Giethoorn Private Tour, Canal Cruise and Windmills from Amsterdam
Description
Discover in a full day private sightseeing tour our most beautiful places in Holland: Giethoorn and the Zaanse Schans. First you will visit a unique Dutch park called the Zaanse Schans not far from Amsterdam. Here are the most special windmills of The Netherlands such as the paint windmill, the sawmill, spices mill and peanut oil. Your driver/host will take you to the unique wooden shoe factory where you will see how we make the original Dutch clogs. There is a possibility to buy clogs/wooden shoes and some nice souvenirs as well. Thereafter it is time to taste more than 30 types of very nice Dutch cheese for free! Your next stop will be Giethoorn, the Dutch Venice. You will have a guided canal cruise in a large boat or you can choose to drive a small boat by yourself. Please inform your driver/host what you prefer.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Discover the great Dutch Windmills and make some nice pictures of it. There are 7 windmills left at the Zaanse Schans and a few are open to visit. You can visit the paint windmill (that is where Rembrandt the great Dutch artist purchased his paint), a saw mill, a spice mill and many more. Admission to the windmill park and parking costs are included in this tour.
Learn more about the Dutch wooden shoe making and see a demonstration how they make the Dutch clogs now. There is a possibility to buy the wooden shoes, the clogs and other souvenirs in the wooden shoe factory as well.
See the paint windmill (that is where Rembrandt the great Dutch artist purchased his paint) from inside or the special saw mill. There is also a possibility to take nice pictures of all the windmills.
Taste one of the best special Gouda cheese now! You can eat as much cheese as you want for free. There are more than 30 different types of cheese, so enjoy! There is a possibility to buy the cheese and if you don't have enough room in your suitcase you can let them ship the cheese to your country.
Visit the nice and most beautiful places in The Netherlands: Giethoorn the Dutch Venice village. Enjoy the peacefulness and nature of this idyllic village. Take a guided boat tour of 1c hour underneath the linden trees, admire the typical wooden bridges and the old farmhouses. You can also drive a small boat by yourself. If you prefer to drive the boat by yourself please inform your driver so he can arrange that for you. After the canal cruise you can have a nice lunch in one of the nice restaurants in town or you can stroll in the nice Giethoorn village.
Possibility to have a nice lunch in one of the best restaurnats in Giethoorn or to stroll in the nice peaceful town. Discover the beautiful canals and walk over the nice bridges.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We provide 24/7 services and to confirm bookings or for questions please contact us during our opening times from Monday - Friday from 09:00 AM till 05:00 PM CET. Saturday and Sunday our office is closed. Please contact us if you are with more then 7 people so we can make a special tour for you.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- We provide 24/7 services and to confirm bookings or for questions please contact us during our opening times from Monday - Friday from 09:00 AM till 05:00 PM CET. Saturday and Sunday our office is closed.
- This is a private tour so no other people will join in the car.
Reviews(11)
Excellent private tour that catered to our needs. We had a wonderful guide named Gavin who gave us a wonderful experience in the countryside.
Dear Jennifer, Thank you for your review. I am happy thay you enjoyed your your and that you are satisfied about our driver and services!
We had a lovely time. Hassan was a good driver and great at helping us get to everything we wanted to do. By far the best at to see these popular attractions.
Thank you for your review. I am happy that you enjoyed the tour and that you are satisfied about our driver and services.
Very pleasant day with accommodating guide Singh. The history of the windmills was fantastic. Pace was perfect and allowed us to enjoy visiting a wooden shoe and a cheese making facility. Easy walking. Nice lunch on our own and ended up with a relaxing boat ride in the canals of the “Venice of Netherlands” . Well worth a visit.
Dear Ronald, Thank you for your review. I am happy that you have a pleasant day and that you are satisfied about our services!
Great private tour for 4 people. In august suggest going earlier because there was a lot of boat traffic on the canal but really pleasant day. From our hotel it was about an hour drive (in a nice Mercedes’ van) and an hour to get to Geithomme but worth the drive. Driver, Marteen, was very nice and accommodating.
Dear Jill, Thank you for your review. I am happy that you had a nice tour and that you are satisfied about our driver.
Can only think about the fact that our tour guide scammed us. Told us we had to pay for windmill tour $10. That was supposed to be included. Then requested more money because we went over on the time. It was a full day tour. Spent most of the time on the road. We had no choice but to pay him when he took us back to our hotel. Want to make sure this guy gets fired so he doesn’t scam any more people. We gave him $200 and got no receipt. BK-851083274 on July 29, 2022.
Dear Marly, Thank you for your review. I spoke with your driver/guide and what you write is a total lie! Your driver/guide let you before the tour know that if you want to extend the tour you have to pay extra and that was fine and you booked 1.5 hours extra. Why you say you where scammed but you give your driver/guide $ 100,- tip?? That make no sense what you say. It is also a lie that the tickets of the windmills to see them inside is included the tour. The admission to the windmill park is included the tour but not everyone want to see the windmills from inside so the entrance fee to take a look inside a windmill is not included the price. And it is a small amount of € 5,-. You only write this review because we don't do the refund of € 100,- because you booked the extra hours. You let the driver/guide know that you had a wonderful day and you give him $ 100 tip as wel!! So you lie that you were scammed! We only have good reviews about our tours and we don't want to be blackmailed by you because you don't receive the refund. If you had a issue with your driver/guide you could contact our office directly that day but you did not contact us at all! Now 3 weeks later you ask for a refund and write this review?? If you want you can get a reciept of the €100,- extra time you booked but of course you can't get a receipt of the $ 100,- tip you give to your driver!
Gillio was our driver/guide for the day! He was prompt at pick up and great at communication throughout our private tour day. He provided some information in a nice black folder of the places we were going to visit to give us some background on the areas we were visiting and also help us decide what we wanted to see in the short time we had. Great service all around 5+ stars!!
Dear, Thank you for your review. It was a pleasure to did the tour with you Yesterday! Hope to see you in the future again!
Mario was a wonderful addition to my travels outside of Amsterdam to be able to tour the countryside. He went out of his way at the venues that we attended to ask the operators at each site to provide me special presentation about the workings of the windmills, cheese making and I never felt pressured to not be able to take my time at each stop. When arriving in Giethoorn it began to rain and was quick to have the umbrella ready and walked ahead to purchase my ticket for the boat ride (covered). Added touch he carried my packages after some souvenir shopping. Great tour!
Dear, Thank you for your review. It was a please to provide our services to you.
Zaanse Schans & Giethoorn are a must see when visiting Amsterdam. The windmills at Zaanse Schans are definitely a bit touristy and crowded in the Summer months. Giethoorn is just a short drive out of the city of Amsterdam and your in a fairytale town. Cute and very unique
Dear Courtney, Thank you for your review. I am happy that you enjoyed your to to Giethoorn and the Zaanse Schans windmills.
Gillio was incredible! Truly spectacular trip!!! I would highly recommend everyone to take this day trip!
Hi Jake thank you for your kind review. It was a pleasure to provide our services to you. Hope to see you and your wife again in the future!
The sightseeing was really nice and the tour guide was very helpful and kind. We enjoyed the experience
