Gouda: Private Walking Tour + Gouda Cheese Tasting
- 2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 6 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
This is a combination of a private walking tour and a Gouda cheese tasting. During the tour, you will discover the charm of Gouda's old city center, together with our guide. You'll get to know the history of Gouda and hear stories about the city's town hall, churches, canals, old facades and much more. This tour will end with a cheese tasting of the famous Gouda cheese. You will try four different types of the cheese, paired with good wine (or something else, if you don't like wine!). If you have a custom request, or special interests, just let us know. Tot ziens!
Inclusions
What's included
- Gouda Cheese Tasting (with paired wine)
- Hotel Pick-Up and Drop-Off by car (if the option is booked)
- 1.5 Hour Private Walking Tour
- All Fees and Taxes
What's not
- Gratuities (optional)
Itinerary
The tour starts at the historical weighing house of Gouda. For centuries, this is where farmers from the wide area used to come to get their cheese weighed on market days.
And of course, you'll see the charming gothic town hall of Gouda and you'll learn more about its history and significance. If it is open, you can also enter with your guide. This is not every day and it depends on certain events.
This is the longest (not tallest!) church of the Netherlands, with the first building phase starting in 1272! Walk around it and learn more about the building, its history its significance.
You'll see the former St-Catharine's guest house that now houses Museum Gouda.
Right next to the oldest lock of the Netherlands are the Fish banks. This is an area in Gouda where fish used to be cleaned and prepared, already from 1588! Learn about this charming place and enjoy the view.
You will end this tour at Gouda's Kaasbar. Here you will get a cheese tasting of 4 different Gouda cheeses, paired with wine.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- The tour starts in the middle of Gouda, right in front of Gouda's old cheese weighing house: De Goudse Waag.
- Pickup
- Pickup is offered, or you can meet at the starting point.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Holland City Tours
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Gouda
- Its from-price is 633% above the median of the 20 experiences we list in Gouda.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 12 of 20.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Gouda
Gouda is a canal-ringed town in South Holland, with a Gothic town hall, a church of tall stained-glass windows and the cheese that took its name.
Gouda lies in South Holland, north-east of Rotterdam, on the Hollandse IJssel river and ringed by canals. At its centre stands the Markt, a broad square dominated by the Stadhuis, a Gothic town hall of the 1440s with a carillon whose figures act out the granting of the town's charter. The Waag, a weigh house of 1668 on the same square, is now a cheese museum.
Top-ranked sights in Gouda: Museum Gouda, St. John's Church (Sint Janskerk).
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