from/to Genk Belgium 2024 - Belgium Beer Tour
Beer lovers will get their money's worth on this cycling tour in Belgium. While cycling you will discover the origin of some of the best Belgian beers. You'll enjoy the beautiful surroundings and rich culture on your cycling vacation in Flanders. You will discover the abbey of Achelse Kluis, the playing card city of Turnhout and of course the bustling city of Antwerp. Of course, on the bike tour in Belgium you will also pass breweries that invite you to visit.
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Detailed information about this offer
- 7 nights in comfortable 4- and 3-star hotels on the Belgian beer route
- daily buffet breakfast or extended breakfast
- luggage transfer from hotel to hotel as far as Genk (max. 20kg)
- GPS-Tracks
- information material (cycle map with English tour description) per room
- service hotline also at the weekend
- city taxes
Day 1 - Individual arrival to Genk
Arrival to Genk, to the cycling vacation in Belgium. Numerous painters from several eras have immortalized the heath landscape around the town in their paintings. Example of hotel: Hotel Stiemerheide in GenkDay 2 - From Genk to Peer, approx. 55 km
The cycle route through the Mechelse Heide opens up all the splendor of the Belgian landscape: heather, trees and water. The bike tour in the Limburg region leads on quiet and deserted roads to Peer. Example of hotel: Hotel de Boskar in PeerDay 3 - From Peer to Turnhout, approx. 75 km
You start your cycling tour in Flanders in historical surroundings: a fierce battle took place near Hechtel in September 1944. From now on, lovely moments follow during the cycling vacation in Belgium: canals, forests and the nature reserve De Maat are balm for the mind. The playing card town of Turnhout invites you to take a stroll during your cycling trip in Flanders. Example of hotel: City Hotel oder Hotel Corsendonk Priorij in TurnhoutDay 4 - From Turnhout to Antwerpen, approx. 65 km
The Belgian Beer Route bike tour takes you to the Trappist monastery in Westmalle, where the famous Trappist beer Westmalle is brewed. Enjoy a glass of frothy Helles beer during a break. Example of hotel: Hotel van der Valk Antwerpen oder Mecure Antwerp City South in AntwerpenDay 5 - From Antwerpen to Leuven, approx. 70 km
You leave Antwerp along the cycle route in Flanders in the direction of Leuven. Life pulsates in this invitingly convivial student city. The city itself is home to a magnificent Gothic old town. Admire the charming town hall and library or stroll through the large beguinage. Example of hotel: Park Inn by Radisson oder Begijnhof Hotel in LeuvenDay 6 - From Leuven to Diest, approx. 45 km
While cycling in Flanders, you will pass right by the free-floating observation staircase in Tielt-Winge, which soars high into the air. A little further on is a fortified wine castle that will delight wine lovers. Diest is home to one of the oldest beguinages in Europe, not to be missed on your cycling vacation in Belgium. Explore the city on a walk along the Demer River. The banks always offer charming paths, access stairs, terraces and a footbridge over the water. Example of hotel: Hotel de Franse Kroon in DiestDay 7 - From Diest to Genk, approx. 60 km
The water determines your last day of cycling vacation in Belgium. First you cycle along the Schuler Meer, which offers a wide range of recreational activities. Then you will enter the land of 1001 ponds, where countless waterholes with colorful flora and fauna dominate the landscape. At the end of the bike tour in Flanders, something special awaits you: you cycle through the water, across a natural pond on a 200 meter long bike path. And always at eye level with the water level, where you are in complete harmony with the unique landscape. Example of hotel: Hotel Stiemerheide in GenkDay 8 - Individual departure or extra nights
Parking facilities
The Hotel Stiemerheide offers free parking facilities. However, if we book another hotel, there may be a parking fee.
Security for your booking
As a tour operator, the safety, well-being and health of our customers are top priorities for us. We are constantly monitoring the current situation and are in close contact with official authorities. In the event of travel changes, we will inform you immediately. If an official travel warning is issued on your arrival date for your destination or your home town, you can of course cancel your trip free of charge or change your booking to another date.
Note for people with limited mobility
The cycle tour is not suitable for people with limited mobility. However, in specific cases it is possible to accommodate individual customer requests (e.g. barrier-free room).
Passport and visa requirements
To check in to your hotel you will need a valid passport or ID card.
For citizens of countries outside the Schengen area other regulations may apply. You are responsible for obtaining any visa you may require in good time.
Terms and Conditions of Payment:
The deposit of 10% of the tour price is due at the latest 14 days after receipt of the booking confirmation. The balance must be paid 14 days before arrival.
Cancellation Policy:
According to our General Terms and Conditions, the customer may withdraw from the contract at any time in writing. In the event of cancellation or non-commencement of travel, the following cancellation fees will become payable:
15% of the tour price up to 21 day before arrival date
50% of the tour price from 20th to 14th day before arrival date
75% of the tour price from 13th to 5th day before arrival date
100% of the tour price from 5th day before arrival date to the day of arrival
If the customer makes changes to the booking (date of travel, tour, duration, transfer of the booking to another person etc.) up to 28 days before departure, for reasons which are outside our control, we will charge a processing fee of € 50,- per booking. After this date, the cancellation policy will apply. Such changes to a booking may only be made in individual cases and if possible; the customer has no right to any changes.
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Standard information
The combination of travel services offered to you is a package within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2015/2302.
This ensures that you will benefit from all EU rights applicable to packages. Company OÖ Touristik GmbH will be fully responsible for the proper performance of the package as a whole.
Additionally, as required by law, the company OÖ Touristik GmbH has protection in place to refund your payments and, where transport is included in the package, to ensure your repatriation in the event that it becomes insolvent.
More information on key rights under Directive (EU) 2015/2302 https://www.radurlaub.com/en/reisebedingungen.html.
Financial cover for customers
The tour operator OÖ Touristik GmbH, Freistädter Str. 119, 4041 Linz has completed a bankruptcy insurance with Raiffeisen Landesbank Oberösterreich AG, Europaplatz 1a, 4020 Linz. The liquidator is the Europäische Reiseversicherung AG, Kratochwjlestraße 4, 1220 Wien, Email: info@europaeische.at, 24-hour emergency number: +43 1 3172500.
Travelers have to contact the liquidator within 8 weeks if they are denied claims due to the insolvency of OÖ Touristik GmbH. Details on the business license of OÖ Touristik GmbH can be found on the website https://www.gisa.gv.at/abfrage under the GISA number 14930096.
Rates and additional services to book
Arrival: 01.04.2024 - 23.09.2024
every Saturday
Arrival: 01.04.2024 - 23.09.2024
Saving tips
Children´s discount on request
Hired bikes
24-speed touring bike with freewheel
€ 120,00 per stay
E-Bike
€ 200,00 per stay