awarded the attractively illustrated and personalised Eleven Cities Certificate, you have to make sure your tour card is stamped in each city to prove you were there. You can get your card stamped in any hotel, restaurant, shop, tourist information bureau or local authority office in each of the Eleven Cities.

You have to send the fully stamped card bearing your name and address to:

Friesland Holland
Postbus 163
NL-8470 AD Wolvega

We will send you the certificate within two weeks. The certificate will state your name and the year in which you completed the bicycle tour. The original tour card will also be returned to you.

Price for an 8 day cycling tour

€ 659.00 per person (with 2 people sharing a room)

Including
• 7 x nights
• 7 x breakfast
• 7 x a 3 course dinner in the evenings
• Tourist tax
• Luggage transportation from one hotel or guesthouse to another
• Breakdown service (replacement rented bicycle or transportation of own bicycle to the bicycle repair shop nearest to the next destination)
• Route information folder (sent after booking)
• Certificate
• Friesland Holland souvenir

Excluding
• Travel and cancellation insurance
• Lunches and drinks

Surcharges
1 person per room: +30%.

Discounts
Third or fourth person sharing the room: 10%

Other details
• Prices 2009

For prices applicable in other years please call Friesland Holland
on tel. no. +31 (0)561-615364.

Reservations:
Friesland Holland Tourist
Information and Travel Service
Hoofdstraat West 38
NL-8471 HV Wolvega
Tel. +31 (0)561 - 615 364
Fax +31 (0)561 - 617 818
E-mail: info@frieslandholland.nl

Post:
Postbus 163
NL-8470 AD Wolvega
Netherlands



Romantic Route
• 2 x 200 kilometres through the Friese Wouden

• A magnificent 5 day cultural-historical cycling holiday
• in Leeuwarden and the surrounding area.
• A special route past the most attractive castles
• in Friesland .
• Cycle trips through green meadows, historic villages
• and towns.
• Accommodation and dining in hotels near the
• Frisian castles.
• No lugging of baggage: Friesland Holland brings
• your suitcases from one hotel to the next.

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Friesland has acquired a new, lengthy tourist route, referred to as the Romantic Route. Whereas the Elfsteden [Eleven City] route passes mainly through the towns and lakes in the west of the province, the Romantic Route leads you through the woods and the tree-lined landscape in the east, better known as the ‘ Friese Wouden’. It takes in a mix of landscapes which are typical of the provinces of Drenthe and Friesland. Once barren, the area is now rich in park-like landscapes which is a great setting in which to live and spend leisure time.

The Romantic Route can be completed by bicycle, car, motorbike or coach. There is also a sailing route suitable for low-lying motor yachts with berths and launches with which you can travel from one hotel to the next.

Cycling in the Friese Wouden
The cycling route is 400 km long and is divided into a northern and a southern half, with each covering a distance of 200 km. These routes start and finish at one and the same location. As in the case of the tour via the eleven cities, the Friesland Holland tourist office, whose staff also designed the route, offers numerous deals with some including luggage transport and a breakdown service. The route passes by attractive places to stay, historic settlements, museums where the activities of yesteryear are brought back to life, places of interest, nostalgic shops, old crafts and farms. You cycle along sheltered paths and avenues through an uncommonly beautiful park and water landscape featuring lots of picturesque towns and villages, nature reserves and grasslands criss-crossed by streams and rivers, divided up into sections by rows of trees. A typical feature of the park and water landscape in east Friesland is its natural beauty and peace and quiet. There is plenty of greenery in the form of woods and grasslands, cosy cottages and villages, small-scale leisure and farming activities, horses and cows in the meadows. A feeling of warmth extends from the region and its residents. You feel immediately at home and almost forget you are a tourist!

Romantic Route by bicycle 1A
(full 8 day route)

Programme per day:

• Day 1: arrival and preparations
• Day 2: Earnewâld - Holwerd
1st day's cycling: 53 km.
• Day 3: Holwerd - Dokkum
2nd day's cycling: 50 km.
• Day 4: Dokkum - Eastermar
3rd day's cycling: 54 km.
• Day 5: Eastermar - Oosterwolde
4th day's cycling: 45 km.
• Day 6: Oosterwolde - Oldeberkoop
5th day's cycling: 46 km.
• Day 7: Oldeberkoop - Heerenveen
6th day's cycling: 65 km.
• Day 8: Heerenveen - Earnewâld
7th day's cycling: 45 km.

Romantic Route by bicycle 1A short N
(Northern 5 day route)

Programme per day:

• Day 1: arrival and preparations
• Day 2: Earnewâld - Holwerd
1st day's cycling: 53 km.
• Day 3: Holwerd - Dokkum
2nd day's cycling: 50 km.
• Day 4: Dokkum - Eastermar
3rd day's cycling: 54 km.
• Day 5: Eastermar - Earnewâld
4th day's cycling: 26 km.

Romantic Route by bicycle 1A short Z
(Southern 5 day route)

Programme per day:

• Day 1: arrival and preparations
• Day 2: Wolvega - Heerenveen
1st day's cycling: 39 km.
• Day 3: Heerenveen - Drachten
2nd day's cycling: 42 km.
• Day 4: Drachten - Appelscha
3rd day's cycling: 54 km.
• Day 5: Appelscha - Wolvega
4th day's cycling: 53 km.

Price for a 5 day cycling tour
EUR 430.00 per person
(with 2 people sharing a room)

Including
- 4 x nights
- 4 x breakfast
- 4 x a 3 course dinner in the evenings
- Tourist tax
- Luggage transportation from one hotel to another
- A breakdown service (replacement rented bicycle or
- transportation of own bicycle to the bicycle repair shop
- nearest to the next destination)
- Route information folder (sent after booking)
- Free Wieger Ketellapper lunch box in the case of the
- Friesland Holland deal (as long as stocks last and one only
- per room or apartment).

Excluding
- Travel and cancellation insurance
- Lunches and drinks

Surcharges
- 1 person per room: +30%.

Discounts
- Third or fourth person sharing the room: 10%

Other details
- Prices apply to 2009. For prices applicable in other years
- please call Friesland Holland on tel. no. +31 (0)561-615364.

Reservations:
Friesland Holland Tourist
Information and Travel Service
Hoofdstraat West 38
NL-8471 HV Wolvega
Tel. +31 (0)561 - 615 364
Fax +31 (0)561 - 617 818
E-mail: info@frieslandholland.nl

Post:
Postbus 163
NL-8470 AD Wolvega
Netherlands



Welcome to the Netherlands, welcome to Fryslân!

Friesland (know in Frisian and officially as Fryslân) is one of the 12 provinces of the Netherlands and has already existed for more than 2000 years. The Romans were the first tourists and were extremely impressed by what they found... as you will be too! Over the centuries, Friesland has developed into a unique area of the Netherlands.

Nowhere else will you find such a wide variety of landscapes, cultural history and leisure opportunities in a single region measuring just 100 km across. These include:

• An extensive system of waterways that links
all the lakes and historical locations.

• Four sailing and fishing areas: inland waterways,
the IJsselmeer, the Wadden Sea and the North Sea.

• The largest fleet in Europe: traditional sailing ships,
(motor) yachts, open motorboats, open sailing boats,
fishing boats and ships designed for cruises and sea fishing.

• Separate roads and paths for cyclists and motorised traffic.

• Perfect signposting.

• Islands in the North Sea with huge beaches.

• All manner of active and passive leisure activities on land
and water, even during the winter!

• Exceptional indoor attractions throughout the entire region.

• Not only water but a great deal of green spaces such as
pastures, forests (in the south) and nature reserves.

• Clean air brought in from the sea.

• Environmentally-friendly business,
intensive care for the environment.

• A great deal of respect for the region’s own language,
culture and history, as well as for those of foreigners.

• Friendly inhabitants (642,066 - 1 January 2004).

The Friesland Holland Tourist Information
& Travel Service: the guide
This website, which is published by the Friesland Holland Tourist Information & Travel Service, shows you the way to well over 500 places of interest and attractions, leisure companies, hotels and restaurants. This website includes a wealth of information on companies involved in tourism. By using the www.frieslandholland.nl ‘super site’ and the 100 or so ‘special sites’ you can quickly make the right choice from the enormous range on offer.

Book directly and save money
In the first instance, Friesland Holland encourages people to book directly and thereby save money. In addition, the company offers unique holiday packages lasting several days, plus trips organised by a number of Friesland Holland partners together. The focus in the case of these all-inclusive full-service holidays is on offering a very wide range of services such as a breakdown assistance and luggage forwarding in the case of the Elfstedentochten (11 city cycling tours).
Whether you visit the mainland or the islands, I would like to wish you a pleasant holiday!

Yours sincerely,Albert Hendriks,
Director Friesland Holland Tourist
Information & Travel Service