Zaanse Schans, Edam, Volendam and Marken Tour
- 8 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Become acquainted with the Dutch countryside during this 8-hour day tour with your guide through the villages of Zaanse Schans, Edam, Volendam and Marken. Marvel at the famed windmills of Zaanse Schans as you learn of their significance to the region. Visit a clog workshop where they will carve us live this typical shoe. Take a free time to photograph the impressive landscapes. Visit Edam, a World Heritage Site and whose old town is one of the most beautiful in Holland. Enjoy in a cheese factory, where they will show us how cheese is made. This tour includes an extensive tasting. Lose yourself amidst the striking wooden houses and a maze of narrow streets in Volendam, the former fishing village. Enjoy some free time to taste the local fish. The Volendam's cod and herring are delicious! Then, travel to the old island of Marken enjoing the amazing views around you. This historic place remains well-preserved to this day. Finally we will return to Amsterdam.
Inclusions
What's included
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Cheese tasting
- Live guide
What's not
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
- Due to road closures, the visit to Marken will not take place from April 13 to May 18.
Itinerary
Our guide will explain the history and function of the typical Dutch mills and will visit with you a traditional wooden clog workshop . Then you will enjoy free time to visit and photograph the mills.
After a walking tour through the center of the historic city of Edam visiting its most well-known monuments and corners, we will access a typical cheese factory where they will tell us about the process of making cheese and we will enjoy a tasting of different types of cheese.
We will enjoy a guided tour of the old town and port of Volendam. We will have free time to walk around and eat at any of its restaurants.
Once we arrive at the islet of Marken, we will enjoy a guided tour from its idyllic port through its narrow streets before returning to Amsterdam. Due to road closures, the visit to Marken will not take place from April 13 to May 18.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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5Lived the tour....
Lived the tour. Informative, beautiful scenery, could of had more time at the places to walk around and enjoy the scenery. Too many tour buses there at one time so you couldn't appreciate the experience as much. But a beautiful area wouldn't like to go back and have time just to spend and enjoy
5Easy tour
Our guide was Holly. I had planned on doing this tour on my own with public transportation. But it was so convenient to do it with the tour. Why waste time waiting for a bus when you can walk up to your private coach. Holly was great. I only wished she shared even more stories about the Netherlands.
5Amanda was our tour guide...
Amanda was our tour guide & she was very good. We enjoyed the 4 villages we went to. Weather was beautiful & here recommendations were good
5A taste of the Netherlands
It's a lovely tour, windmills we're beautiful, cheese tasting very nice but remember UK visitors can't take cheese home, clog making very interesting, volendam absolutely charming, all in all a wonderful trip
5You won’t be disappointed
Wasn’t expecting to enjoy this as much as I did. The tour guide was very informative and the whole trip was well laid out and very enjoyable
5We very much enjoyed our...
We very much enjoyed our trip to this beautiful small towns. Guide was very informative and friendly. Bus was comfortable. Each place we had enough free time. I would definitely recommend this trip from Amsterdam.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Main Entrance of The Bowling Alley "ALOHA", in front of the river-cruises. The guide will be dressed in green and they have green umbrellas.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 50 travellers
- Operated by
- Camaleon Tours
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
How it compares in Amsterdam
- Its from-price is 88% below the median of the 328 day trips we list in Amsterdam.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 5 of 328.
- 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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