It was great experience and I'm glad I did it but I'm not a massive fan of winter. I'd definitely do another topdeck but not one around the winter season.
This bike ride was for advanced riders which some of us were not!!! It was very dangerous going through cities!!! We had two wonderful guides Arnold and Corrie!!! I would do a bike and boat trip again but for only five days and only countryside! The boat staff were exceptional and the food was five star.
No doubt about it, this tour is fast paced but you see and experience so much. Our tour leader Noddy and driver Mozzie were wonderful! Noddy was constantly arranging every little detail and counting to make sure we were all accounted for. Not an easy task when you have a couple of passengers who were notorious for wandering off. I would recommend dropping the first full day in London because most on the tour had arrived in London prior to the tour, to explore on their own, and to add a day in Venice. Venice was a favourite with everyone as was Switzerland and Bruges. All of our hotels were good and spotlessly clean although located outside of the city due to the size of the coach. We had a couple of glitches with our group meals in Switzerland and too rushed for our Munich beer hall dinner, other than that, the included meals were very good. We did all the optionals except Jungfraujoch, which we skipped because we live surrounded by mountains. Those that went thought it was awesome. The optionals were very good as the tour leader provides so much history and information that you would not get on your own. Yes, by the end you will be exhausted, but as our previous tour leader reminded us, as we groaned about early mornings, we did not come on the tour to spend it in hotel rooms. He was so right! Enjoy every minute of it, we sure did.