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Giethoorn and Zaanse Schans Windmills Day Trip from Amsterdam
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Giethoorn and Zaanse Schans Windmills Day Trip from Amsterdam
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- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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Overview
Immerse yourself in Dutch culture on this full-day tour through the countryside with round-trip transport from Amsterdam. In addition to navigating, your guide offers little-known facts and anecdotes about each stop on the itinerary, including a traditional clog shop, artisan cheese factory, rural windmills, and the village of Giethoorn. Don’t forget your camera: The day also features a boat ride through Giethoorn’s waterways with rare views of the area.
- Go with a guide who can offer a local perspective
- Boat cruise offers sweeping views of the landscape
- Free time to rest and explore in Giethoorn
- Convenient round-trip transport from Amsterdam
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Bottled water
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Live commentary on board
1-Hour Boatcruise
Coffee and/or Tea
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Departure & Return
Prins Hendrikkade 75 , Prins Hendrikkade 75, 1012 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands
This activity will end right where it started.Meet your guide IN FRONT OF the Hotel NH Collection Barbizon Palace between 07:45and 08:00 am we leave 08:00 , to be back around 18:30.
8:00 AM
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 36 travelers
- OPERATED BY Dutchtrips
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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An amazing trip
Haifa_A
, May 2022
He is very nice and informative. He has welcoming attitude. He treats everyone with caring. He helps you to take your stuff to car when you are baying stuff from stores. Also, he offers to take beautiful pictures. First, we visit village of Zaanse Schans. He explained the history and importance of the village. He showed us around. We visited a cheese factory and wooden shoes factory. After that, we visit Giethoorn. It like a Venice. Really l like the trip and the guide. He makes your trip remarkable. I will do it again, if i came Netherlands.
Great tour to get out and see the Dutch countryside!
Suzi_S
, May 2022
Sayed and his team of 2 other drivers were the best. We travelled in small vans and were treated like valued guests. The windmills and Giethoorn town were so interesting. Sayed has a great amount of knowledge of the places we visited and he shares it in a great way. Definitely one of the best tours to go on when in Amsterdam!
Wonderful day in the country
Cathy_D
, May 2022
a visit to FairyLand
Maria_R
, May 2022
A must go tour!
Farhad_F
, May 2022
Great experience! Highly recommended. Saeed was our tour leader. He is so knowledgeable, has a great sense of humor and very accommodating. Bus driver was sick on the day of our tour but saeed made sure everyone had a comfortable ride in the vans and he even went above and beyond, switched between different vans every 30-45 mins to make sure everyone hears the history and enjoys guided tour. Plenty of extra time in each destination. We traveled as family with my 5 yo daughter and had plenty of time with no sense of rush to enjoy the tour. This is a must go tour! I already had our friends visiting Amsterdam next week to reserve this tour. Thank you saeed for making this trip memorable for my family. You are a role model for tour leaders!
Great day trip from Amsterdam.
kayyaks
, May 2022
Girthoorn and Zaansr Tour
Thomas_P
, May 2022
Worth visiting
Dr_S
, May 2022
Great tour!
Hong_S
, May 2022
Beautiful Amsterdam Countryside tour!
April_R
, May 2022
Great Tour!
Hemant_M
, May 2022
100% You will not regret!
Lhani_A
, May 2022
100% YOU WILL NOT REGRET! Our tour guide is Ibrahim. He made our tour more exciting and fun! He was very nice, funny, approachable and very clear with instructions. He toured us privately and then after that, they gave us enough time to discover the place on our own. They accommodated us very well from beginning to end! I highly recommend this tour and would def do it again with friends/families! You will not regret!! Thank you for making our trip memorable and the best, Ibrahim and company! All the best!
The Dutch countryside and quaint villages.
2g5dpd8w8b
, May 2022
My husband and I took the metro from our hotel to Central Station for an 8 AM departure time with our Tour Guide and van driver, Ibrahim. We walked about a block to meet the group in front of a nearby hotel. Our trip included a visit to the living history village of Zaanse Schans, a drive north through the reclaimed land and dikes, and a visit to the quaint village of Giethoorn.
We could not have asked for a more friendly and accommodating Tour Guide. Ibrahim made frequent stops along the drive to accommodate guests. He provided an informative commentary on what we were seeing as we left the city as well as along the drive through the countryside and in each village that we visited. At each stop, Ibrahim provided us with general directions, instructions for where to meet at our departure time, and information that would be helpful for our visit. When we arrived in Zaanse Schans, he took us directly to the cheese shop then to the wooden shoe factory prior to the arrival of large groups of people on huge tour buses. Then, after some information, he left us to visit the village on our own for about an hour. The drive to Giethoorn was about 1.5 hours but was filled with information about the Dutch land reclamation and other interesting details. In Giethoorn, we took a boat tour (included) of the village which is built on canals - without streets. Then, we had lunch on our own and time to wander the village and shops before heading home. A stop to see beautiful tulip fields capped off a perfect tour of The Netherlands that isn’t visible from Amsterdam. We highly recommend this tour if you have a full day for a visit. Excellent tour guide!
1 traveler found this review helpful
I’d take this trip again
Erna_P
, May 2022
Our guide Ibrahim, was excellent and provided great context and colour to the trip. Just the right mix of unguided exploration time and structure to the trip. Very professional and thoughtful. Decent weather helped a lot. Can’t always choose your fellow travellers though. Their tardiness was handled appropriately by our guide.
A dream Tour
Robin_J
, May 2022
This was the best tour with a par excellent tour Guide Sayid. If it was in our control would have taken him as our guide for rest of the tours to other spots too. He is a down to earth person and takes utmost care for each and every tourist.
This tour is highly recommended and would remain in our memory for ever. Thank to Sayid.
Nice!!
Muthuletchmy_G
, May 2022
Beautiful Giethoorn combined with fun Zaanse Schans
Michelle_D
, May 2022
This tour was wonderful! We were able to see and do everything at Zaanse Schans- see how they make cheese & clogs, plenty of time to buy both, tour two windmills, and see the museum. We went with our family including two kids (7 and 4 years old). They had a great time. They really enjoyed the sheep and goats there too! You can tour the windmills and go up to the top of one for an extra cost- free if you have the museumkart. The museum was a little lackluster if you don’t have time to see it. Giethoorn was one of our favorite places ever! So peaceful and quaint! I would have loved to spend the night there. We loved just walking around with an ice cream. My only complaint was the canal cruise boat was packed. They could have taken half the amount of people and it would have made for a more comfortable ride. But overall, it was a wonderful trip! Our guides were very helpful, they got us there early before the huge crowds arrived, took group pictures for us, and even brought our purchases back to the van for us!
Day trip from I Amsterdam
Connie_H
, May 2022
Very well recommended
Delza_N
, May 2022
I recommend this to anybody who would like a good feeling and view of seeing Netherlands in the country
Christopher_C
, Apr 2022
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