Amsterdam Anne Frank & Jewish Quarter Walking Tour (TOP RATED)
Description
Join this 2 hour walking tour through Amsterdam and learn all about Anne Frank during the Second World War. Meet your guide at Waterlooplein and discover the most important sights about Anne Frank and other Jews during World War 2 including the Jewish Quarter, the Portuguese Synagogue and the Jewish Council headquarters. Discover historical monuments and buildings which are still marked by traces of war. Learn about life during the second World War and the struggles people endured like the February strike and the hunger winter. Discover the many hiding places in the city where families such as the Franks were forced to flee. Get an idea of what life was like in the Netherlands during nazi-occupation in the early 1940s. Hear the story of Anne Frank, her family and what they had to endure during this dark period of time. Learn about her diary, how it was published by her father after the war and how it became one of the best selling books of all time.
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Itinerary
Here we will tell you about the history of the Jewish community of Amsterdam. The Amsterdam Sephardic community was one of the largest and richest Jewish communities in Europe during the Dutch Golden Age, and their very large synagogue reflected this. The synagogue remains an active place of worship and is also a popular tourist attraction.
Here we will you about the monument and the Jewish deportation.
Here we will tell you about the resistance of the Jewish community.
Here we will tell you about the deportation camps.
Here we will show you the beautiful area and history of the Plantage area.
Here we will tell you about the Spinoza monument.
Walk to the famous Dam Square monument and Royal Palace.
Here your guide will tell you more about the Anne Frank story and finish the tour
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Important Information
- 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
Reviews(468)
Meaningful experience without being too heavy for teenage travelers. Our guide, James, was knowledgeable and sensitive to the history.
The experience and was completely worth it. This thing has a character minimum of 100 characters so I am writing this to reach the minimum req.
You need to know that you do not even see the house that Anne Frank lived in. Our tour ended 1.5km from that home. That was very disappointing for us. The guide, Aaron was very knowledgeable about the history from WW2 but that was only part of what we expected.
Walked through Jewish Quarter with knowledgeable, personable tour guide. Would be interesting particularly for history buffs. A truly dark time in history. Tour doesn’t include walking by Anne Frank’s house.
James was a great guide. Well informed and well prepared. Hit many hi lights of the Jewish Quarter. Smooth all the way.
Tour was very informational, spent the right amount of time at each stop. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and engaging. Learned many facts about how the Jewish people were treated and how some of them survived by hiding. Great tour and would recommend it.
Our tour guide was very knowledgable and the tour covered a lot of points of interest. This was a wonderful tour.
Very educational, good pace, learned more about what happened to the entire Jewish community vs just seeing the Anne Frank house.
Great tour. Many interesting facts. Amazing guide - James is extremely knowledgable person. Highly recommend.
We thoroughly enjoyed this walking tour. It provided a powerful, deeply respectful look into Amsterdam’s history during WWII. We learned so much more than we expected about the regional Jewish community, their vibrant culture, and the challenges they faced. The guide, James, did an incredible job of weaving Anne Frank's personal story into the broader history of the neighborhood. Please note that this is entirely an outdoor walking tour; it does not take you inside the office or the Secret Annex where Anne Frank and her family hid. However, seeing the surrounding area completely changed how we viewed the city's architecture and historic sites. We high recommend this tour
