Day 1 Saturday: Arrive in Mechelen, 6 miles (10km).

Arrival in Mechelen, which is approximately 20 minutes by train from Brussels. Your tour leader will invite you for a small trip on your bike in and around Mechelen.

Day 2 Sunday: Sightseeing in Brussels.

Today you take the train to give yourself enough time to visit all the highlights of the Belgium capital of Brussels. In case you become hungry or thirsty, try one of the culinary specialties: mussels, chocolate, waffles and of course beer. Early afternoon you take the train to Antwerp and rejoin your barge. In the evening you will be tasting some special beers in a typical Belgian bar.

Day 3 Monday: Antwerp to Tholen.

In the morning your tour leader will guide you to the centre of Antwerp. There you will have enough time to visit the Rubens House, do some shopping or to relax at a sidewalk café. A sailing trip from Antwerp across the Dutch/Belgian border to the peninsula of Tholen in the province of Zeeland.

Day 4 Tuesday: Tholen to Willemstad, 28 miles (45km).

The cycling trip leads you to Tholen, going pass the village from where the parents of the American president Roosevelt lived before emigrating to the USA, to the walled town of Willemstad, where you spend the night. A historically important fortified town, the old town walls are in the shape of a seven-pointed star and it is here that William the Silent built a palace.

Day 5 Wednesday: Willemstad to 's Hertogenbosch, 28 miles (45km).

You disembark in the town of Geertruidenberg for your cycling trip to the charming capital of the province of Noord-Brabant: 's Hertogenbosch.

Day 6 Thursday: 's Hertogenbosch to Vianen, 25 miles (40km).

You leave 's Hertogenbosch and sail to the town of Tiel, situated in the Betuwe, the 'fruit garden of Holland'. Here you start cycling across some fine Dutch landscapes and visit the town of Wijk bij Duurstede. The trip ends in Vianen where you stay for the night.

Day 7 Friday: Vianen to Amsterdam, 19 miles (30km).

After a sailing trip the barge stops in Breukelen. From here you begin your last cycling stretch: enjoy the rural scenes of tiny villages along the banks of small, winding rivers that lead you towards the Dutch capital Amsterdam. In the evening you have the possibility to make a short guided city walk and a round trip of the Amsterdam canals.

Day 8 Saturday: Depart from Amsterdam.

It is the end of the tour and so it is time to say farewells, exchange contact details and make your way home.