Boat Bike Tours Reviews 3,629

Good service. Good food. Always on time.

Great staff and itinerary, food presentation excellent,but main courses not Great, just good, ok.Most main courses lacked sauces.
Ship was great. Will defintely do business with Boatbike again.

Our Boat bike down the Danube with SE Tours was exceptional. The crew were fantastic, the cruise stops well planned and organized, welcome and farewell as well as all the prep meetings were well planned and inclusive, the food was excellent and the opportunity to bike with our saddle bags full of a picnic and well laid out routes was sensational. I highly recommend this tour and will definitely do another.

Leslie, cruise guide director, went above and beyond. The routes were well marked out and he informed us ahead of time as to what to expect.
The size of the cabins and the service was excellent. And the scenery and routes were beautiful!

Very well organized. Excellent dining. Friendly staff. Great bikes. Fun adventures every day along the Danube.

It was a great boat and bike tour. The bikes, rides and guides were fantastic. The Ionian Islands are stunning and we had some amazing swim stops too.
The food and meals on board were excellent. The crew were lovely.

Just a couple of things to note.
1. The room above deck was very small and had we known, we would have stayed before deck and saved some money. We are very tall.
2. The first and last night are spent in Corfu port on the flight path.
I understand why this is the case for the last night but the first night is a waste. Even if we could have moved closer to there old town or into Paxos that day....

The guides were amazing! Bikes were in great condition, and our food on board was terrific. Swimming was an unexpected extra. The common areas in the boat were great but our cabin smelled like diesel fuel during the day. It was not possible to rest in there during our down times due to the smell. That brought the review from a 5 to a 4.

My girlfriend and I have been on Magnifique 1, 2, 3, & 4. On every boat and every trip, the crews, guides, & condition of the boat have been excellent.

Special thanks to guides Ronald and Anne for helping make our recent trip from Metz to Cochem in August 2025 an especially fun trip. My compliments to the entire staff for making some changes to help deal with the unseasonably, near-record HOT weather a few days.

WARNING: After a week of chef Alv’s cuisine, your favorite restaurant back home may seem mediocre and his upbeat personality is highly infectious!!

A SUGGESTION:
Unless you are biking hundreds of kilometers (or miles) EVERY month, renting an e-bike will make the trip more fun for you **AND** the other participants.

The boat on the interior is stunning. You wouldn't expect that walking up to it. Our room on the third floor was just so lovely with the balcony. The ladies at reception were beyond helpful and kind. The hotel manager had a language barrier and was abrasive, impatient. The cruise director was just down right rude and dismissive. The service staff was outstanding. The crew (how they move those bikes like they do is jaw dropping). The food was just okay. No variety for breakfast or lunch. The wine pairings for dinners were great! I'd like to see more options in the drink package. I'd like to see more scenery on the bike excursions. The last day was what we had been craving for (to Melk).

Excellent communications meal meetings, chalk boards, and use of WhatsApp. Guides were excellent! Meals were very good.

Biking was superb. Food good, but sometimes dull.

Obviously the route is the best thing about the trip. Bruges and Ghent were highlights but the countryside was also spectacular in places.
The accommodation was first rate; we had a main floor cabin.
The bikes were solid upright bikes with a step thru. Possibly not the best in the wind but they appeared well maintained.
With some exceptions the food was okay. They did cater to dietary concerns. Two of the meals are vegetarian. Breakfast was good with eggs every day plus a variety of cereals, pastries and fruit. Bread, meat, cheese and fruit are provided for a bag lunch on the road.
Ride with GPS instructions were included and for the most part were accurate. The staff also provided route guides using the numbering system popular in The Netherlands and Belgium. These directions occasionally and on one day totally deviated from the RWGPS instructions. Be aware of this.
The ride is not supported. 2 guides are riding the route but one is supporting riders who paid extra for for a guided tour. One guide acts as a sweep and can be contacted for bike and route problems by WhatsAp so make sure you have a data plan. As far as I know you cannot reboard the boat until it docks at the end of day so plan for this.
My advice for the days riding to Ghent and Bruges is to make a sprint to get to these cities early so you can spend more time there. Likewise on the day you start in Antwerp, take an hour or so to explore the city. Other days you can dawdle along way.

I did what I was instructed to do in regards to downloading the route on Ride With GPS and it did not function properly. We ended either asking people for directions because we were continually lost, and or used Google Maps to navigate. We were told by locals that the Paper Directions were out of order. Either they were, or there was not clear directions on how to use either of them.

What a great trip! The accommodations were comfortable, the food tasty, the staff skilled and supportive, and the bikes easy to use. Learning about this region in France with its focus on champagne production, World War I history, local agriculture, Van Gogh, and so much more was illuminating. Our bike guides took us on a variety of terrains - from small villages to lots of time in the forest (who knew there were so many trails in the woods near Paris!), by castles and along rivers. The biking distances were comfortable - especially with e-bikes! - and the variety of what we saw and did during the day fun. It was a great trip!

The sailing experience and crews efforts to make difficult biking days as good as possible with alternative options

WE had a great time with a really good crew biking southern France. The food was a surprise as it was truly fantastic and our chef from Scotland, Janey, was personable and creative. She accommodated special food needs with a smile. Our guide knew all the ins and outs of the area and we saw some truly world class sights. The bikes were good for the most part. One persons e-bike malfunctioned but we made it through. I highly recommend this experience

The routes were varied and beautiful in unique ways, from elegant urban gardens along the canals, to bucolic, traditional farms in the lush countryside. Our guide was entertaining, resourceful, attentive and flexible, to make our daily rides as dry as possible during rains, adjusted routes during heavy headwinds, and accommodated our distracted attention during interesting side trips!
Our chef was creative and varied in her daily menus, and the capitain(s) and crew were efficient and good natured!

What a great selection of towns to visit and bike routes to get us there! The boat staff was awesome, the food was great, and the amount of riding was perfect. The app with everything we needed to know was so helpful and complete, with excellent routing info for each day.

My husband and I throughly enjoyed our first biking trip along the Danube. The quality of the bikes, the ship, the food, and the level of service and attentiveness were exceptional. We hope to do another biking trip in the near future!

Overall, trip was very good. The meals were great, our accommodations (we bought the superior one with sliding door) were very nice and trip was well planned. I would have liked a herbal tea before bed, but no tea, coffee or other drinks (other than alcohol) were offered in the evenings.
One significant improvement might be to offer another English television channel other than CNN. We are not all fans of America news! Maybe even consider one movie night? Perhaps a good German movie with English subtitles?