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Your itinerary
Day1 Arrive in AmsTerdAm You’ll travel to Amsterdam and enjoy a relaxing evening on board your ship for the next six nights, MS Serenity.
Day2 AAlsmeer Flower AucTion You’ll set off early this morning (armed with a packed breakfast) for an optional excursion to the Aalsmeer Flower Auction, where you will experience the hustle and bustle of the auction floor and marvel at the stunning flowers traded in Aalsmeer from more than 10 different countries. Later today you can join another optional excursion where you will discover the best views Amsterdam has to offer on a cruise around the city’s famous canals.
Day3 KinderdijK & AppelTern GArdens This morning our journey reaches Kinderdijk, renowned for its 19 beautifully preserved, UNESCO-listed windmills. An optional excursion allows you to visit two of these iconic mills, where you will learn about the lifestyle of a miller and the mechanism of a mill, before continuing your river cruise to Dordrecht. Next you will enjoy an included excursion to Appeltern Gardens, home to 200 model gardens exploding with colour, with Charlie Dimmock. After this tour, you will start cruising towards Belgium. Day 4 AnTwerp & FlorAliA After breakfast, you’ll depart by coach to Floralia, the spring flower show held in the grounds of Château de Grand-Bigard. Here you can wander among more than a million bulbs and admire the glasshouse exhibits with Charlie Dimmock. You’ll have the rest of the day free to explore pretty, historic Antwerp, and enjoy a talk from Charlie Dimmock.
Day 5 AnTwerp & meise
Today you’ll visit another must-see garden with Charlie Dimmock: Meise, the National Botanic Garden of Belgium and the Plant Palace. Later today your river cruise continues as you set off for Rotterdam, and enjoy a Q&A with Charlie Dimmock.
Day 6 roTTerdAm & KeuKenhoF GArdens After breakfast your coach departs on an included trip with Charlie Dimmock to see the stunning floral displays of Keukenhof Gardens, where more than seven million bulbs are on show. You can explore the pathways that surround shimmering lakes, ancient trees and wonderful works of art. This evening you will start the river cruise journey back to Amsterdam. Day 7 Goodbye To AmsTerdAm
After breakfast, you’ll bid farewell to MS Serenity before you travel home with fantastic photographs and some inspiring ideas for your own garden!