Zaanse Schans windmill village with cheese tasting & clog factory from Amsterdam

A beautiful little village that felt like it was from a fairytale. Our guide Aaf was really good and incredible at swapping different languages to make sure everyone was included. The locals were really welcoming too

The story behind the scenery as narrated by the very niece and knowledgeable guide( female, spoke atleast English,Spanish and I think German too). The whole windmill area was pretty awesome-got to see how the windmill runs on the inside. Then saw how clogs are made-bought myself a bright red pair. The cheese four was great too as we tasted all the cheeses made by the family owned business and then bought some to take home to Australia with me. All in all, a pretty awesome day.

Awesome day trip! We had the best time visiting the windmills, the cheese factory and the clog factory. Our guide Benedict was great, fun and knowledgeable

Checking in was lengthy because, although we were all sent tickets with a scanning code, it was not scanned. Instead the tour guide first read the tickets and then looked up our names on a long list. I'm disabled, wearing a full-length leg brace and walking with forearm crutches. The tour guide left my friend and me behind en route to the cheese shop. Since we weren't given a map or directions, we didn't know where to go. When we finally caught up with the group and confronted the tour guide, he said he tried to walk more slowly which was completely untrue. We were so far behind we lost sight of the group. Then when I said that I'd paid for my ticket and deserved to hear all of the tour, he said he was merely chatting with the group. Well, even that's supposed to be part of my tour too. I was not given equal treatment. If the tour guide had the simplest social skills and knew even rudimentary customer service, he would have apologized. Anyone would know to do this, if only to show me some respect and better represent his company. He held up a spiral notebook with the meeting time hand written in ballpoint pen. Couldn't someone print this professionally on a computer? The tour was hokey, and the Laurel-and-Hardy routine with the bus driver was tedious and juvenile.

Nice short ride (20 minutes) out to the village community. Couple brief shoe making and cheese demonstrations before some free time to explore the windmill village and the surrounding shops. Nice area to visit for a few hours.

A 3.5 hrs trip to the rustic and popular Holland windmills. The guide was very warm in his welcome and explained everything with a smile. Its an experience not to be missed when in Amsterdam

Seeing the shoes made and the cheese tasting! Learning about the industries and windmills was interesting.

The meeting location and organization of the start of the tour wasn’t very good. We were told to wait outside the building and then told to go into the building to get a “paper ticket” to get on the bus. They were late starting the tour. Evidently from a sick employee.

We enjoyed an incredible tour with the most amazing tour guide. We loved how he was able to converse in so many languages with everyone onboard. We recommend this trip to everyone!

We were happily surprised with this tour. The clog factory and cheese tasting were short but enlightening! We primarily stayed in Amsterdam for most of our trip to the Netherlands so it was good to get out and see a bit of the countryside.