Shared Group Tour at Zaanse Schans and Volendam with Guide
- 7h 30m
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
In a intimate small-group tour with 8 guests maximum together with your local tour guide you will experience the countryside out of Amsterdam. You will see clog making, learn about cheese making, visit a working industrial windmill and an old fisherman town with its traditions. This tour visits world-famous Zaanse Schans, a cheese farm and the fishing village of Volendam. Here you will board a 50 minute boat tour to see more fishing villages such as the former island of Marken.
Inclusions
What's included
- 50 minute boat tour from Volendam
- Entrance fee to an industrial windmill
What's not
- Lunch
Itinerary
At Zaanse Schans, a small neighborhood with green timbered houses, workshops and industrial windmills, your tour guide will tell you all about the sights and history of this unique place.
Visit the wooden shoe workshop with your tour guide to learn about Dutch clogs, to admire a large varety of clogs and to watch a demonstration to see how clogs are made.
Visit a working industrial windmill to experience how these powerhouses boosted the local economy. You will learn about how the windmill operates and you will be given the chance to admire the view of Zaanse Schans, the meadows and other windmills around.
Visit a cheese farm to visit the stable of the Jersey cows and learn more about the cheese farm and its cows. After this, you will go to the cheese shop of the farm to hear an explanation about how Dutch Gouda cheese is made and you will be able to taste various cheeses at the cheese shop.
Board a covered boat for a 50 minute boat ride with your local skipper as your expert guide. You will see historical fishing villages and experience a relaxing boat ride on the Gouwzee, which once was the rough and unpredictable inner sea Zuiderzee directly connected to the North Sea.
After your tour guide has explained everything about this world-famous fisherman town you will be able to admire this place for yourselves to have lunch in one of the many restaurants, have your picture taken in traditional Dutch costume or to wander around yourselves. After the free time, your tour guide will walk you to a boat for a boat trip.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Opposite Centraal Station, in front of Saint Nicolas basilica and hotel NH Barbizon Palace, Prins Hendrikkkade 59-74. Just before the departure time, your tour guide will be here holding an orange umbrella.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 8 travellers
- Operated by
- Zaan Tours
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The remaining hours are allotted for the travel time
- Infants are allowed on the tour but should have a valid ticket as they take a seat on this small-group tour
How it compares in Amsterdam
- Its from-price is 72% below the median of the 328 day trips we list in Amsterdam.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Amsterdam
Amsterdam rings its golden-age centre with tree-lined canals, gabled houses and bridges, packing great art and easy cycling into a compact city.
The canal ring, dug in the seventeenth century, curves around the old centre in concentric arcs: Herengracht, Keizersgracht and Prinsengracht, lined with tall merchants' houses. The Jordaan, just west, is a maze of small canals, courtyards, brown cafés and independent shops, and the Anne Frank House stands on the Prinsengracht at its edge.
Top-ranked sights in Amsterdam: Amstel River, Skinny Bridge (Magere Brug), Anne Frank House.
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