You cycle through the middle of the Frisian lake district to Sloten, the smallest of the Frisian Elfsteden. Fine merchant houses along the canal still remind of the former wealth of this old fortified town. Along the Slotermeer lake, you arrive in Balk. Through the Gaasterbossen you cycle to the rolling coastal landscape along the IJsselmeer. The hotel here is in Gaasterland or in the harbour town of Lemmer.